Your oven can turn into an air fryer at the touch of a button thanks to a little-known hack. I can.
Food blogger reveals oven settings. This saves the trouble and expense of providing yet another instrument.
According to the Well + Good blog post, the key to eliminating countertop clutter andair fryersis to use the convection setting of your oven..
Most new stoves have this feature in addition to baking and broiling.
Basically, the convection setting cooks food exactly like an air fryer, according to the blog post.
Conventional ovens have heating coils at the top and bottom.
The convection oven has an additional fan that circulates hot air to create crispy food.
An air fryer is essentially a small convection oven that creates a crunchy texture on food.
There are also baskets, but if you use the oven, just place the ingredients on the baking sheet.
People usually put products and foods such as French fries, meatballs, mozzarella sticks, chicken tenders into air fryers.
Get a crispy texture without the stains of frying oil and the health effects of frying .
Oven convection settings should be readily available if the appliance was manufactured within the last 10 years.
Rely on extra heat and air to reduce cooking time.
The only other tip is to toss food in the middle of cooking time in the oven.
It is also important to keep the oven temperature 20 he to 25 degrees lower than the recipe calls for to avoid overcooking the food.
