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We got one in 2020 and we use it daily. Chicken, french fries, sausages, fish and bread is what we use it for most of the time. Some things like spring rolls are better fried with oil but overall we love it and it is a real time saver and of course less oil is used.

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My partner is vegetarian and I’ve found that tofu and soy curls are near life changing good in the air fryer.

Cube the tofu, cook for 75% of the total time, pull out and dress in liquid seasoning, return for the last bit and the outside gets crisp while the inside remains juicy!

Thank you this is a killer tip I have to try it

Curious -- what do you use as a dressing?

Have a full recipe? This is interesting.

Press-dry tofu, cube, toss in a teaspoon-ish of tasteless oil (enough to make the cornstarch stick), cornstarch and spices.

Put in airfryer so that they're not clumped together. 180C for 10-ish minutes and you should have some tasty crispy cubes of goodness.

If you want to be extra fancy, you can toss them in a sticky sauce of your choosing at this point.

Serve on rice and enjoy.

How do you make bread with it?

We don't make bread. We just make bread from the previous day hot and crunchy again. It just takes a few minutes. We used to do this with the oven but that takes quite some time more.

Ah yes, croutons are another fantastic thing to use it for.

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