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.

[@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

[@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!!

[@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 !

[@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

[@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?

[@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. 👍

[@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❤

[@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!

[@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

[@kh23797]

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

[@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 :)

[@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 😂😂

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@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.)

[@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.

[@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!!

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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!

[@bunniz]

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

[@lyta1138]

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

[@Merbak8]

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

[@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

[@Thankful_.]

The Onion, tomato & cheese sandwich looks delicious!

[@JacoboKitchen]

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

[@S1YF3RTSD]

Legit, Mike ages like a good wine

[@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!

[@GaryGeat28]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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!

[@bop5277]

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

[@rejse4936]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@cdlelondon]

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

[@KH-qy7fm]

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

[@GregJC]

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

[@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.

[@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!

[@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! :-)

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@mustwereallydothis]

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

[@hermei8828]

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

[@SS-wi4tm]

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

[@DogiTheWallcrusher]

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

[@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

[@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!!

[@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!

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@terry5749]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@bunniz]

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

[@philochristos]

7:46 That tomato looks amazing.

[@seamus9750]

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

[@01Sumayya]

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

[@shui_og]

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

[@mamma5]

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

[@normrubio]

Bump

[@macktripper556]

Gotta season those raw tomatoes man

[@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

[@chapmanry]

3 seconds in...I...I can't do it. I just cant.

[@namesurname8725]

need more vids like this

[@Nucleric]

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

[@soneyliston7902]

Mmmmmm Wowww! Back button..... Yayyyyy

[@robynwellfare7288]

Thanks Mike, I've Purchased the book & can't wait to get stuck in. Since I'm from Australia (metric weights & measures) I'm glad there aren't too many conversions to figure out as there are in a lot of American recipes. Cups + spoons are fine, and a pound is 440g or there about, and most things in Aus supermarkets are packed in Kilograms or half kilo packs (such as minced/ground meats) so 500g so close enough not to mess with your recipes.

[@RodneyPuckett-f7j]

I need a book for my new air fryer

[@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

[@Sveakungen]

Your absolutely a master at air frying, so buying your book was a no brainer. But I nearly skipped it cause of you trying to sell me an 10x more expensive course before I even finished buying the "Air frying book". On my mobile I had to scroll quite a bit to eventually finding a link to NOT buy the extra offer. Right there I was close to cancel the order, but I went through with the purchase cause I know your the real deal. I just wanted to tell you how I felt about this way of selling!! Sure give me that offer but not in that way... Great book, I am glad I bought it! 😄

[@EastndFTball]

That grilled cheese looks hella good 🤤

[@littlemac844]

I bought the "Jr. Edition " Air Fryer, he uses.

[@macfanguy]

Thank you! ❤

[@PawFromTheBroons]

So no recipe for that falafel dip?! 🤤

[@premagarwal4980]

Bro can u do top 10 recipes on Indian quick food in air fryer that would be great 😃 I am a big fan of ours air fryer recipes

[@annadimitrova9689]

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! 🤍

[@xStryphe93]

Question do you ever preheat your air fryer for any of the recipes?

[@xLarsZocktx]

No salt on that tomato 👀 But seriously you are the reason I got my air fryer and god damn that thing is just such a game changer

[@MrMatthewJWilliams]

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?

[@padders1068]

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

[@letXeqX]

Learned something new, you didn't cook the chickpeas, just went straight from the soak to the processor, didn't know you could do that. That'll save a lot of time. Thanks!

[@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.

[@pjperdue1293]

I paused the video after watching the grilled chese sandwich, and made one for myself.

[@flickerNYC]

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

[@flickerNYC]

ANOVA !!

[@sheds]

While those wings look good, after getting a smoker and throwing in a $10 pack of wings that break down to 24-28 wing pieces, I just can't cook them any other way. 350-400 for an hour to 1.5 hours and they are perfection. Crispy, fall off the bone tender. Takes almost no effort, just a bit more time than this, but the flavor is out of this world.

[@Sharkie2004]

Hey Mike, I'm assuming that the package I have at the post office for $10.29 is finally my cookbook?

[@mtgrizgirl7]

What is the sauce with the falafel?! Anyone know?? Thanks ❤

[@randt9525]

Check out Chris Young's video on Fries - it is very similar to your process but adds a few steps including roughing it up in a box pre-cook so the surface gets coarser and making a far crispier end result.

[@randt9525]

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[@ayasalem1147]

Try falafel without basil and add a bit of garlic to it

[@janerasmussen3340]

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

[@epic004]

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

[@ConradAltan]

How long does homemade teriyaki sauce last in the fridge?