Eric Theiss - Lovin Your Air Fryer: 100+ Fast & Easy Recipes for Mornin to Late-Night Munchin

SENDIN SHOUT OUTS TO MY PEOPLE I want to thank my wife Jesse for being by my side during this entire process and helping me survive the boring parts, and my sons Cam and Max for their clever ideas and fun word play. My culinary friends Karen Miller, Lynn Willis, and Kris Amerine jumped into my think tank and always came up strong! To the team at Post Hill Press, including Anthony Ziccardi, Megan Wheeler, and Allison Griffith, for supporting this launch. Lastly, to Linda Liscothank you so much for directing this ship to a nice, soft landingand to Amy Nichols for being my creative eyes on the ground. I am very appreciative of everyone involved in this fun cookbook project. GETTIN TO KNOW ERIC Eric Theisss culinary interests started as a child when his Italian mother gave him his first cookbook at 6 and from there, he never stopped cooking. Chef Eric Theiss was born and raised in New Jersey, and his culinary interests started as a child when his Italian mother would encourage him to cook and investigate food and fine dining throughout his young adult life.

During his early twenties, after studies led him to a typical office day job, Erics love of fine dining drew him out to work long nights at Culinary Renaissance, where he had the opportunity to train under the acclaimed chef, Frank Falcinelli. In 1997 he opened his own fine dining restaurant and bar called Meritage in West Chester, Pennsylvania, which earned rave reviews from prominent Philadelphia food critics. CREATING COOKING SUCCESS AT HOME While ever the budding restaurateur, Eric began to have reoccurring conversations with guests and discovered that they shared his love for cooking, but needed help to make home cooking less complicated, more accessible, and most importantly, tasty. Here is when his interest in kitchen product innovation started, and Eric began working with kitchen brands and retailers to demystify cooking at home, making him one of the leading cooking equipment gurus in the industry. For the past 15 years, Eric has showcased his own collections as well as curated collections of kitchen equipment and cookbooks on shopping networks, national morning shows, infomercials, broadcast and cable TV, and live streaming platforms. ERIC IS AS APPROACHABLE AS HIS RECIPES Erics love for cooking, teaching, and culinary inventing is as approachable as his energetic personality.

His straightforward, no-nonsense approach to cooking has helped millions of people be successful in the kitchen with fresh ideas on food that range from everyday meals to comfort- food creations and special occasion masterpieces. With nearly 1,000,000 cookbooks sold, Eric is excited to launch Lovin Your Air Fryer, a new series of books that will surprise readers and get them asking, You can make that in an air fryer? When Erics not in the kitchen or TV studio, he is at home in Pennsylvania with his brilliant wife Jessica and their teenage sons Cameron and Maxwell, who often make cameo appearances with Eric on Facebook Live and IGTV. Ever the animal lovers, the family cats PoePoe, Whitman, and Ginger get the benefit of living in a home filled with love and really good food. FOLLOW ERIC: Facebook: @EricTheissTV Instagram: @erictheiss TikTok: @erictheissTV YouTube: @TheEricTheiss Website: erictheiss.com LOVIN YOUR AIR FRYER AGAINOR JUST GETTIN STARTED? Several years ago when air frying first arrived on the scene, it seemed like a cool idea or a new trend. Now, air frying has been elevated to a true cooking technique, respected and loved by so many. Air frying allows us to cook with super-heated cyclonic air instead of oil; you are cooking in a vat of air instead of a vat of oil! This can save us up to 70% of calories from fat.

Undoubtedly a healthier way to fry, air frying technology has come so far and there are air fryers to suit every lifestyle. People always tell me they bought their air fryer to enjoy basic fried foods like onion rings and French fries but come to love their air fryer for something as simple and healthy as salmon filets or as elaborate as a Beef Wellington. How cool is that?! I hope this book helps you to discover all of the different ways to air fry all of your favorite foods. HEALTHIER CRUNCHIN: AIR FRYIN TIPS AND TRICKS If you like things extra crispy, use either a nonstick spray or an oil sprayer to add just a light layer of oil to the outside of your foods. I recommend an oil sprayer because you can choose your favorite oil to fill it with. They do make high quality cans of oil sprayers now along with traditional nonstick sprays cans.

Another alternative is to toss the food in a bowl of 1 tablespoon of oil to coat. This doesnt work with freshly breaded foods, and youll want to use one of the oil sprayers for that. Tossing is better for frozen foods. Double Dip! If you are dredging or breading foods, try giving it an extra dip back into the egg mixture and then back into the crumbs in order to add an extra thick and crispy layer to your foods. Give your food some space: Air fryers need adequate space for air flow to help foods crisp up and also to ensure more even cooking. Preheating is great! While its almost never absolutely necessary to preheat the air fryer, preheating the air fryer for 1 to 2 minutes can help jump start the cooking process and seal in the crunch! It also helps proteins not to stick to the basket or rack.

During cooking, its always a good idea to flip your food halfway or give it a shake to move things around for more even cooking. A favorite way of mine to get extra golden proteins is to blend your spices with mayonnaise and then brush them onto the food. If you have an air fryer with a basket or an oven style air fryer with air flow racks, it can be beneficial to spray them with oil or nonstick spray prior to cooking, especially if youre cooking proteins that may stick naturally when heated. Any oven-proof vessel can be used in any air fryer. Whether its metal, ceramic or stoneware, as long as it fits inside your fryer and does not come close to touching the top heating element, it will work! Air fryers save time in two ways: 1. A standard oven takes about 15 minutes to heat up to 400F.

With your air fryer, you do not need to preheat it, so youre already 15 minutes ahead of the game. 2. Air fryers cook more efficiently thanks to a very large fan in a very confined space. When cooking frozen foods, a rule of thumb is to take about 5 min off the time box on the package and check for doneness then. Use the same temperature the food packaging recommends. To batter or to bread? If you want to coat your food with some sort of breading, make sure you use the DRY, WET, DRY dredging method because if you try to batter your food, it will drip down and create a mess inside of your air fryer.

If there is a batter you love to use, you can use it by freezing the battered food before air frying it. APPLE-WALNUT DUTCH BABY SERVES 4 TO 6 INGREDIENTS Cooking spray 4 tablespoons butter 3 tablespoons brown sugar 2 medium apples, diced cup chopped walnuts cup flour 2 tablespoons granulated sugar, divided teaspoon baking powder teaspoon salt + teaspoon cinnamon teaspoon nutmeg 4 eggs, beaten cup milk Whipped cream for serving (optional)