The convection oven, the airfryer, has recently appeared in our kitchens, but many housewives have already appreciated its advantages. It uses 30% less energy for cooking than a conventional oven. The cooking process in it takes less time due to the movement of hot air. You can cook various dishes in it, including smoked ones.
Instructions
Step 1
In order to smoke various products in the airfryer - meat, fish, you will need a preparation that gives the dishes a peculiar smoked flavor and a characteristic golden color, it is also called "liquid smoke" and alder sawdust. These sawdust are sold as accessories for your airfryer and can be purchased at any supermarket.
Step 2
Prepare food before smoking. First, the meat or fish is washed, rubbed with salt and spices, poured over with a smoking preparation and left for some time at room temperature to marinate. Fish can be kept for an hour or two, meat - up to 12 hours.
Step 3
If you are cooking meatloaf or fish, it is best to tie them up with natural fiber rope so that soft smoked foods do not fall apart after cooking. The grate can be greased with vegetable oil so that nothing sticks to it.
Step 4
Place your fish on it and place the wire rack on the lower level of the airfryer. Put a steamer on the upper level - a special box with holes, into which pour alder sawdust, slightly moistened with water. The steamer is usually included with the aerocrill.
Step 5
You can use the one-step cooking mode for smoked fish by setting the working temperature to 180 ° C and the cooking time at medium fan speed to 40 minutes.
Step 6
To cook meat, preheat the airfryer, place the prepared piece of meat on the middle wire rack and cook in two stages. First, at a temperature of 230-235 ° C and an average fan speed, keep the meat for 10 minutes, then reduce the temperature to 150 ° C and leave it for another 20 minutes.
