Kitchen gadget offers more than hot air
Jamie Oliver says air fryers are super-versatile and have more to offer than ‘crispy chips and spuds’
03 April 2025 - 05:01
For a long time, I would scoff at the very thought of using an air fryer. I couldn’t understand why anyone would want yet another gadget cluttering up their kitchen. I had an oven and a microwave, a sandwich toaster and a slow cooker. I was content in my ignorance.
Then I stayed with a friend who cooked up a batch of bacon in his air fryer. It was fast, there was much less washing up, and the bacon was great. I was now sold on the technology, and my scoffing and sneering were replaced by a burning curiosity to fry my own air, with an urge to own one of these crafty kitchen toys myself...
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