Airfryer + Oil

Post date: 2021-04-17 12:00:34

What kinds of oil do you use with your air fryer? I'm confused!

I'm overthinking oils, help!

I bought an air fryer the other week and I haven't used it very much, because I am a bit confused about what type of oil I should be using with it. For example, I've seen various recipes for air fryer vegetables which state to use olive oil, yet my air fryer has a pamphlet emphatically stating that olive oil/butter/margarine is not recommended! I did try roasted veggies that were coated in olive oil and they kind of turned out okay, but not great. I understand that olive oil isn't recommended because of the smoke point, what are good alternatives?

(As an aside: I'm so used to roasting vegetables conventionally in an oven and I've always coated them in olive oil. Should I not do that at all with an airfryer? Again, what oil would be best for that?)

I've also read on other sites that vegetable oil sprays aren't recommended either because they contain propellants.

I already have canola oil on hand, but I also went out and bought a small bottle of avocado oil and another bottle of avocado oil spray (without propellants). Should these be good? The air fryer pamphlet says that avocado oil is on the recommended list.

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