Quick and Easy Air Fryer Recipes: Transform Your Kitchen with 15-Minute Meals

I started off a few years ago as a bit of an air fryer skeptic, but I’ve since turned into an air fryer evangelist. You might wonder why I prefer this appliance in a kitchen full of cooking options. Today, I’m here to answer that exact question by sharing four unique recipes that utilize the air fryer, helping you produce 15-minute meals with ease, efficiency, and speed all week long.

Overexposed Background and Snowy East Coast

First off, excuse the overexposed background; we are officially snowed in. A huge blizzard just came through the East Coast, and Long Island got hit pretty bad. We’ll take a little tour later, but first, let’s talk about rice.

Three Ways to Make Perfect Rice

Of course, there are multiple ways to get a solid, fluffy white rice product, each taking different amounts of time. My favorite method is using a rice cooker: measure out one cup of rice, wash off the excess starch, add a little more than one cup of water, set it, and forget it. It takes around 25 minutes for one cup of rice.

If you don’t have a rice cooker, you can use a saucepan. Wash one cup of rice, dump it into a saucepan with a little over a cup of water, bring it to a gentle boil, cover, reduce the heat to very low, and cook for about 15 minutes. This process takes around 20 minutes, just shy of our 15-minute goal.

For a truly quick method, a pressure cooker is your best bet. Start the same way, add the rice to the pressure cooker with a little over a cup of water, set it for 3-4 minutes, release the steam, and you’ve got great, fluffy rice. Mastering fluffy white rice is essential for these 15-minute meals, and it will be used in our first dish.

Recipe 1: Customizable Air Fryer Tofu and Brussels Sprouts

This air fryer dish is extremely customizable. You can use any meat or veggies you have, but it’s really about the sauce and technique. I’m using tofu and Brussels sprouts, as that’s what I had in my fridge.

1. Preheat your air fryer to max for 5 minutes.
2. Use firm or extra-firm tofu, drain excess water, slice into thick pieces, and pat dry with a paper towel.
3. Chop tofu into cubes, season with salt and pepper.
4. Prepare Brussels sprouts by removing wilted layers and chopping larger ones in half.
5. Season everything with salt, pepper, and oil.
6. Air fry at 390°F for 8 minutes, then check and cook for an additional 3 minutes if needed.

For the sauce:

1. In a pan on medium-low heat, combine juice of 2 oranges, rice vinegar, soy sauce, and sesame oil.
2. Add ginger, orange zest, and chili flakes.
3. Thicken with a tablespoon of cornstarch.

Recipe 2: Air Fryer Steak and Mushroom Sandwich

For dish number two, we are making steak in the air fryer:

1. Preheat the air fryer.
2. Use chuck steak, cut into large cubes.
3. Mix steak cubes with chunky mushrooms, salt, pepper, and oil.
4. Air fry at 400°F for 8-10 minutes.
5. Make a quick hummus with chickpeas, tahini, lemon, and garlic for the spread.
6. Toast sourdough bread in the air fryer with steak juices.
7. Assemble the sandwich with steak, mushrooms, hummus, and microgreens.

Recipe 3: Air Fryer Fish Tacos

This next recipe features fish tacos:

1. Preheat the air fryer.
2. Season halibut with salt and a Mexican spice mix.
3. Air fry the fish with peppers and onions at 400°F for 8 minutes.
4. Make a roasted pepper salsa with garlic, cilantro, lime juice, and salt.
5. Toast tortillas in the air fryer with fish juices.
6. Assemble tacos with fish, salsa, avocado, and sauerkraut.

Recipe 4: Air Fryer Enchiladas

The final dish combines elements from the previous recipes:

1. Mix leftover steak, mushrooms, rice, and salsa for the filling.
2. Stuff tortillas with the mixture and cheese.
3. Air fry at 380°F for 8 minutes.
4. Make a creamy avocado sauce with yogurt, cilantro, garlic, lime, and salt.
5. Serve enchiladas with the avocado sauce.

Conclusion

These recipes showcase the versatility and efficiency of the air fryer. If you’re interested in purchasing an air fryer, check out the link below for a discount on the Kosori Dual Blaze air fryer. For more 15-minute meals and air fryer recipes, stay tuned for my next video.