All air fryers cook by circulating hot air around the food, however, it’s still suggested you refer to your user manual for the best information on cooking and time settings.
Use a coffee filter or an air fryer liner at the bottom of the air fryer basket for quick and easy cleanup!
Preheating the air fryer is an important step for sealing the outside of the food while keeping the interior tender, especially for dense veggies and proteins.
Keep items warm in the oven while air frying in batches.
Easy Air Fryer Recipes
Even teens, kids (and babysitters!) can easily and safely prepare these recipes in minutes with zero baking pans and oven time!
Air Fryer Frozen Chicken Nuggets
These air fryer chicken nuggets turn out perfectly crispy and delicious every time!
Take the stress our of your busy weekday mornings with these easy breakfast recipes! Prep them ahead and pop them in the air fryer just before you leave.
Air Fryer Breakfast Sandwich
This air fryer ham, egg, and cheese breakfast sandwich is quick and delicious.
Anyone can bake up something sweet to eat in the air fryer! If it’s ready-to-bake or made-from-scratch, desserts of all kinds are a cinch in the air fryer!
Air Fryer Apple Crisp
This air fryer apple crisp is a sweet dessert that has all the flavors of fall!
Air Fryer S’mores is a simple way to enjoy the taste and fun of s’mores. This sweet treat combines the familiar ingredients of chocolate, marshmallows, and graham crackers.
I’m annoyed. NONE of the recipes give a cooking time. Why can’t you tell me how long and at what temperature I should cook a particular dish? Recipes for a regular oven always give these two important details. I’m a good cook. I don’t need a lot of instructions on seasoning and ingredients. But I do need to know how long and at what temperature my food needs to cook in your device. Time and temperature are the two most important factors in having a recipe come out right.
Hi Steven, we definitely agree! Time and temperature are important when making a recipe. If you click through to the recipes that you want to make you will find the full recipe instructions and ingredients including cook time and temperature. I hope that helps!
I am very disappointed at so few recipes for anything but meat based recipes. We eat vegan and use our air fryer frequently. We do not confine our vegetable dishes to fried potatoes.
I’m very disappointed that there is not a recipe book with the fryer. I don’t have time to be looking up recipes when I get home from work & everyone is hungry & please don’t suggest that I can always do it the day before. I don’t always know what the menu will be the day previous.
I am sorry to hear that. We are not affiliated with the makers of the Vortex Air Fryer but completely understand your frustration. When you have time maybe take a few minutes to browse these easy air fryer recipes and create your own little book of go-to family favorites to pull out when in a rush to get dinner on the table. Hope that helps!
I hope you realize how silly that comment was. You should have just said, “please don’t suggest I try and save myself a headache, its everyone’s fault but my own.”
Just bought the 6-quart Vortex Plus air fryer (the one with the drawer) and thought I’d found the Vortex recipe paradise – but so far every recipe I’ve searched for is written for the Vortex Oven (the one with the rotisserie basket). Is there a way to search or sort by recipes suitable for the drawer models, and skip the ones made for the oven models?
me too same – usually when you purchase an appliance especially at a HIGH RIDICULOUS PRICE you would expect to get a cooking manual at least and some recipes to boot … but not with the vortex 6 quart 4-in-1
Me, too. Received the 10 quart Vortex with rotisserie as a Christmas gift. No recipes! Have never used an air fryer. For me, it’s intimidating! Am deciding whether to keep.
Keep it you wont regret it. Im an experienced cook and I got one for Christmas and it was a little intimidating for me too. I decided to just try it and I love it! Even toast is better on the bake cycle. More even browning than Ive ever seen but it doesnt take long at all! Anything you can cook in an oven you can cook in the aire fryer. Everything in this little workhorse us soooo much better! Ive done a rotisserie out of the basket cause it was pushing 4 lbs 3.50 would be ideal for the basket oh my goodness waay better than the store, baked potatoes (best ever), wedge fries (like Alexia), and roasting nuts. Everything was perfect and better. It does cook faster so you have to watch it till you get to know it but once you do you will love it.
i have bought and returned two air fryer cookbooks and one was specifically for Vortex. Terrible, both of them. No pictures, no index, no order and kind of exotic recipes and using unusual measurements that I don’ t know for instance 1 and 3/4th ounce—I mean what is that?? plus some ingredients i never heard of. so found this page and am going to save it as these recipes seem simple and good and understandable. I AM NOT a cook. so i have signed up and we will see. I have not tried any of the above. All i have done so far is tator tots you buy frozen and i enjoy them, especially no grease.
I’m annoyed. NONE of the recipes give a cooking time. Why can’t you tell me how long and at what temperature I should cook a particular dish? Recipes for a regular oven always give these two important details. I’m a good cook. I don’t need a lot of instructions on seasoning and ingredients. But I do need to know how long and at what temperature my food needs to cook in your device. Time and temperature are the two most important factors in having a recipe come out right.
Hi Steven, we definitely agree! Time and temperature are important when making a recipe. If you click through to the recipes that you want to make you will find the full recipe instructions and ingredients including cook time and temperature. I hope that helps!
I have an Instant Vortex Plus 10 quart air Fryer oven. When I am cooking only one item which tray level is the best to use.
We recommend using the middle one when only using one tray.
Recently bought the Vortex Mini Air Fryer. Tried 2 recipes. So far, so absolutely good.
I am so glad you are loving your air fryer so far Brenda!
I am very disappointed at so few recipes for anything but meat based recipes. We eat vegan and use our air fryer frequently. We do not confine our vegetable dishes to fried potatoes.
Neither do we! We love using our air fryer to cook up delicious veggie dishes. Check out our side dishes section for some great veggie recipes. Some of our current favorites are air fryer brussel sprouts, mushroom and asparagus, and buffalo cauliflower! We’d love to hear what your favorite recipes are!
I’m very disappointed that there is not a recipe book with the fryer. I don’t have time to be looking up recipes when I get home from work & everyone is hungry & please don’t suggest that I can always do it the day before. I don’t always know what the menu will be the day previous.
I am sorry to hear that. We are not affiliated with the makers of the Vortex Air Fryer but completely understand your frustration. When you have time maybe take a few minutes to browse these easy air fryer recipes and create your own little book of go-to family favorites to pull out when in a rush to get dinner on the table. Hope that helps!
I hope you realize how silly that comment was. You should have just said, “please don’t suggest I try and save myself a headache, its everyone’s fault but my own.”
Just bought the 6-quart Vortex Plus air fryer (the one with the drawer) and thought I’d found the Vortex recipe paradise – but so far every recipe I’ve searched for is written for the Vortex Oven (the one with the rotisserie basket). Is there a way to search or sort by recipes suitable for the drawer models, and skip the ones made for the oven models?
You can find recipes for the drawer air fryer on our recipe index page. Recipe Index
I just bought a vortex mini air fryer. Are the cooking times/ directions the same as the 4qt machine?
Hi Mary, I believe they should be, just be sure not to overcrowd the basket when cooking.
I just purchased a Vortex Plus, 4 Quart Air Fryer. I cannot find Cook Times or recipes for the 4 quart Air Fryer.
Hi Bill, depending on what recipes you are looking for we have a variety of delicious recipes that would work well in your air fryer!
me too same – usually when you purchase an appliance especially at a HIGH RIDICULOUS PRICE you would expect to get a cooking manual at least and some recipes to boot … but not with the vortex 6 quart 4-in-1
Me, too. Received the 10 quart Vortex with rotisserie as a Christmas gift. No recipes! Have never used an air fryer. For me, it’s intimidating! Am deciding whether to keep.
Keep it you wont regret it. Im an experienced cook and I got one for Christmas and it was a little intimidating for me too. I decided to just try it and I love it! Even toast is better on the bake cycle. More even browning than Ive ever seen but it doesnt take long at all! Anything you can cook in an oven you can cook in the aire fryer. Everything in this little workhorse us soooo much better! Ive done a rotisserie out of the basket cause it was pushing 4 lbs 3.50 would be ideal for the basket oh my goodness waay better than the store, baked potatoes (best ever), wedge fries (like Alexia), and roasting nuts. Everything was perfect and better. It does cook faster so you have to watch it till you get to know it but once you do you will love it.
I’m a newbie and I’d like to get different types of recipes
Hi Elaine, our Air Fryer Recipe section is a great place to start. It has so many delicious recipes to try!
Interested in recipes
Hi Penny, we have so many delicious air fryer recipes for you to try out!
i have bought and returned two air fryer cookbooks and one was specifically for Vortex. Terrible, both of them. No pictures, no index, no order and kind of exotic recipes and using unusual measurements that I don’ t know for instance 1 and 3/4th ounce—I mean what is that?? plus some ingredients i never heard of. so found this page and am going to save it as these recipes seem simple and good and understandable. I AM NOT a cook. so i have signed up and we will see. I have not tried any of the above. All i have done so far is tator tots you buy frozen and i enjoy them, especially no grease.
I would like to receive complete recipes for my vortex air fryer. i am a newbie .
The food in vortex is great
Great air fryer
I’m looking for a scallop recipe
Newbie to the air frying family. I find recipes don’t give 1st, 2nd or 3rd tray level to use.
We try to note that on all recipes!