We are in construction, waiting for a new kitchen, and to survive while it arrives we decided to resort to the airfryer, that fashionable gadget that has such good press that it seems to only present benefits.
“With this thing you can do almost everything,” my friend Judit told me the day she lent me the device. So, air fryer in hand, I returned home ready to see if you can really survive with this type of stove that has recently conquered the Internet.
I type in Google and the first thing that appears is a headline that says: “I bought an air fryer and I hardly use the oven anymore.” Next, “in the Airfryer you can make hard-boiled eggs, and even rice.”
I start researching and decide to try these two basic recipes to start. I put the eggs in the air fryer, set the power indicated in the Internet recipes (170º temperature for 8 minutes) and wait to see what happens. I take out the eggs, and as indicated, I cut the cooking with cold water. The result? Well, more than hard-boiled eggs, let’s say I get some poached eggs. I put them back in the air fryer and instinctively set them for longer and at a higher temperature (200º for 3 minutes). Nothing, when you take them out, they are still poached eggs.
Second experiment. Can you really make white rice in an airfryer as many TikTok recipes explain? Will we eat today? We get to work: half a cup of basmati rice, salt, pepper, cup and a half of water (yes, apparently you can put water in the air fryer); and we heat at 200º for 15 minutes.
We take out the rice, strain it (at first glance it seems like it was done) and then we taste it. It’s hard as a rock, so nothing, back to the air fryer to increase the temperature and cooking time.
After trying these two recipes, one thing is clear to us: it is not worth following any recipe that you find on the Internet because if your air fryer does not have the same power as the device used in the recipe, it will not work for you. be of no use.
And two, is it really worth having to wait 30 or 40 minutes to cook rice?
