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Cooking Without Oil: How to Prepare Crispy Veggies & Fry Meat with No Oil
In the past few years, Britain’s home chefs have found exciting new ways to make food taste absolutely delicious without using any oil. And thanks to the work they’ve done, the internet is packed with recipes you can use to prepare and serve mouth-watering, healthier meals to your family.
Read on to find out why oil-free cooking has become so popular. Then, discover how you can cook great food for yourself and your family without using any oil, and the benefits of using an air fryer to cook without oil.
Why Cook without Oil?
Today, millions of people are choosing food that’s been cooked without oil.
That’s because they’ve discovered that, with the right recipe and the right equipment, you can fry, roast and bake your favourite foods without having to sacrifice flavour.
Oil-free foods have become really popular but they help you:
Oil-Free Cooking Methods
With an air fryer, you can saute roast, bake and fry without oil and still get results.
An air fryer is a small, countertop kitchen appliance that uses hot air circulation to cook food evenly and quickly.
Here's some of what you can achieve using an air fryer and no oil.
Sauteing and frying
Air fryers are the ultimate no oil frying pans.
You can cook crispy, tasty food without the need to submerge it in sunflower, vegetable, or olive oil.
For example, this is how you make air fryer chips with no oil.
Just peel and chop your potatoes, soak them, season them and place them in your air fryer for 15 minutes at 180oC.
If you want a fat-free treat and want to try something new instead of using oil for frying, cook your ingredients with:
If you’re avoiding oil but not fats, small amounts of bacon fat, beef dripping, butter, and ghee are excellent substitutes for oil.
Remember, air fryers need a lot less fat than traditional frying pans too.
You can fry with water too. Just add a little water to the bottom of your air fryer to use the natural juices that run off from meat, fish and vegetables.
Roasting If you’re avoiding oil but not fats, rub in a light coating of something like butter, ghee, or duck or goose fat.
You don’t need oil to roast meat, fish, and vegetables in your air fryer either.
To add more colour and flavour, try rubbing your ingredients with:
They will really enhance the flavour and achieve a golden-brown finish.
Baking
You can also bake without oil with your air fryer.
It’s not just bread buns and cakes you can bake. With the right air-frying baking accessory, you can do curries, desserts, pasta bakes, lasagna, soups, stews, and more.
You can replace the oil in recipes with Greek yoghurt, mashed bananas, apple sauce, and more for great results.
Tricks for Successful Oil-Free Cooking
With an air fryer, no oil cooking is easy. We’ve already shared some great tips with you on how to pack in flavour to your meals without using oil.
For even better results from your oil-free cooking, follow these expert tips:
What you need
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Premium
Airfryer XXL - 6 portions
HD9650/99
- Digital touchscreen
- Rapid Air technology
- black, 1.4 kg
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- Rapid Air technology
- 1.2 kg, 6.2 L capacity
- Black design
- Connected to our app
- Automatic shut-off
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- Rapid Air technology
- 4.1 L capacity
- Essential compact Airfryer
- Dishwasher safe
- QuickClean feature
Benefits of Using an Airfryer
The key air fryer benefit for many households is the delicious, healthier food they can cook up. People also love their air fryers because:
Tips on Getting the Best out of Your Airfryer
Here are some ideas to get the most out of your air fryer:
Introducing the Philips Airfryer XXL
You can use an appliance like the Philips Airfryer XXL to grill, reheat, dehydrate and even toast food for you and your family.
The XXL is also ideal for home chefs who want to learn how to cook without oil. And you can saute, roast, bake and fry without oil with the XXL.
Check out some amazing air fryer recipes you can rustle up in the XXL.
