Ill start. Please add your own ideas.
Each AF is slightly different. After trying a few things, you will learn whether yours cooks fast or slow amd whether 400° for 6 min setting will finish a frozen steak or if you need to flip and cook longer. Over all AF are amazing.
Air Fruers are Easy to use, easy to clean. (and keeping it clean is key to no smoke). Last nights dinner: chicken bars! Any ground meat will work just might take few more or less minutes. Open pack of ground chicken. Season as desired. Flip into Air Fryer. Season bottom side, which is now up. Use a non scratch spatula or table knife to divide/score pound of meat into 4-6 "bar" shape pieces, don't mess with them, just score them.. Set AF for 400° for 5 min. Check internal temp with instant read thermometer . Turn AF back on 400 ° for another 3-5 min, depending on how close it was. When done, plate and eat.
After food on plate. Pull out basket/bucket part. Lift basket out and pour out any grease. Wipe with paper towel to get remaining grease out. Set both parts-basket in bucket, in sink. Add squirt of Dawn or favorite liquid dish soap. Add hot water. Go enjoy meal. When done eating, quick run a soft brush or sponge around bucket/basket, rinse, and leave upside down to dry. Take a single paper towel folded and dampen it and (unplug AF) wipe all inside surfaces. Go watch tv. When basket dry, put back in for next time. Throw box away, you won't need it any more.
Google "favorite meat or veg" and the words Air Fryer. You name it, someone has the "formula" for air frying, but soon you will get to know your new favorite kitchen buddy and will be able to judge.
Ideas
Look up Fabulously Frugal , owned by Cathy on you tube. She puts out great ideas for AF, which I modify for us.
Put together your favorite combo of veg, cut in mostly similar size pieces. Spray with olive oil, season, dump in AF and roast to perfection.
Virtually any meat will be good done in AF.
Got those frozen hash brown patties? My son thinks AF makes them the best.
Got summer peaches. Cut in half, remove out. Put cut side down on parchment- just always be carefu
With parchment- you need enough food on it to keep paper weighed down so it doesn't blow into fan. I just bought a silicone pad meant to take place of my rare need for parchment.bake peaches until just tender. Flip and fill cavity with butter, brown sugar, cinnamon and chopped nuts if you like. Bake until bubbly. Serve with vanilla ice cream.
I use AF often multiple times a day.
Cut a steak or chicken breast in reasonable chunks, season. Cut onion, pepper, other veg in similar size. Toss in oilive oil and season. Chicken cooks fast, so if doing hard veg like potato or carrot, you might start them few min ahead, then add meat and soften veg. AF at 350° 12-20 min until veg tender and meat at done temp.
Got a frozen steak you want but forgot to thaw. No problem. AF on steak setting. Flip and AF again until at done temp inside- I like no more than 125 for steak internal temp.
I love garlic steak bites!
Have fun. Experiment. It's your new best friend. Joe will love sharing succulent bites?
Velda