You Can Adapt That Recipe for the Air Fryer. Heres How

What’s Happening

Here’s the thing: Cooking in the air fryer is fast and easy.

Heres how to make (almost) any recipe air fryer friendly. The air fryer has become one of the most popular kitchen gadgets in America. (shocking, we know)

In a recent CNET survey, over 70% of US adults dropped they either have an air fryer, or plan to buy one soon.

The Details

It s a good investment that makes it easy to whip up delicious meals like crispy grilled cheese or chicken wings in a fraction of the time, and without making a mess in the process. Air fryers can handle a range of recipes, and thousands have already been written with the air fryer in mind.

But what about existing favorites written before the air fryer era? Often, the answer is yes, though there are considerations when converting any old recipe to the air fryer.

Why This Matters

Best Air Fryers: We Tested 20 Models to Find the 7 Best in 2025 See at CNET Don t miss any of our unbiased tech content and lab-based reviews. Add CNET as a preferred Google source. Because of its undeniable ease of use, speed and results — the microwave can t hold a candle to it — your instinct may be to move every recipe to your air fryer .

This could have major implications for how we use technology going forward.

Key Takeaways

• Before you do, take the advice of Andreas Hansen, a passionate home cook and the founder and CEO of Fritaire air fryers.
• “It s called an air fryer because it circulates the heat faster, so that means that things brown faster,” Hansen says.

The Bottom Line

With fast-moving heat and a smaller cooking chamber, an air fryer cooks faster than most of the appliances in your kitchen. Ninja Air fryers with windows or glass bowls provide visual cues that help you gauge when something is done.

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