If you get carried away with how small air fryers seem to be, you would not imagine it’s possible you can cook multiple foods in them at the same time. These appliances are able to fry, bake, grill, sauté and roast with minimal or entirely no pinch of oil. So, how many things can be cooked at once in an air fryer?
While these appliances seem small, they can actually cook two or more food types together. This will actually depend on the size and type of the food you want to cook. So, the next phase of this guide will focus on some foods. We’ll see how and what we can stack with them to be cooked together.
French Fries
French fries always come first, those crunchy little things. You can decide to stack the fries along with some other types of food. The fries themselves could be piled on top of each other. All you’ll need is to make sure you flip and turn them at intervals. This is to allow air to be able to circulate all through. Remember that you’ll need them to be evenly cooked. You can have your French fries cooked with croquet or maybe spring rolls. It still would cook fine.
Chicken Wings
Chicken Wings can also be cooked alongside some other types of food. For instance, you can decide to have it cooked along with French fries. Both of these are not going to be really large in size and they can still be cooked together. When trying to cook many things together, the size of those foods should be given proper consideration.
Fish and French fries
You can also cook these two together in an air fryer. You just need to ensure you have enough space left for air to circulate through. Some air fryers come with food separators in their drawer, this is best for this kind. How many things can be cooked at once in an air fryer? It depends. Fish and some chips will still go fine.
However, you can also separate foods with aluminum foil. The foil too will still do a good job.
Burgers
If you’d be cooking burgers and would like to join other foods, then read this. Due to the large size of burgers, it is not often advisable to stack them with other foods. However, with optional accessories like a double rack layer, you can easily do this. The rack will provide room enough for air to circulate through. You can put some French fries under while the burgers can easily stay atop the rack.
Steaks
Also, you can cook steaks with other foods in an air fryer. This would ordinarily be bad, but with the help of a double rack layer, it can be easily done. The double rack layer adds more room and versatility to the air fryer. They are an important accessory that should always be in your kitchen, in use with your air fryer. You can cook burgers and steaks together without any issue using the double rack layer.
Most air fryers do not come with full accessories. Some actually do while for some, it may even not be compatible. So depending on whatever the case is, being able to get an optional accessory will help.
With the double rack layer, it is possible to stack food of larger sizes on top of each other without a fuss. The rack will provide more space and the foods do not get stuck together. Using them would increase the type of foods you can cook simultaneously.
Now, your worries should not be about how many things can be cooked at once in an air fryer anymore. All you need is to know what type of food you can cook together and those that would not go well. Do not combine burgers with fries unless you’re using a double rack layer though.
I’m going to be making chicken wings and French fries in my Ninja Foodi for dinner and I’m wondering how to do them together. How do I layer them? Do I use the cook and crisp basket as well as the cook and crisp layered insert? I have excellent recipes for both.
Hi Stephen!
I can’t answer your question since I am not a chef. But, I am sure any chef would be happy to help you out. You can find recipes for both chicken wings and French fries at the Ninja Foodi website.
Feel free to reach out if you need any assistance or want to share any suggestions or feedback.