Hit 100 air fryer recipes yesterday and it changed how I meal prep

I crossed 100 different recipes on Monday using my Cosori 5.8 quart. I started counting back in March and I swear the chicken thighs come out better every time. Has anyone else hit a surprising number like this and noticed their cooking got easier or faster?

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cora5181d ago

Honestly, I gotta disagree - hitting that many recipes probably just makes you rely too much on the air fryer and skip learning real cooking skills. It might be fast, but it won't make you a better cook.

mark43622h ago

Point taken, but you're kinda missing what @the_wendy was getting at with the whole "cooking by feel" thing. Sure, if someone just throws frozen stuff in there and presses a button, they're not learning much. But that's true of any appliance, even a stove. From what I've seen, good air fryer cooking actually forces you to pay attention. You have to check things halfway, shake them around, and get a sense of when something is just right. That hands-on process is way more active than setting an oven timer and walking away for 20 minutes. Wouldn't you agree that the learning curve comes from how you use the tool, not just the tool itself?

the_wendy1d ago

Air fryers actually teach a really specific skill that carries over - learning to cook by feel and sight instead of following exact times. When you make frozen fries they come out different every time depending on how full the basket is, how frozen they were, even the humidity that day. That forces you to actually check your food and know what "done" looks like. Same thing with chicken wings or veggies, you have to shake the basket halfway through and physically touch the food to see if it's done. That hands-on checking is way more like real cooking than just setting a timer on the oven and walking away.