Northerners love to eat croquettes as soon as winter comes, especially at the end of the year. They love croquettes more and more every day. If you think about it carefully, this eating habit may be due to the cold weather, so you need some high-calorie foods to replenish your energy and warm your body. But now people's living conditions have improved. For northerners, winter is no longer an insurmountable hurdle. Every home has heating. Returning home from the extremely cold outdoors feels like spring, bathing in the warm spring-like air. The indoor atmosphere will also make your mood happy.

However, the habit of eating meatballs will not change. I just fried a big pot of meatballs a few days ago, and the kids started craving meatballs again in the past two days. Since she was greedy, the mother naturally rolled up her sleeves and walked into the kitchen without saying anything. Some people may say that eating fried food all the time is not healthy. However, what I want to tell you is that now I don’t use a drop of oil whether it’s fried meatballs or vegetarian vegetable balls. Almost every household has an air fryer, so make full use of it. Don’t just use it to fry French fries or fried chicken and popcorn. Use it to fry peanut croquettes, which are still delicious. The fried meatballs are crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. They are delicious and not burdensome, even if you eat them every day.

When frying meatballs in an air fryer, the meatballs will sizzle and become oily. When you fry the veggie balls, they are truly vegan, with no fat at all. However, frying meatballs in an air fryer may involve sticking problems. In fact, the solution is very simple. You will know how to solve it as soon as you look at the recipe.

Air fryer version of radish and tofu balls

Ingredients: half a radish (white radish or green fruit radish is acceptable), 1 piece of northern tofu, 2 tablespoons of oyster sauce, five-spice powder Appropriate amount, 2 tablespoons of sesame oil, 1 egg, a little flour, a little salt.

Specific methods:

1. Wash the radish, and rub the skin into thin strips. Radish skin has high nutritional value, so don’t throw it away.

2. Boil water, pour in the shredded radish and blanch until soft. There are two purposes of blanching. One is to remove the spicy taste of radish, and the other is to soften it so that it can be easily formed into balls.

3. After blanching the shredded radish, let it dry until it is no longer hot to your hands. Pinch off the water and put it into a large bowl.

4. Crush the white tofu with your hands and put it into a large bowl.

5. Add oyster sauce, five-spice powder, salt, sesame oil, and eggs respectively. If you don’t like green onions, you can cut some chopped green onions and add them.

6. Stir evenly, finally add a little flour, stir evenly again, and the preparation is complete. Flour plays a binding role here, so just the right amount, don’t put too much.

7. Preheat the air fryer. This step is very important. It is a tip to prevent the meatballs from sticking to the pan. Then put the meatballs into the air fryer one by one.

8. 200 degrees, about 20 minutes. Everyone adjusts the temperature and duration according to the temperament of their own air fryer.

9. I use a visual air fryer, so I can observe the status of the meatballs at any time in the last few minutes, which can effectively prevent the meatballs from getting too dark.

10. After frying one pot, then another pot until the meatballs are fried. The meatballs fried in this way are crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, low in fat and oil-free, delicious and healthy. Of course, it is undeniable that the taste is different from pure fried meatballs, but this method is healthier.

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2. The fried meatballs can be eaten, made into soup, or stewed, whatever you like. By analogy, you can also use an air fryer to fry all kinds of meatballs you like. If you fry meatballs, because the meatball fillings have their own fat, even if they don’t need to be fried, the meatballs will still be fragrant and make people salivate.