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Re: Show HN: AirFry.Pro – The best popular and healthy recipes for your air fryer

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Post by wenc »

silisili wrote: post #9
subarctic wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why are people so against air frying steak? It seems like the best thing to cook in an air fryer

I'm not really against it if you like it, it was half a joke. But to me steak cooking is an art of sorts that means searing the outside while minimally cooking the inside(I'm a rare steak guy). That usually means letting it thaw completely, then just searing the sides at super high heat, for me on a griddle or cast iron pan. I've never tried to oven or air fry a steak, but I have to imagine you can't get anything clo…

If you want to get it rare with moisture retained with an air fryer, see above, decrease the time, and use parchment paper.

Re: Show HN: AirFry.Pro – The best popular and healthy recipes for your air fryer

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Post by silisili »

wenc wrote: post #10
silisili wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's no secret that air fryers work like a convection oven, but they're not at all the same. Air fryers in my experience are much, much faster to cook, and easier to clean. Perfect for one or two person meals really. For example, I can get fries from frozen to on the verge of burning in 15 minutes with an air fryer. My oven isn't top of the line or anything, but would take at least twice as long, and probably waste a…

The other great thing about an air fryer is that it allows for experimentation on timing. You can easily open the door and check the doneness of the food, and if it's not quite there, add time. With an oven, you lose heat (or heat up the entire apartment) if you keep opening the oven door.

Good point. They actually make see through air fryers now. I bought one as a backup but haven't used it yet, I'm interested to know if it'll just steam up and be useless or not.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/GOURMIA-8QT-AIRFRY-B/5456580426

Re: Show HN: AirFry.Pro – The best popular and healthy recipes for your air fryer

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Post by silisili »

wenc wrote: post #11
silisili wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not really against it if you like it, it was half a joke. But to me steak cooking is an art of sorts that means searing the outside while minimally cooking the inside(I'm a rare steak guy). That usually means letting it thaw completely, then just searing the sides at super high heat, for me on a griddle or cast iron pan. I've never tried to oven or air fry a steak, but I have to imagine you can't get anything clo…

If you want to get it rare with moisture retained with an air fryer, see above, decrease the time, and use parchment paper.

I'm inclined to try it. My current method is just a cast iron pan at highest heat and flipping three times total, but I'm willing to experiment.

Re: Show HN: AirFry.Pro – The best popular and healthy recipes for your air fryer

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Post by fulafel »

subarctic wrote: post #7
silisili wrote: post #4

I love my air fryer, and will probably bookmark this, but seeing a steak as one of the top recipes is blasphemy.

Why are people so against air frying steak? It seems like the best thing to cook in an air fryer

Ethics.

Re: Show HN: AirFry.Pro – The best popular and healthy recipes for your air fryer

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Post by messutied »

wenc wrote: post #8
silisili wrote: post #4

I love my air fryer, and will probably bookmark this, but seeing a steak as one of the top recipes is blasphemy.

An air fryer is actually one of the best ways to make steak if you don't follow the prescribed recipe in the link, but if you reverse sear (a reliable and well-known technique, usually done with an oven, which an air fryer is). If your steak is about 1.5" thick, you can airfry at 260ºF for 18 minutes, flip once. This raises the internal temperature uniformly to around 130ºF. Then sear 1 minute per side and 30 secs on…

Do you mean sear in a pan?
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