Cooking with an Air Fryer | Original
The air fryer has become my favorite cooking tool recently. I bought the Midea Air Fryer KZE5004 for around 126 CNY.
I’ve made the dishes below, and the experience has been really enjoyable.
The last dish shown here wasn’t cooked in the air fryer—it was just noodles made in a pot. Since it’s one of my recent cooking attempts, I’ve included it here as well.
If you often use a cooking tool after getting it, you can say you really like it.
The air fryer has replaced my electric oven. I’d actually like to use both, but my wife won’t allow it—she complains that it takes up too much space and clutters our dining room and kitchen, which are already filled with plenty of tools and dinnerware.
This is reasonable since my wife visits me on weekends, and I don’t want the place to feel cramped. If I lived alone permanently, I’d move the electric oven back into the dining room.
There are some benefits to keeping both appliances. First, you can use the electric oven and air fryer simultaneously, especially when cooking multiple dishes. Second, you can compare the subtle differences in taste when preparing the same ingredients in both. Third, it’s a waste to let a good product sit unused.
Using just one tool all the time can get boring, so I tried traditional stovetop cooking and made noodles in a pot. I remember in 2020 and 2021, I used to cook similar dishes at my parents’ home and sometimes made short videos about them.
Back then, cooking seemed effortless. But now, since I don’t cook as often, even using the air fryer sometimes feels like a hassle, and I’m tempted to order delivery when I’m busy. As a result, I haven’t used a frying pan or pot much lately—so I’m happy I did today.
I originally bought packets of beef balls to cook in the air fryer, but now I want to try them in a pot as well.
The noodles turned out delicious. I used a lot of water to boil the ingredients, scooped out the excess water, and then added the flavor packet to the pot. The final dish was great!
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