1st cook on the air fryer

[GusRobin]

Did my first cook on the air fryer- decided to do fries and chicken.

I did the mod that Tomcrete did to add a second shelf.

Bucket with stainless screws to hold the shelf.


Added the shelf- ready to cook


The class picture, chicken soaking in buttermilk, and hot sauce


Did the fries first- couldn't fit both the chicken in fries in one basket


I think I left them in too long s they were a bit well done.

Took the chicken out of the buttermilk and rolled in flour and put in the basket. Put the drumsticks on the bottom as I figured they would cook faster than the thighs.


Chicken done ( had to let the legs cook longer after I took the thighs out)


Plated


Observations:
Next time i won't leave the fries in as long.
The chicken was very juicy and had a good taste. But it wasn't as crispy as I would like. Next time I will spray a little olive oil on it.
All in all I like the fryer. Next will be some fried fish.

[TMB]

Looks good but really you need to come over and cook for me since I'm down for another few weeks;)

[Smokin Don]

Looks good Gus, my fast food fries were done in 10 minutes. Don

[Pam Gould]

Gus..ya just have to play with it for timing..depends on the the size of the fries..the skinny fries cook much quicker. I always use a misto with light olive oil in it for anything with breading to help brown it. Makes it crispier and I process the Panko crumbs a lil bit because they take too long to cook and tend to burn more. Ya did a great job on the mod tho. I recently did mine too with all left over parts..keep trying.. .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.

[tomcrete1]

Excellent first cook Gus!

[N. Ontario Smoker]

That's pretty good for the first time. A lite spray of olive oil first will cook all the breading crispier. I'm going to try chicken in mine tonight.

[Roget]

Gus, that crust on the chicken looks just like it was pan fried. Beautiful.
How long did you have to cook the chicken to get it done?

[GusRobin]

Gus, that crust on the chicken looks just like it was pan fried. Beautiful.
How long did you have to cook the chicken to get it done?

Not sure exactly- I just pressed the "chicken" button so I think it was 20 minutes. After I took them out I put the legs back in for about 5 more minutes.

[Roget]

That probably sounds about right.
I have never done full sized legs, but I have done wings & drummies, & they took about 20 minutes.
I like mine very well done.