Hi, I'm Becky Striepe from Glue & Glitter
and today I'm going to walk you through
my four most popular air fryer recipes.
If you're new to air frying, you may be wondering
what an air fryer even is.
I have a couple of introductory air fryer videos
that I've linked to in the show notes below
but just in case you don't wanna watch two other videos,
I'll give you a quick and dirty
and then we'll jump into the recipes.
So, basically an air fryer is kind of like
a tiny convection oven. Just like a convection oven,
it uses hot circulating air to cook food more quickly
but because of its smaller size,
it's even faster than a convection oven.
It's great for busy weeknights
when you wanna get a meal on the table in a hurry.
It's also great for getting food a little bit crispier
more of a fried texture,
that's why they call it an air fryer.
Whether you're new to air frying
or have been air frying for ages,
I think you're gonna love these recipes,
let's get into it.
The first recipe we're making is my crispy air fryer tofu.
Start with a block of tofu and slice it into one inch cubes.
I like to press my tofu before slicing
because it gets a little bit more water out
and you end up with a chewer, more fried like texture
at the end but you don't have to press if you're in a hurry.
So transfer those tofu cubes to a large bowl
and then it's time to add your marinated ingredients.
A little bit of soy sauce.
Just a teaspoon of rice vinegar.
And then you'll add two teaspoons of toasted sesame oil.
I really feel like the oil in this recipe
helps give that tofu an even crispier texture
but if you don't like oil,
you can use more low sodium soy sauce instead.
Once you toss the tofu with the marinade,
you will set that aside to marinate for 15 minutes
to a half an hour.
Now that the marinating time is up,
you'll just add a tablespoon of cornstarch.
You can also use potato starch if you don't do corn,
and just toss that tofu really well so it gets well coated
in the cornstarch.
The cornstarch is what is going to give you that crispy,
lightly fried texture that you're going for
so definitely don't skip the cornstarch
unless you're willing to give up some of that crispiness.
Now it's time to air fry.
Transfer the tofu to your air fryer basket
and cook it at 370 degrees for 20 minutes.
You do wanna stop 10 minutes into the cooking time
to give it a nice shake.
The shaking helps move the tofu around in the basket
so that it will cook evenly and get crispy
on every cube on every side.
Once the cooking time is up, you're ready to serve.
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Next, we're going to make one giant chocolate chip cookie.
Start with a half cup of all purpose flour.
And then an eighth teaspoon of baking soda
and a scant eighth teaspoon of salt.
Mix those dry ingredients together.
And then set those aside and it's time
to do the wet ingredients.
Start with two tablespoons of vegan butter.
And then you'll add one tablespoon of organic sugar
and one tablespoon of brown sugar plus a quarter teaspoon
of vanilla extract.
And then cream those ingredients together.
You wanna just use a fork to sort of mix and match
until the sugars are incorporated in the butter.
Now it's time to add aquafaba.
If you're new to aquafaba, I have a video about that too
and I'll link to it in the show notes as well
but it's just the liquid from can beans.
This is your egg replacer so please don't skip the aquafaba
in this recipe.
So cream those ingredients all together.
And then it's time to add the wet ingredients to the dry
and add a quarter cup of vegan chocolate chips.
There are a lot of vegan chocolate chips
that you can find at grocery stores
so just check your ingredients, dark chocolate
or semi sweet will often be vegan.
I have found that store brand chocolate chips
are often vegan.
After you mix the ingredients together for a bit,
get into that bowl with clean hands
and knead the dough together until it forms a cohesive ball.
Transfer the ball of dough to a piece of parchment paper
that's cut to the size of your air fryer basket
and then use another piece of parchment paper
and the palm of your hand to press the dough down
to flatten the cookie.
Then you wanna get in there and shape it.
This cookie is not going to spread a lot
during the baking process, so definitely spend some time
shaping those edges as you can see, like I did in the video.
Now it's time to air fry.
Cook it at 350 for 10 minutes.
Once the cooking time is done, you want to let the cookie
cool in your air fryer basket for 10 minutes
before you pull it out and serve.
That cooling time is important
because just like with an oven cookie recipe
that air fryer cookie is actually still baking
while it's sitting in the warm basket,
so pull the basket out of your air fryer
but leave the cookie in it for those 10 minutes
so it can finish cooking and not be too soft.
Now let's make some butternut squash in the air fryer.
This is a great side dish for the holidays
or really any day.
Start with a butternut squash.
Remove the seeds and peel and cut it into cubes.
You're going for one inch pieces here.
Make sure the pieces are uniform because that way
your pieces will cook evenly.
You don't want some hard pieces of squash
and some that are, you know, overcooked.
Next, add one cup of sliced green onions
and eight ounces of button mushrooms
that you've stemmed and quartered.
And set those aside while you make the marinade.
So right in your blender, add a tablespoon of olive oil,
a tablespoon of balsamic vinegar, a tablespoon of soy sauce,
and a tablespoon of maple syrup.
Toss in four cloves of fresh garlic
and then pureed that mixture until it's completely smooth.
Pour your marinade over the vegetables
and then toss them well so everything gets nice and coated.
Now transfer the veggies and the sauce,
right to the air fryer basket and air fry it
400 for 25 to 35 minutes shaking every five minutes
until the squash pieces are brown on the outside
and tender on the inside.
When the squash is done cooking,
transfer it to your serving bowl and add,
one quarter cup of dried cranberries.
And toss that together well.
And then sprinkle on a little bit of fresh green onions.
Now let's air fry some Brussels sprouts y'all.
Start with two cups of Brussels sprouts
and slice them into one quarter inch thick pieces.
The Brussels sprouts in this video are pretty small
and so as you can see, I just need to slice them in half
but if you have bigger sprouts, you can cut them into thirds
or even quarter's.
Those thin pieces are important
because that's how you'll end up
with that perfect tender texture.
Transfer your slice Brussels sprouts to a mixing bowl
and add one quarter teaspoon of sea salt,
one tablespoon of olive oil.
If you want to make these oil free, you can use a tablespoon
of maple syrup in place of the olive oil,
it's totally up to you.
Either way, then you add a tablespoon of balsamic vinegar
and toss everything well so the Brussels sprouts
get nice and coated in that sauce.
Next, transfer your coated Brussels sprouts
to the air fryer basket and air fry them at 400
for eight to 10 minutes.
Five minutes into the cooking time,
you wanna give these a good shake to make sure
that they cook evenly just like you did with the tofu.
When the cooking time is up, you are ready to serve,
perfect, crispy on the outside, tender on the inside,
Brussels sprouts.
I hope that this video has answered all of your questions
about these recipes.
If you do have other questions about these recipes
or air frying in general, feel free to drop them below,
I'm happy to help and don't forget to rate and subscribe.
Happy cooking.
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