We have been enjoying our air fryer at KiddyCharts, and so we thought that we would help you out with something truly amazing this week. We have partnered with The Complete Air Fryer Cookbook to bring you a fantastic cheat sheet for you all. This gives you loads of your favourite items to cook in the air fryer, with times, and temperatures. Alongside that, there is even a little advice on whether you need oil with them for the best results. Why not download the sheet, buy the book, and get cooking with the kids today?
The cheatsheet is completely FREE for you to download of course. Just scroll down to the button and the image below, and it is yours.
As always, before we give you the cheatsheet, we are going to let you now what the contents are, as well as show you how we have presented it. This way, you know if it is something that you would like to download. We don’t want to waste your precious time after all.
First a little on The Complete Air Fryer Cookbook
The Complete Air Fryer Cookbook is authored by the duo, Sam and Dom Milner, who have been air-frying their way to deliciousness for over a decade. This book is your ultimate guide to mastering air frying. Whether you’re a busy bee parent, or a health-conscious foodie, this book has something for everyone. From Honey Garlic Chicken Thighs to Halloumi Fajitas and Chocolate Cake. It’s time to turn up the heat and cook up some fun for the family!
We have found the book includes some great twists on the staple air fryer ideas, plus a few bonuses along the way. A great edition to the family recipe shelf.
How to use your air fryer cheat sheet
Our cheatsheet pack consists of 6 pages, including a cover and a copyright notice. Each sheet has the cooking time, cooking temperature, to give you a general rule of thumb for how to cook different types of food in the air fryer rather than the traditional oven.
Our advice would be to print this out, and have it nearby the air fryer, so that it is always there to refer too when you are using the air fryer instead of the oven recipe for the first time. We have tried to include what we would consider to be our favorite foods, so we hope they are yours too.
As a rule to cook in an air fryer instead of the conventional oven:
- Take 20 degrees of the temperature,
- Take one fifth of the total cooking time off, giving a lower temperature for you to cook your food,
- Just spray a little oil into the fryer. You can use much less oil with the hot air heating in the air fryer than in a deep fat fryer.
The good news is though – we’ve largely done the calculations for you, so you don’t have to do so. Grab The Complete Air Fryer Cookbook for even more information. The book includes advice on what air fryer to get, more rules of thumb for cooking, and even what settings you need to use.
Remember, the settings on an air fryer are presets, so you can set to air fryer and then use your own manually – which is exactly what the information in this article is all about 😊
If you are cooking vegetables, or chips, it helps to have the food in a single layer too, making it easier for the heating element to cook evenly.
Frozen food
Our first cheats are all around frozen food. We have covered as many different foods as we can with this list to make the cooking process easier. Clearly, you can cook lots of different frozen foods in the air fryer from Chicken nuggets, to chicken tenders. However, how long do you have to do so for all the different frozen varieties out there?
| Food | Time (min) | C | F | Oil? |
| Boneless wings | 14 | 180 | 360 | No |
| Chicken balls | 12 | 180 | 360 | No |
| Chicken strips | 12 | 180 | 360 | No |
| Popcorn chicken | 8 | 180 | 360 | No |
| Chicken fingers | 10 | 180 | 360 | No |
| Chicken kiev | 20 | 180 | 360 | No |
| Chicken pie | 20 | 180 | 360 | No |
| Potato waffles | 5 | 180 | 360 | No |
| Roast potatoes | 8 | 180 | 360 | No |
| Potato wedges | 16 | 180 | 360 | No |
| Potato skins | 10 | 180 | 360 | No |
| Jacket/baked potatoes | 27 | 160 | 320 | No |
| Curly fries | 15 | 180 | 360 | Yes |
| Skin-on fries | 20 | 180 | 360 | Yes |
| Fish fingers/sticks | 12 | 180 | 360 | No |
| Mozzarella sticks | 8 | 180 | 360 | No |
| Cauliflower bites | 6 | 180 | 360 | No |
| Halloumi fries | 8 | 180 | 360 | Yes |
| Onion rings | 10 | 200 | 400 | Yes |
| Sausage rolls | 12 | 180 | 360 | No |
| Breaded mushrooms | 10 | 180 | 360 | No |
| Spring rolls | 8 | 180 | 360 | No |
| Onion bhajis | 6 | 180 | 360 | Yes |
| Samosas | 6 | 180 | 360 | Yes |
| Mini pizzas | 6 | 180 | 360 | No |
| Quarter pounder | 15 | 180 | 360 | No |
| Veggie burgers | 10 | 180 | 360 | No |
| Swedish meatballs | 8 | 180 | 360 | No |
| Egg rolls | 15 | 160 | 320 | No |
| Cookies | 8 | 160 | 320 | No |
| Yorkshire pudding | 4 | 180 | 360 | No |
Reheating food in your air fryer
Obviously, we all sometime overestimate what we need. Alternatively, we are distracted by the kids and our food gets cold 😉. Frankly, the later is most likely for us of course…
When this happens, it is a good idea to reach for the air fryer for that freshly cooked taste. That way, the food you somehow managed to forget / mislay / get distracted from still tastes good, right?
Here are the temperatures and times for some of the commonly reheated items in your air fryer:
| Food | Time (min) | C | F | Oil? |
| Steak | 6 | 160 | 320 | No |
| Salmon | 6 | 160 | 320 | No |
| Chips/French fries | 6 | 180 | 360 | Yes |
| Fish n Chips | 8 | 160 | 320 | Yes |
| Quarter pounder | 8 | 160 | 320 | No |
| Onion rings | 6 | 160 | 320 | Yes |
| Doner meat | 3 | 160 | 320 | No |
| Egg rolls | 8 | 180 | 360 | No |
| Sliced roast beef | 3 | 160 | 320 | No |
| Quiche | 6 | 160 | 320 | No |
| Rotisserie chicken | 30 | 160 | 320 | No |
| Chicken wings | 8 | 180 | 360 | Yes |
| Apple strudel | 5 | 160 | 320 | No |
| Apple pie | 8 | 160 | 320 | No |
Breakfast favourites
What better way to start the day with the family than with an air fryer breakfast? Here is a reference guide for all your brekkie favourites:
| Food | Time (mins) | C | F | Oil? |
| Soft boiled eggs | 10 | 120 | 250 | No |
| Hard boiled eggs | 16 | 120 | 250 | No |
| Toast | 5 | 200 | 400 | Yes |
| Cheese bagels | 4 | 200 | 400 | No |
| Sausages | 12 | 180 | 360 | No |
| Back bacon | 8 | 180 | 360 | No |
| Streaky bacon | 6 | 180 | 360 | No |
| Black pudding | 8 | 180 | 360 | No |
| Grilled tomoatoes | 8 | 180 | 360 | No |
| Baked beans | 6 | 180 | 360 | No |
| Frozen hash browns | 10 | 180 | 360 | No |
| Frozen sausages | 15 | 160 | 320 | No |
| Frozen sausage patties | 12 | 160 | 320 | No |
| Frozen pancakes | 6 | 160 | 320 | No |
| Frozen croissants | 9 | 180 | 360 | No |
| Frozen pain au chocolat | 10 | 160 | 320 | No |
Chicken recipes
Our first specific food section for our cheats, is Chicken. Check out the temperatures and times for these dishes below, and scroll down for our cheatsheet as well:
| Food | Time (mins) | C | F | Oil? |
| Whole chicken | 45 | 180 | 360 | Yes |
| Chicken breast | 12 | 175 | 350 | Yes |
| Boneless chicken thighs | 25 | 180 | 360 | Yes |
| Frozen chicken nuggers | 8 | 180 | 360 | No |
Ideas for steak
We love a good steak in our household. Here are the ways for you to make sure that any steak that you are cooking in the air fryer are perfect. Why not print this out, along with all the others for your kitchen by scolling down too?
| Cook | Time (mins) | C | F | Oil? |
| Sirloin steak | 10 | 180 | 360 | No |
| New York strip steak | 10 | 180 | 360 | No |
| Rump steak | 9 each side | 180 | 360 | No |
| T-bone steak | 9 each side | 180 | 360 | No |
| Fillet steak | 4 each side | 180 | 360 | No |
| Ribeye steak | 5 each side | 180 | 360 | No |
| Skirt steak | 9 each side | 160 | 320 | No |
| Flank steak | 9 each side | 160 | 320 | No |
| Steak & chips | 20 | 180 | 360 | Yes |
| Pork steaks / Pork chops | 14 | 180 | 360 | Yes |
| Lamb steaks | 10 | 180 | 360 | Yes |
Fish recipes
We have a few ideas for fish for you with the air fryer as well – check out the times for that perfect fillet for the family here:
| Food | Time (mins) | C | F | Oil? |
| Salmon fillets | 8 | 180 | 360 | Yes |
| Whole tilapia | 22 | 180 | 360 | Yes |
| Scallops | 12 | 180 | 360 | No |
| Scallops wrapped in bacon | 8 | 180 | 360 | No |
| Frozen fish fillets | 15 | 180 | 360 | No |
| Frozen salmon fillets | 15 | 180 | 360 | Yes |
Everyday veggies
Vegetables are really healthy to do in the air fryer of course. We have collated some of our favourites for you, so you know just how long they take in the air fryer. Check them out below for the perfectly done finish for your plates:
| Cook | Time (mins) | C | F | Oil? |
| Butternut squash | 20 | 180 | 360 | No |
| Aubergine/eggplant | 14 | 180 | 360 | No |
| Baby corn | 12 | 180 | 360 | No |
| Pak choi/bok choy | 6 | 180 | 360 | No |
| Cherry tomatoes | 4 | 180 | 360 | No |
| Courgette/zucchini | 12 | 180 | 360 | No |
| Mixed/bell peppers | 10 | 180 | 360 | No |
| Sliced onion | 8 | 200 | 400 | No |
| Radishes | 18 | 180 | 360 | No |
| Cubed pumpkin/squash | 20 | 180 | 360 | No |
| Sliced carrots | 15 | 180 | 360 | No |
| Halved brussels sprouts | 10 | 180 | 360 | No |
| Cabbage steaks | 20 | 160 | 320 | No |
| Beetroot wedges | 20 | 180 | 320 | No |
| Fresh broccoli | 15 | 160 | 320 | No |
| Fresh cauliflower | 20 | 160 | 320 | No |
| No-peel roasted garlic | 15 | 180 | 360 | Yes |
| Frozen sprouts & bacon | 13 | 170 | 340 | Yes |
| Frozen broccoli | 20 | 170 | 340 | No |
| Frozen baby carrots | 25 | 180 | 360 | No |
| Frozen corn on the cob | 15 | 180 | 360 | No |
| Frozen green beans | 8 | 180 | No |
Vegetarian and Vegan
We haven’t forgotten those that are using the air fryer for their no-meat diets. So here are some additional suggestions for those of you that don’t eat meat. Remember it is easy to print the full details for this, and our other cooking suggestions out. Just look further down the page for the button:
| Food | Time (mins) | C | F | Oil? |
| Curried chickpeas | 7 | 180 | 360 | Yes |
| Cajun tortilla chips | 10 | 180 | 360 | Yes |
| Cheese toasties / Grilled cheese | 12 | 200 | 400 | No |
Potatoes
We haven’t forgotten the stable of everyone’s (or most people’s) diet – the potato. Here are the main ways you cook our beloved friends, and our suggestions for the air fryer:
| Food | Time (mins) | C | F | Oil? |
| Homemade chipfries | 25 | 180 | 360 | Yes |
| Potato slices | 25 | 180 | 360 | Yes |
| Baby potatoes | 20 | 180 | 360 | Yes |
| Jacket/baked potato | 45 | 180 | 360 | Yes |
We hope you will agree this is a fantastic resource. Why not download it and store it in the kitchen, so you can always refer to it when you are using the air fryer?
What does the free air fryer cooking chart look like?
If you want a sneak preview of what you are getting, we have one for you. You can check out the below images. Now you know what you are letting yourself in for when you download and print the cheatsheet out:
The above is the cover and the first page of the timings for you; so its all about frozen food.
Our next two sheets cover reheating, breakfast, and the meats and fish. For our final sheet, we are talking vegetables, and potatoes:
As you can see, we’ve got you and your air fryer covered rather well. There are other amazing air fryer ideas out there from other sites too, so it is worth popping your needs into Google too. We rather like this Potato recipe, as well as a kids favourite bacon pinwheels!
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