The 4 Air Fryer Steps That Make Homemade Fries Taste Like They Came From a Restaurant
Air fryer fries are convenient, reliably decent and significantly less work than anything involving a pot of hot oil. But they are not, in their most basic form, as good as deep-fried fries -- and most people who've made both versions know it. The air fryer version tends toward a slightly dry, occasionally uneven crisp that's pleasant enough but doesn't quite replicate the golden, crackling exterior you get from full submersion in hot fat. Four steps, applied before and during the cooking process, close that gap considerably. None of them are complicated, and all of them make a measurable difference in the finished fry.
French fries are where it still falls a skosh short. Oven fries don't fool anyone. Air fryer fries are genuinely better, but there's a gap between "good" and "no way you made these at home!" -- that shatteringly crispy exterior, the rich finish, the fluffy center...
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