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So, today was my first day using an air fryer, and I must say they are pretty freaking amazing.

I have not created a batter yet for fried chicken, but I did do chicken legs today with just spices on them, and even without batter they were crispy and delicious (the skin was nice and crunchy).

Meanwhile I made both mushrooms and tater tots in the fryer.

The tater tots were just frozen tots from the store, I sprayed with a bit of oil mist, and added season all, garlic power and black pepper to. They were delicious (At least as good as tots from a fast food place etc, even though they were frozen). I ate almost the whole bag as I made a full basket later for a snack lol.

The mushrooms I also made more of later (initially I made like 5 tots and 3 mushrooms to go with the chicken). They were delicious. I just cut them into thirds and sprayed 1 side of them with a bit of oil + garlic powder. Took only about 10 minutes to make them extremely yummy.

I got a 5.8 quart air fryer (on sale for 50% off on amazon and then another $10 off on top of that. Total price was around $70.

It can hold quite a bit of food without the food touching. I would say enough for 2 people normally, but if you like to cook multiple things (like mushrooms + tots + chicken), it makes a full meal for one. The clean up is insanely easy as well, I use aluminum foil usually when cooking in the oven to make clean up easier, but that is not needed at all for the air fryer (1 minute of washing in the sink and your done).

It's fast as well, I just basically open the basket midway and turn the food (or shake the basket for the tots). I didn't turn the mushrooms at all though (no need).

Tomorrow I am going to try and make hamburgers in it, but, an advantage already will be that the basket is non-stick and I should be able to make very thin burger patties. I can't wait to try it. I will probably try making some home made french friest/potato wedges as well.

The potato dishes especially are going to be great. There is a, basically large mozz stick recipe that I converted into a lasagna like dish, but I am going to unconvert it with this. Basically make good mashed potatoes, put mozz in the middle and itallian bread crumbs on the outside. The way the air fryer works is probably going to make that insanely delicious.

I have mine set up in my room on a marble slab on top of my microwave, although the slab didn't get hot at all, I followed the instructions to make sure if there was any heating it wouldn't hit the microwave. I really wish I had bought one sooner because the food is amazingly good, easy to prep, easy to clean, and healthy as well (Very little if any oil is used).

I've had a lifelong fear of deep frying (due to an incident when I was around 11 or 12), so there are many foods I never was able to make. This solves that, and makes many other foods WAY easier, so far more likely to make for just myself.

I highly recommend them. I was not sure if I would like the food made by one until I tried it, but it's actually amazingly good at frying stuff. I'll save way more than $70 long term by not having to order uber eats or eat out because I can make scrumptious food at home easily and fast. It's easier to use then my gas grill (which is like 5 feet from my bed now in the back yard lol). I still have not tried steak in it, and I think i'll prob still be better off with my gas or charcole grill for steaks, but who knows, maybe not. It would be easier/faster and I wouldn't have to pay as much attention if it does steaks nearly as well.

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