The best air fryers vs deep fryers to buy in 2022 and what foods to cook in them
telegraph.co.ukdeep-fried food is off the menu except for occasional treats. High-calorie, high-fat, potentially laced with carcinogens – we try to ignore the siren call of the chip shop.There’s a gadget in town that says we can have our chip butty and eat it – and it’s growing in popularity very quickly.
The air fryer, the latest kitchen trend, is to the 2020s what the microwave was to the 1970s, or the bullet blender to the 2010s.
These wonders promise to ‘fry’ your food – without the fat. ‘Air-fried foods have the traditional crunch and classic texture of perfectly fried foods but you can enjoy them without the guilt,’ gushes one recipe book.
It’s a seductive thought...In fact, air fryers aren’t new. The first domestic ones were introduced to the UK in 2007, but early models had a knack of self-combusting, and there was the humiliation of a call-out on the BBC’s Watchdog.
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