Philips Airfryer - anyone have?

So I bought a xl philips air fryer last year and finally decided to use it, I've tried cooking chips with it a few times but I'm struggling to make them. I use the green and white bag from checkers potatoes, I think they medium sized. I cut up about 5 potatoes around 1cm thick them rinse them 30 minutes and then dry them. Then I put 3 tblspn oil in them salt some paprika and put them in the air fry at 180 at the preset which is 36 minutes. I turn them around halfway. My issue is that some of the chips are cooked ok, but some come out being uncooked in the middle. I've tried to increase the time but it just ended up making everything else browner and there's always a few uncooked ones left. Anyone with tips on how you get good fries from an air fryer like the quality of when you fry them in a pot of oil?
 
mozammil09 said:
So I bought a xl philips air fryer last year and finally decided to use it, I've tried cooking chips with it a few times but I'm struggling to make them. I use the green and white bag from checkers potatoes, I think they medium sized. I cut up about 5 potatoes around 1cm thick them rinse them 30 minutes and then dry them. Then I put 3 tblspn oil in them salt some paprika and put them in the air fry at 180 at the preset which is 36 minutes. I turn them around halfway. My issue is that some of the chips are cooked ok, but some come out being uncooked in the middle. I've tried to increase the time but it just ended up making everything else browner and there's always a few uncooked ones left. Anyone with tips on how you get good fries from an air fryer like the quality of when you fry them in a pot of oil?
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36 minutes :eek:
 
mozammil09 said:
So I bought a xl philips air fryer last year and finally decided to use it, I've tried cooking chips with it a few times but I'm struggling to make them. I use the green and white bag from checkers potatoes, I think they medium sized. I cut up about 5 potatoes around 1cm thick them rinse them 30 minutes and then dry them. Then I put 3 tblspn oil in them salt some paprika and put them in the air fry at 180 at the preset which is 36 minutes. I turn them around halfway. My issue is that some of the chips are cooked ok, but some come out being uncooked in the middle. I've tried to increase the time but it just ended up making everything else browner and there's always a few uncooked ones left. Anyone with tips on how you get good fries from an air fryer like the quality of when you fry them in a pot of oil?
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I follow this simple method:

1. Cut the potatoes into your chips, qauters, slices, etc.
2. Leave them in water for at least 40 mins. (I do a few hours)
3. Wash and then dry them off with paper towel
4. Oil them (no spicing here, if you do then lightly otherwise they come out too spiced)
5. Add them to the airfyer on 160 for 20 mins (obviously you have warmed up the air fyer for 5 mins on target temp before this)
6. Now do a 7 by 7 at 180. That is 7 mins at 180, turn them and another 7 mins. (so here you have to apply yourself and judge them ready. I do a 7 by 7 and test one if its not what I expected then I do another 7 mins)
7. Finally take the chips out and spice, salt, sauce and/or cheese them.

Does this work? So far it has been good and no complaints.
Can it be done in another method? Sure this is just one of them.

@RedViking should also have something good for chips...
 
mozammil09 said:
So I bought a xl philips air fryer last year and finally decided to use it, I've tried cooking chips with it a few times but I'm struggling to make them. I use the green and white bag from checkers potatoes, I think they medium sized. I cut up about 5 potatoes around 1cm thick them rinse them 30 minutes and then dry them. Then I put 3 tblspn oil in them salt some paprika and put them in the air fry at 180 at the preset which is 36 minutes. I turn them around halfway. My issue is that some of the chips are cooked ok, but some come out being uncooked in the middle. I've tried to increase the time but it just ended up making everything else browner and there's always a few uncooked ones left. Anyone with tips on how you get good fries from an air fryer like the quality of when you fry them in a pot of oil?
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I don't soak stuff. Take the potatoes. Cut them into wedges. Spray them with olive oil. I give them a good spray as the airfryer will blow most of it off. Add some spices. Shake them good. 20 minutes 185 deg. Give them a quick and good shake every 5 minutes. Sometimes I will spray a bit more olive oil half way (10 min.).

Crispy on the outside. Soft inside.


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mozammil09 said:
So I bought a xl philips air fryer last year and finally decided to use it, I've tried cooking chips with it a few times but I'm struggling to make them. I use the green and white bag from checkers potatoes, I think they medium sized. I cut up about 5 potatoes around 1cm thick them rinse them 30 minutes and then dry them. Then I put 3 tblspn oil in them salt some paprika and put them in the air fry at 180 at the preset which is 36 minutes. I turn them around halfway. My issue is that some of the chips are cooked ok, but some come out being uncooked in the middle. I've tried to increase the time but it just ended up making everything else browner and there's always a few uncooked ones left. Anyone with tips on how you get good fries from an air fryer like the quality of when you fry them in a pot of oil?
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Follow the recipes and weights in the manual and you won’t have problems.

Do your own thing like you are doing and you’ll have weird results.
 
GrootVoet said:
Not a bad price (TA is R3500) but I would go XXL for a family as a minimum.
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I took the XL basket and put it inside the XXL basket, when I had the chance in store and they had both on display..

There was barely a size increase, it was legitimately minute.. maybe half a litre larger.. if the XL could feed four people for a specific dish, you could still only feed four people that same dish with the XXL..
 
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