Is it true that you don’t need oil when using an air fryer?

What can it be used for?

Fried food, traditional preparation requires hot oil.

Everyone loves to eat, but they also know that it is unhealthy. Don’t you think you can’t have both delicious food and healthy food?

The "air fryer" that suddenly appeared in recent years promotes the ability to fry crispy and delicious food without adding oil, allowing people to see that both deliciousness and health can be achieved.

How does oil-free frying work? Let’s study the following questions together and you will know the answers in your mind.

1. It is said that it is "fried", but it is actually "blown" that uses "air" instead of hot fried food, which is the core selling point of the air fryer.

During the frying process, the air in the pot will be rapidly heated, and the hot air will continuously circulate in the sealed pot, forming hot air of nearly 200 degrees Celsius.

It's like there is a hair dryer in the pot blowing continuously on the food. The result is that the moisture on the surface of the food is baked away and the skin of the food is crispy.

The principle can be seen that the air fryer does not "fry", but uses heat to bake to achieve a similar effect to deep-frying.

2. Can it be completely oil-free?

This is only when cooking meat, such as chicken wings, pork chops, pork belly, etc. These meat ingredients themselves have a high fat content, so generally you don’t need oil.

However, vegetables and starchy foods, such as sweet potatoes, corn, potatoes, etc., can easily stick to the pot if there is no oil on the surface of the food or the pot.

For seafood, apply some oil and fry it more fragrantly.

3. Is air frying healthier than deep frying?

According to the laws of nature, harmful substances will be produced when food is cooked at high temperatures for a long time.

But people are used to thinking that frying is unhealthy.

Compared with deep-frying, the air fryer uses less oil. The high-temperature heat forces the grease out of high-fat foods. The finished product has lower calories and is much healthier.

However, the production time of air frying is longer than that of deep-frying. It will also produce harmful substances and a large amount of nutrients in the food will be lost. Long-term consumption is also unhealthy.

4. Does it taste like real fried food?

The cooking techniques used in fried foods can make them crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside.

The heat of the air fryer dries out the moisture in the food, making it taste dry.

Only meat has a lot of fat and can preserve a better taste.

However, one advantage of air fryers is that they can reheat leftover fried foods, such as pizza, fried chicken legs, fried steaks, etc. If they are re-fried or heated in a microwave, the original crispy taste cannot be restored, but air fryers can

Made to maintain a relative taste.