The day I stopped preheating my air fryer was a game changer

I used to always preheat my air fryer for 5 minutes before putting food in. Thought that was the right way to do it. Then I tossed in some frozen chicken tenders without preheating one night. They came out way crispier and juicier than before. Took me 6 months of dry chicken to figure that out. Anyone else skip the preheat step? Just curious if it works for other stuff too.

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benlewis20d ago

Tossed some frozen breaded fish fillets in without preheating a couple weeks ago and they came out perfect. The batter stayed crunchy and the fish was flaky instead of that steamed texture you get sometimes. Honestly I think the quick heat up time makes preheating pointless for most frozen stuff.

tyler_fox4120d ago

Read somewhere that the air fryer is already pretty efficient at heating up fast, so preheating is more of a waste of time than anything else. I did the same thing with some leftover french fries... threw them in cold and they came out way better than when I let it warm up first. The extra cooking time from the preheat step just dries stuff out, I guess.