Experiment 1 - 5 minutes at 400 degrees: nope, not even a little bit browned or crisped outside. Tried one, and it was still good because it had been boiled for 10 minutes in a salt and vinegar brine and lightly tossed in garlic, ginger, salt, and pepper, but the texture was 100% that of a lightly boiled potato.
Experiment 1b - 5 more minutes at 400 degrees, same batch: a little browning in spots, still squishy outside, getting too soft inside. Do air fryers just suck? Like my impression has always been that they're just shitty little ovens for people who want an oven to work like a microwave, and this experiment is just reinforcing this expectation so far.
Experiment 1c - 5 more minutes, same temperature, same batch: no change, they're just getting drier and floppier. This thing sucks, why does anyone use this over a real oven or stove.
Experiment 2 - 10 minutes at 400 degrees: meh, it's better but still inferior to frying them in a pan. That's the last of the fries I had prepared, so no more experiments right now.
Experiment 1 - 5 minutes at 400 degrees: nope, not even a little bit browned or crisped outside. Tried one, and it was still good because it had been boiled for 10 minutes in a salt and vinegar brine and lightly tossed in garlic, ginger, salt, and pepper, but the texture was 100% that of a lightly boiled potato.
Experiment 1b - 5 more minutes at 400 degrees, same batch: a little browning in spots, still squishy outside, getting too soft inside. Do air fryers just suck? Like my impression has always been that they're just shitty little ovens for people who want an oven to work like a microwave, and this experiment is just reinforcing this expectation so far.
Experiment 1c - 5 more minutes, same temperature, same batch: no change, they're just getting drier and floppier. This thing sucks, why does anyone use this over a real oven or stove.
Experiment 2 - 10 minutes at 400 degrees: meh, it's better but still inferior to frying them in a pan. That's the last of the fries I had prepared, so no more experiments right now.