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Instant Pot Bible: Copycat Recipes
Instant Pot Bible: The Next Generation
The Essential Air Fryer Cookbook
From Freezer to Instant Pot: The Cookbook
The Instant Pot Bible
The Kitchen Shortcut Bible
The Ultimate Ice Cream Book
The Ultimate Party Drink Book
The Ultimate Candy Book
The Ultimate Shrimp Book
The Ultimate Brownie Book
The Ultimate Potato Book
Great Grilling
The Ultimate Muffin Book
The Ultimate Chocolate Cookie Book
Cooking for Two
The Ultimate Frozen Dessert Book
The Ultimate Peanut Butter Book
The Ultimate Cook Book
Pizza: Grill It! Bake It! Love It!
Cooking Know-How
Ham: An Obsession with the Hindquarter
Real Food Has Curves
Goat: Meat, Milk, Cheese
Lobsters Scream When You Boil Them
The Complete Quick Cook
Grain Mains
The Great American Slow Cooker Book
Vegetarian Dinner Parties
The Great Big Pressure Cooker Book
The Boozy Blender
A La Mode
The Turbo Blender Dessert Revolution
All-Time Favorite Sheet Cakes and Slab Pies
Congratulations! You bought an Instant air fryer! Lets make the most of it. Like us, you might be dreaming about super crunchy French fries, fried chicken, or popcorn shrimp. Maybe you want to pop open a bag of fish sticks from the freezer or just revive leftovers to make them gorgeously crisp again. Your air fryer can do all of thatand more. You know, like delicate, crackly onion rings. Terrific dessert turnovers (from frozen!). Or tempting, tasty wontons.
Welcome to the cookbook that covers all those things and much more! Weve come up with foolproof ways to make almost everything youd want from one of our favorite kitchen tools.
Were adept at staking our claim over vast stretches of recipes because weve already written huge bibles for the Instant Pot. Three, in fact, plus one about how to cook straight from the freezer in an IP. And weve written The Essential Air Fryer Cookbook, which offers hundreds of recipes for every size and model of machine. But now its time to take on the Instant air fryer and offer 125 recipes for your Vortex or Omni machine. In truth, you can use these recipes for just about any model on the market. But weve geared them specifically to the popular Instant-branded air fryers.
This introduction covers three essential topics: what this book includes (that is, the seven types of recipes youll find), how to use your air fryer from start to finish, and the special tools you need beyond the machine itself.
Lets face it: Some instruction manuals are thin on the details just when you need them most. Yes, you should keep your manual handy, preferably in a drawer in the kitchen. (Its available online, too.) But in this book, we want to fill you in on more of the specifics about using both basket-style (or drawer-style) machines and toaster-oven-style models. In those parts of this introduction ahead, well go beyond the manual to get you ready to make the crunchiest food around.
And once you know the basics, youll be ready to make the food your way, too. There may be over 125 basic recipes in this book, but there are really hundreds, maybe thousands more variations. In almost every recipe, we give you dozens of ways to alter it, upgrade it, make flavorful dips to accompany it, build a new dish from the items youve just air-fried, swap out ingredients, and just all-around play with your food.
Get ready to make the most out of your Instant air fryer. Its a tool we love more than we can say. Because the crunchy bits are the best part of a meal. Always.
The Seven Types of Recipes in This Book
To help you know whats what, here are the seven kinds of recipes weve developed. Admittedly, some categories overlap, as youll see when you start working with the book (for example, a simple recipe can also include step-by-step photos). But for now, heres the quickest way to get the lay of the land.
1. Basic Recipes
None of these actually has a label on it. Rather, consider these the recipes that can become a part of your great air-fryer repertory once you get the hang of the machine. Many are pretty easy, like Bacon-Wrapped Scallops (). Almost every one includes ways to vary the recipe or serving suggestions that can take it far beyond the basics and turn you into an air-fryer pro.
2. SIMPLE Recipes
This signifies a very easy recipe all around. In other words, these simple recipes are where you might want to start if youre new to the air-frying game. With a can of chickpeas, you can make a crunchy appetizer; with a bag of frozen shrimp dumplings, you can prepare a quick snack or a light dinner.
You might be surprised to find some things listed with the simple label. For example, our calzone recipes are in this group because we use purchased dough and filling elements. So weve streamlined the standard recipe into something easy in an air fryer. Huzzah!
One note: Although these simple recipes are all very straightforward to make, theyre not necessarily simple in their flavor profiles. Think of them as stand-by, go-to, air-fryer recipes that can nonetheless impress your friends and family. In other words, simple doesnt mean plain. In fact, almost every simple recipe has additional info on how to upgrade it. Check out those suggestions if you want to take the recipe beyond its simple first expression.
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