After years of developing advanced air fryer technology, we’ve mastered the art: crispy, evenly-cooked results and healthier frying, all without compromising on flavour. It is then essential to dry them thoroughly before cooking in a clean, absorbent tea towel and finally patted dry with kitchen paper. Our chicken breasts, roasted at 180C for 20 mins, also had an even brown colour and crispy coating, and though the meat wasn’t as juicy as we’d like, a slight reduction of the cooking time may have given us a more succulent texture.

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Air fryers work by convection, meaning they circulate hot air around your food, ensuring every bit of surface area is exposed to the oil and heat. The Dual Zone’s Max Crisp function is also worth shouting about, as it cooks thinner frozen foods such as chips, onions rings, and nuggets in a fraction of the time it would take a standard convection oven. If you are cooking frozen chips you do not need to add any oil as these already contain oil and could make the chips soggy.If you want to learn a little more about how air fryers work, and what benefits they have compared to a standard oven, then have a read of our handy explainer here: What is an air fryer? Up your budget and you will often get a larger capacity machine, or an appliance with multiple compartments. It’s fast too, meaning you can whip up a delicious curry or stew in an instant for a quick mid-week meal.

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This air fryer can also bake, roast, dehydrate, and reheat, making it a versatile tabletop multi cooker. You can opt for larger models in the Genius range, but these are rather large and we think this model is the ideal size.Offering a healthy alternative to deep frying, one of the UK’s leading air fryer brand ActiFry can fry all your faves using little or no oil. As well as observing how well they cook a single portion of potatoes and vegetables, or single pieces of protein such as fish and steak, we also fill each air fryer to its advertised capacity. This makes the food super-crispy on the outside using little or no oil (versus a traditional deep fat fryer that submerges food in 1-2 litres of oil).

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You simply need to spray or pour a little oil onto whatever you’re cooking before switching on the appliance – although you don’t always have to use oil if you don’t want to. Not having a physical manual to look through may also be frustrating if you have trouble accessing the internet, though on the plus side we found the controls to be incredibly intuitive.There’s plenty to admire about the Tefal EasyFry Precision 2-in-1 air fryer and grill, from its compact footprint to the easy-to-use controls, not to mention its varied functionality. In our testing, the FlexDrawer proved to be just as efficient as the Dual Zone and we found the addition of the removable divider incredibly useful. We had to give them a shake halfway through as advised in the manual, though there wasn’t any prompt from the air fryer to do so. To cut the fat content even further, you can apply a low-cal cooking spray directly to food before placing it into your air fryer. You should also consider the capacity of the air fryer – some are big enough to cater for a family meal, while others are smaller and can fit into dinky kitchens.

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Most also come with a recipe booklet for culinary inspiration, which is ideal if you’re new to air frying. The air fryer does the rest, so you can enjoy delicious foods, fried to perfection, with bags of flavour – and all with the benefits of low-fat cooking.Of the air fryers we’ve tested in 2023, we found this Tefal model to be one of the most energy efficient.