My 10 Greatest Air Fryer Recipes of All Time

[@TheDaringPastry1313]

For anyone watching, you are NOT supposed to use sprays like PAM in an air fryer. Cooking sprays often contain soy lecithin, which is less stable than high smoke point oils and can break down at the temperatures used for air frying. This can build up in your air fryer, especially in the basket or tray, and ruin the surface. Either oil it beforehand or put some oil in one of those small pump sprayers and use that instead. This is actually in the Cosori users manual or something similar. Adding an edit: Even if he is using safe sprays without soy lecithin or other chemicals, he does say at 3:10 to just spray it with whatever oil you have. He might be fine when referring to himself, but as someone making an informative video, shouldn't he mention that you need to stay away from sprays that aren't safe for the surface of the air fryer? If people watch it without knowing, they will spray whatever in their unit.

[@BWpepperr]

Comment should be pinned

[@Roy-G-Biv]

he's using olive oil or avocado oil.

[@Djieff]

Wow! I didn't know! thank you! :)

[@julia.nomada]

Also: NO SALT DIRECTLY IN THE AIR FRYER! It will scratch the non stick layer and release toxins witch makes your air fryer as useless as a scretches non stick pan! Please be aware!

[@misterscopey2309]

There's organic avocado spray oil people can use as a substitute. This oil has a neutral flavor so it won't ruin anything.

[@celticlass8573]

I marinated a whole chicken in leftover pickled hot pepper brine (salt and sweet), then cooked it in the air fryer. OMG. *OMG!!* BEST chicken I've ever made.

[@heretikpapy]

dang good idea for marinating... frying it after in half cornstarch and wheat flour + black pepper, paprika, onion and garlic powder etc.. would be sick !!

[@naijaplayer]

@@heretikpapy oooh I’m gonna have to try this, along with OPs comment. Thanks y’all!!

[@jimmy2thymes916]

I've mastered chicken wings in the air fryer, without using flour. Let the wings air dry in the refrigerator on a wire rack for a few hours. Then lightly toss in avocado oil and some seasonings before air frying at 400 for 8 minutes. flip and air fry for another 9-10 minutes. boom. done and super crispy. No messing with flour.

[@shashasha6385]

Tyy

[@TheDhinesh619]

This takes too much time we good

[@jimmy2thymes916]

@@TheDhinesh619 Learn how to plan ahead, buddy

[@arthrodea]

Man, packing this many recipes into one video is amazing. The amount of work Mike packs into making one high value video is amazing. Most content creators would have spread this across 10 plus videos.

[@Jacket84]

is this supposed to be like a tongue in cheek comment?

[@arthrodea]

@@Jacket84 Honestly No - I meant it as a legit compliment. I learned several things from the video.

[@Jacket84]

@@arthrodea this is a compilation video. you said most creators would have spread this across 10 or more videos-- well, he did. if you scroll through you can find all of these "airy fryer recipe" videos amongs his regular uploads.

[@stevethea5250]

CHANNEL NAME CHANGE

[@Jacket84]

@@stevethea5250 .... ok?

[@railasvuo]

I received an air fryer as a birthday present from my mother and I love this device. So convenient

[@JackieDannenberg]

I love your videos. You don’t D.R.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.G.G.G.G.G.G.G.G.G.G out the instructions nor show every . . . . . . . single . . . . . . . .. . . . step for 20 minutes. You get straight to the point and move on to the next recipe. No wonder you’ve got 4 ½ million subscribers ! I wish other KZbinrs would take notes from you and proceed accordingly. They’d have more subscribers too. There are SO MANY KZbinrs that don’t get it. Thanks ! And I love your recipes too by the way. You’re interesting and entertaining. Thank you !

[@raphael_vierlinger]

Timing this for the day after Amazon Prime Day where Airfryers were heavily discounted and many people bought one is incredibly smart.

[@LifebyMikeG]

im a marketing genius. Sike, I literally had no idea

[@Theoriginalurbanbuffalo]

@@LifebyMikeGcan you tell me if you use Japanese dark soy or Chinese? I know they are completely different in salt and texture. Thanks❤

[@kh23797]

Congratulations, Mike! You have been a top guy in this house for years... we Brits just LOVE the air fryer.

[@Mona-fd5kf]

I bought your e-book for the air fryer. Today I made the grilled onions and grilled cheese sandwich with my heirloom tomatoes. De-li-cious and easy!!!! My mom loved it too.

[@austinmuth]

I took your advice and bought this exact air fryer, and I absolutely love it. I was also extremely sketchy about an air fryer (thought it was another trendy gadget that would just take up space) but the versatility, ease of use, ease of cleaning, and time it takes to cook are worth every penny. Thanks again congrats on the 100m views my guy

[@joshnoe8673]

I was pretty skeptical about air fryers as well. My parents had a toaster style air fryer and it sucked. Not sure if that style isn't as good or if they just had a bad one. Either way, I got a Cosori he used in some previous videos and I love it!

[@mrubi11]

Which air fryer is this please?

[@austinmuth]

Cosori Turboblaze 6qt air fryer. Only like $90 now

[@WilliamAlexander-og4tq]

SAME! I paused the vid after the grilled cheese sandwich and ordered this exact same model...SO IN LOVE, it is exactly as easy to use as it seems in his video

[@RR_Automation]

Bro I randomly found you after 10 years when I was in college I loved brothers green and thought y’all had fallen off I’m so glad to see your still making delicious food. You guys inspired a lot of my early cooking recipes which I still use to this day. Instant subscribe brother

[@YuriyDel]

When blanching (or, frankly, cooking) potatoes, the acidity and alkalinity of the water is critical. You want the outside soft, dash of baking soda in the water; want your potatoes done but firm, splash of acid in the water. Learned that from Kenji's roasted potatoes video and it changed my life. 👍

[@KolossusB]

30 ml of white vinegar, to every 1000 ml of water works. Prevents the pectin structure from breaking down.

[@lapristine]

As an apartment dweller, I too was anti-air fryer for a long time! Then I realised that most of the bread we toast isn’t actually sliced bread and gets squished in the toaster anyway. So we got replaced the toaster with the air fryer. Now we get perfectly toasted bread (hot cross buns, mini baguettes, brioche) from our air fryer plus all the other meals we can cook in it. Many of the recipes I experimented with came from this channel!

[@VanDerPol]

Long-time viewer from Germany here: Would love to have the temperatures in celcius shown on the screen.

[@maxineb9598]

Mr Google works well.

[@impyrobot]

@@maxineb9598 not if you have to Google 5x per video

[@hakanmalmbergmusic]

@@maxineb9598 All the countries in the world with the exception of the United States, Myanmar and Liberia use the Celsius temperature scale, just telling.

[@BeersAndBeatsPDX]

375f = 190c

[@frenchustube]

⁠@@hakanmalmbergmusic but we are the biggest country in the world 😂😂

[@dodiegoldney]

I am also an air fryer convert because of this channel. Can't live without it now. I even got rid of my microwave to make room for it in my wee kitchen! (Don't miss it at all.)

[@lyta1138]

Nothing like a homegrown heirloom tomato on a grilled cheese sandwich. So so good.

[@mustwereallydothis]

When I was a child, wings were considered scrap meat. They, along with hearts and gizzards, were about the least expensive parts of the chicken. If I recall correctly, they cost between 10 and 15 cents a pound. We were about as far from being poor as possible, but, as my mother absolutely loved them, they were a regular part of our diet. We almost never had them as a meal because my father strongly disapproved of us eating "that garbage" (aka poor people food🙄), but we regularly had them as a snack in the evening. That was in the early 70s. It's been crazy to watch them become them become so wildly popular and expensive over the years.

[@bop5277]

I decided to order the air fryer recipe e book! Thank you :)

[@ZackA888]

I learnt how to make wings from the wings video a few years ago. All my friends and family love it whenever I make wings. Thanks so much!!

[@lajoyalobos2009]

I wish I had an air fryer in my dorm in college. There's so many things you can do with it and it takes up very little room. One of my favorites is a slightly more sophisticated take on a PB&J, simply by making the sandwich, spraying both sides with oil and tossing it in the air fryer for a few minutes. It's toasty, crispy, sweet and gooey all at once.

[@GiovanniNaufal]

I love your videos and have made a bunch of your recipes. But I really wish you added temperatures in Celsius too, in your videos and in your book. I know it's extra work, but it would make life easier for non-US American folks like me :)

[@LifebyMikeG]

Noted!

[@dr.albantross1686]

For the off chance that you use apple, in the latest update the calculator has a build in conversion calculator for pretty much everything you’ll ever want to convert.

[@GiovanniNaufal]

@@dr.albantross1686 Converting is easy, by this point I kind of know intuitively most of the important kitchen temps in F and C already. The problem is having to convert in the first place :)

[@maxineb9598]

​@@GiovanniNaufal Expecting someone else to do the vonverting for you is a bit lazy. If you can acxess YT, then surely you can also axcess Mr Google.

[@richardsmith5249]

@@maxineb9598 so this video has had nearly 300,000 views now. If even a quarter of those people would prefer Celsius, that's 75,000 people that you think should just Google it. Putting both measures in the video would be one small task for Mike, but a great help for thousands upon thousands of viewers.

[@Dreeey-s3h]

Thanks for the cookbook, it's great inspiration for me as an air-fryer newbie :) Just next time pls add heat in °C too, that would be super helpful! Thanks :)

[@kahineg]

Got my copy of the cookbook and am loving it - now no more rewatching your videos and trying to then make the recipe !

[@LifebyMikeG]

awesome glad you enjoying it!

[@dottiemalcom7232]

Is it a hard copy or digital?

[@Rebecca_Saw]

@@LifebyMikeG How many recipes are in the cookbook? :D

[@deffikE05]

Are the temps in F only, or is C also included?

[@kahineg]

@@dottiemalcom7232 It is a digital book but you could print it out yourself.

[@kingcatatafish]

For a second, I thought he was going to say "I'm a lucky man because I have a beautiful wife" but "fresh baked sandwich loaf" makes more sense for this video.

[@LifebyMikeG]

hah when I was watching it back on the edit I felt the exact same way. My love my wife and my bread

[@paulao5834]

I bought my airfryer because of your videos. And I chose Cosori, even it wasn’t available in my country. I still have it and I love it

[@missmayflower]

What a fantastic video. Inspired to try these asap. You need to add a small amount of citric acid or vinegar when making stock. It helps extract nutrients from the bones.

[@JacoboKitchen]

0:10 Bro Mike u look the exact same 7 years ago 😅

[@S1YF3RTSD]

Legit, Mike ages like a good wine

[@ElFeraligator]

He is Great, Yes Sir. Celebrate December in Good spirits MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎉🎉🎉

[@tinalm5ny819]

Bought the Cosori air fryer because of your recommendation and we absolutely love it! We are still learning ours but your videos give ups tons of inspiration!

[@kh-cs8ij]

I cut a block of firm tofu and pour a marinade of low sodium soy sauce, sesame oil and garlic. Air fry and flip half way through. Yum! Just like Whole Foods!

[@mplstb]

I just made these fries again and par boiled them in the morning and put them on a rack in the fridge for about 90 minutes. I used a little salt and baking soda in the boiling water. Then did the 2 step airfrying using some avocado oil. Very nice crispyness and potato flavor! I think there were more steps in your earlier version but these came out just right.

[@teniaosayande6355]

After almost a year I finally opened my air fryer box last week😅Well now I'm throwing all kinds of stuff in there. Feel like a dummy bc this would've been PERFECT during the TX summer heat. Much like Carly, I'm very limited on counter space. Bought a mid grade fryer during those after Christmas clearance sales. Wasn't too sure I'd use it. It's also perfect for my son who struggles a bit in the kitchen. Now on the hunt for baker's rack which can handle heat of appliances. Thanks for the recipe book Mike!

[@Thankful_.]

The Onion, tomato & cheese sandwich looks delicious!

[@GregJC]

I bought the book, $8 is a really good deal!

[@adams8763]

Pressure cook your stock! High pressure for 45 minutes and you're done. You'll have the jiggliest, richest stock in a fraction of the amount of time, with zero scum!

[@davidminutella]

Giggity.

[@LifebyMikeG]

yeah not sure why im so attached to the slow cooked version!

[@karenwidner3901]

Love this idea but will that also extract the goodness from the bones and make a bone broth?

[@adams8763]

@@LifebyMikeG do whatever you feel is best. I like to pressure cook it

[@FineFeatheredHomestead]

Pressure cooking kills some of the good enzymes.

[@horaciolerda]

Got my first airfrier today!! Ready to try it. Regarding the counter space, I tend to store all kitchen appliances in cabinets or under the counter

[@idontwantahandle._.]

Here are some tips: - use parchment paper!!! I rarely clean my air fryer. - that stock recipe looks great. Will try when I decide to clean the AF. Roast the onion and garlic in there as well. - get sams waffle fries and save time with french frying. I'm sure costco has something similar. Potatoes take too long and really aren't that much different in price.

[@Merbak8]

I have two air fryers, the drawer kind and the tray one.use them almost every day

[@jonathanwhiteley1493]

Hello Mike, I was thinking about buying your cookbook and wanted to know if the cooking temperatures are also given in Centigrade. I live in Europe and hope that you give the temp. equivalents. Thanks for your work!

[@EliMacalikova]

8:20 - just made this, only instead of salmon I had some grenadier. And it was delicious! Had some stir-fried veggies on the side and good fluffy rice. It was heavenly! Cant wait to try more of these air fryer recipes! :-) Tomorrow I'm already planning to fry some tofu! :-)

[@bunniz]

I recently replaced my little air fryer with a dual drawer and in loving playing around with it

[@gaillour93]

My mom taught me to make chicken nuggets with corn flakes, it is hands down the best breading for chicken I’ve ever had

[@GaryGeat28]

I bought your air fryer cookbook and tried the crispy onion grilled cheese. it was delicious!

[@terry5749]

Congratulations on the cookbook!🎉 Got mine this morning! ❤

[@tretmizz5656]

These all look great! 😊

[@lmelior]

I just recently learned that rendered chicken fat is called schmaltz, which always makes me chuckle and imagine Mel Brooks or Jerry Stiller is in the kitchen with me.

[@TOM7952]

I have 2 air fryers, a bucket style and toaster oven style, and they've replaced 95% of tasks I used the full sized oven for and some tasks I used to use a pan for like grilled cheese and warming up pizza.

[@lillypatience]

You should watch the channel Mary’s Nest on using the instant pot for making stock/broth. There’s no reason to use your instant pot as a slow cooker for 8 to 12 hours when you can pressure cooker for 2 hours and extract all that collagen.

[@FineFeatheredHomestead]

Higher temp if pressure cooking decreases the good enzymes. That's why slow cooking broth has more benefits. Sally Fallon Morell is a French chef who explains it in detail in her book

[@lillypatience]

@@FineFeatheredHomestead not according to Google 🤷‍♀️. I’ll have to research if Kenji has done any testing. He and ATK are the only credible sources for me.

[@cooljool1]

@@FineFeatheredHomestead pressure cooking it is much better. The slow cooking just means more histamine

[@philochristos]

7:46 That tomato looks amazing.

[@KH-qy7fm]

The thing I would add to the chicken wing recipe is a heaping teaspoon of corn starch. Gives an extra crispness.

[@cindycollins4040]

I use a small dish, avocado oil and brush on oil, much better option ecologically, love your recipes, and great video, thank you from BC Canada

[@ФЛОРИДА-МЕЧТА]

My favorite, great video !

[@cdlelondon]

You're original "best" chicken wing recipe which cooks them twice is still the best wings recipe IMO 👌😋

[@mustwereallydothis]

Have you tried using rice crispies or special k for a chicken coating? If not, you really ought to

[@msSweeTae]

Ordered an air fryer a few days ago. Can't wait to FINALLY use it!

[@LifebyMikeG]

Excited for you

[@Tepotita]

I got an airfryer a couple of weeks ago. I don't know if you have to pre-heat it or not. Do you?

[@letXeqX]

@@Tepotita Either no pre-heat, or like 3 minutes is enough to get it to temp.

[@Just.Celeste]

Hey, you mentioned in the teriyaki salmon recipe that the air fryer can also bu used to cook a full meal. The meal only looked like one or two servings, especially the broccoli. How do you cook enough roasted veggies for the whole family, seems a bit small given the volume? It seems like while roasting broccoli or cauliflower in the oven takes more time, you can also cook way more quantity than what the air fryer can hold.

[@mamma5]

What are they dipping the falafel in? I had never heard of falafel before but it looks so good!

[@normrubio]

Bump

[@davidlynch9049]

Thanks. Great recipes and tips. The salmon is overcooked, so there is less time in the AF. I don't cook salmon in the AF because it needs to be babysat, and it almost always overcooks because you cook it until done and then remove it, and it keeps cooking until it's not ideal. If you use the AF to cook salmon, you must take it out very pink in the middle.

[@Zaxbox]

I really need to start buying whole chickens and cutting them up. I also would like to make my own broth too. And some for the dogs which has done without certain ingredients for their safety. There are so many good looking dishes in here to try. I have yet to try salmon in the air fryer vs the oven. The grilled cheese sandwich. Homemade fries. Yeah. This may take a little more work than buying the prepared stuff but it's good to know how to do and can be cheaper. I'll be picking up the air fryer book too. Thanks for the video, Mike!

[@seamus9750]

Tossing the chips in corn starch and oil works great for crunch😊

[@stelaidrizi]

I have never used an air fryer. This is intriguing.

[@Roy-G-Biv]

i used one once and returned it because it was the same as using an oven ....also i need a larger area and air fryers are just too small.

[@stelaidrizi]

@@Roy-G-Biv My husband got one and we returned it for the same reason.

[@RC-the-OG]

for french fries, i do skin off and crinkle cut for more crisp. also do first fry at 330 for 14 mins shaking basket half way and then 380 for 20 mins shaking basket every 5 mins. also parboil for 10 mins before everything.

[@SS-wi4tm]

The ninja flip up convection oven (which is just an air fryer) really solves the counter space issue.

[@brettm3431]

i was hoping tempura would make this list - i love anything tempura but the effort and equipment/ btw i was a big fan of a show called 5 ingredient meals i wanna say the host was named claire

[@EastndFTball]

That grilled cheese looks hella good 🤤

[@720MJW]

Just to share- when we are making home fries or similar we par cook the potatoes in the microwave on a covered plate. They steam cook essentially. A little faster than boiling?

[@DjinnWraith]

Hey Mike, now that as you say, you have been using Air Fryers for 7 years now! (Congrats on that by the way) And you have a fair few types, could you show a video of how you clean each of them? What does that process look like and how often? I love my air fryers, but I seem to go through a lot of them because I struggle to clean them well enough.

[@rejse4936]

The start 5 seconds of the video made me seek refuge inside my own skin

[@d-redfox]

Hello! Great video, you are the reason I’ll buy one air fryer. Could you explain about oils? I’ve heard Pam and other spray oils are bad. Thanks for the great content!!

[@Lightcode]

9:30 one thing I’ve always wondered about air fryers is how long does the crunch last? So that piece of salmon that is ready before your veggies - is it going to go soggy and change texture while you’re waiting for everything to plate?

[@soneyliston7902]

Mmmmmm Wowww! Back button..... Yayyyyy

[@milesmcgeoghegan2727]

Truly the Head and to the Tail!! :)

[@KolossusB]

I gotta try those corn flake tendies

[@padders1068]

Great recipes Mike! Thanks for sharing! 🙂😋😎❤

[@GatorAidMedical]

You should do a video comparing toaster oven versus basket style air fryers

[@Maya-sd4jl]

i'd love to see this too

[@Zaxbox]

For sure. I see them in the stores and would love to see this. I have the bucket style myself.

[@bunniz]

6:36 Even frying burgers in the hob the smell of oil wouldn't go away

[@hermei8828]

The tofu one is so real. Nothing comes close in terms of simplicity and crispyness.

[@cutthroatcomittee]

2:32 a solid line

[@shui_og]

Haha no way that first air fryer video was 7 years ago! I remember watching that when it came out!

[@milesmcgeoghegan2727]

Awesome!! Shalom, Shalom!! :)

[@macfanguy]

Thank you! ❤

[@01Sumayya]

Could you do a video on how you clean your air fryer, if you haven't already?

[@Nucleric]

i want to try the falafels.. also skip on the spray oils arent healthy just use avocado oil from a bottle.

[@namesurname8725]

need more vids like this

[@Notable2Nikki]

Congrats on the cookbook!

[@eckoschreiber]

Ok, ok , I'll get one, convinced;o) Also have a small counter, but as with the slow cooker, can stash them easily. Wouldn't the fries also get better if just soaked? Belgian way. With tofu, if you compress, freeze and rewarm it, before frying, changes the consistence and texture^^ And Nuggets in pretzel-cheddar coating with cocktail sauce, so good... Watching since Brothers Green;o)

[@janerasmussen3340]

Hi Mike, does your cookbook also contain the option for temperature in celcius? 😊

[@flickerNYC]

I would love to see what you think of the Ninja Combi or above combi oven !!

[@flickerNYC]

ANOVA !!

[@kofManKan]

Hi Mike, bought your book and I have some constructive feedback. You state all of your temperatures in F. In the future can you please put C in brackets after the F amount. Thanks. XOXOXO

[@phillipbancroft7945]

Thanks for the video. What is ‘tofu’? Looks like some sort of cheese?

[@alexblack8785]

It's a soy "cheese". It's tasteless, some call it "soggy cardboard". When seasoned, marinated and/or smoked, it's delicious. And it's vegan

[@stacyarno1997]

Mike, have loved your journey for the past decade! thank you so much for all the inspiring videos to improve how to cook! looking forward to your moving forward adventures as well! love my ninja air fryer! i have a traeger smoker but it was so time consuming so i got a ninja air fryer woodfire. check it out! air fryer features plus adding the smoke qualities still with the quickness! plus, it has a cold smoke feature to cold smoke cheese so you get quality flavorful cheese to shred, grate, etc without "sawdust" lol

[@tcoleman2162]

Yummy Can’t wait to check out your cookbook love my air fryer and it was because of you that I bought it. I remember all those years ago when you did the first air fryer testing was very cool. I was very skeptical until I bought one. Now I love it.

[@Chefsantatravels]

I bought the cookbook it looks really interesting I've been using my air fryer more now that I'm having some health issues it's just easier to use it that's why this cookbook will come in handy god bless

[@DogiTheWallcrusher]

I ended up buying this exact fryer after taking way too long comparing and deciding on one

[@anna_morphic]

I’ve watched you since the beginning and you are one of my main teachers in experimenting with cooking! I hope you ship to Europe, definitely getting that cookbook! 🤍

[@darkdude1996ify]

Personally I just default to using the air fryer as a small oven. Usually that works fine as long as you adjust cooking times and temperatures accordingly

[@VEGJ4]

What's the smokey chipotle spice mix? I couldn't find the video that you mentioned and you didn't leave the link in the description.

[@epic004]

Hey, I was looking into the cookbook. Question, do you happen to have a version with metric units as well?

[@Loveapothecarist]

I’ve had the xxl airfryer for two years and it’s changed my cooking world as I rarely turn the oven on now. I joined a Facebook group for my airfryer and there are thousands of recipes and ideas that you would never normally think of. I think people get put off by the word “fryer” I like to call it an air-cooker

[@poepflater]

over here, drumsticks are the cut of choice, like I would always let my wife pick her drumsticks first as a sign of affection... I never ate cauliflower until I was nearly 50 years old, after trying a few pieces fried like that on the tray like we do the broccoli. As long as it is thin and small enough I can eat it now for the first time. Before I thought it was vile. Cornflakes sells breading....