My Favorite Air Fryer Recipes For Fat Loss

[00:00] Today I'm going to show you exactly why

[00:01] my air fryer has now replaced my oven.

[00:04] And in this video, I will be explaining

[00:05] my top reasons why an air fryer is a

[00:07] must have in your kitchen while I show

[00:09] you exactly how to make eight of my

[00:10] favorite lowc calorie recipes. The air

[00:12] fryer is a macro friendly recipe cheat

[00:14] code. That leads into reason number one

[00:16] why you should have an air fryer is

[00:17] because it is beginner proof. If you do

[00:20] not know how to cook or you want to use

[00:21] zero brain cells to make delicious food,

[00:24] this is your best friend. One

[00:25] realization I've had is it's not that I

[00:28] don't like chicken breast. It's that I

[00:30] don't like dry, boring chicken breast.

[00:31] So, I'm going to show you how to take

[00:32] your air fryer and make juicy chicken

[00:35] tenders with zero brain cells. We're

[00:37] going to grab our seasoning. Want the

[00:39] Cajun seasoning. Don't be shy. I like to

[00:42] just use one hand just so I have another

[00:45] hand free to season any blank spots. You

[00:48] might want to have to sneeze while

[00:49] you're doing this cuz it'll get up your

[00:51] nose a little bit. Season any of these

[00:53] spots that don't have enough. I knew it

[00:56] was coming. So, this is what it looks

[00:58] like. Nice and seasoned about to go in

[00:59] the air fryer. And we're going to be

[01:00] able to fit this whole batch in here.

[01:02] That's the beauty of this. And getting a

[01:05] six quart. Anything smaller than a six

[01:07] quart is not practical. Anything bigger

[01:09] than a six quart just doesn't really act

[01:11] like an air fryer. My favorite cooking

[01:13] oil, avocado oil. A little bit of a

[01:15] spritz. So, now we're just going to add

[01:16] it to air fryer. Air fry. Go. temp 400.

[01:21] We're going to go time.

[01:24] And so, while that is going, we are

[01:26] going to prep our potatoes wrench fry.

[01:28] And so, quick pro tip for your cutting

[01:30] board. If you put a damp towel

[01:31] underneath, it doesn't slide. And if it

[01:33] doesn't have it, it's going to slide

[01:35] everywhere. How you cut your finger off.

[01:37] I'm cutting a bunch of potatoes cuz

[01:38] we're going to do a test in the oven and

[01:40] in the air fryer. Just clean the dirt

[01:42] off the outsides. Dry off your potatoes.

[01:44] Now, we cut these bad boys up. Two for

[01:47] the oven, two for the air fryer. So,

[01:48] we're just going to take off an end,

[01:51] another end, and then we're going to cut

[01:53] in half, and then take off the edges.

[01:56] Bam. Bam. Bam. Bam.

[02:00] So, we're looking for

[02:03] We're not going super long fries. Now,

[02:04] just repeat this for all your potatoes.

[02:07] Bam. All the French fries done. And now,

[02:09] the moment of truth,

[02:11] [Music]

[02:13] guys, look at these things.

[02:16] Unbelievable. You want your chicken

[02:18] tenders to stay juicy, do not touch

[02:20] them. Let them rest for about 10

[02:23] minutes. They can hold all their juices

[02:25] cuz I could rip one open right now and

[02:26] show you how juicy they are, but then

[02:28] all the juices would be gone. But yeah,

[02:30] I just prepped 2 lbs of chicken tenders

[02:32] in 10 minutes. And then you can just

[02:34] rinse and repeat if you want to do 4 lb,

[02:36] 6 lb, 8 lb. It's just 10 minutes. And

[02:38] then don't forget there's going to be a

[02:39] little bit of the juices rendered out

[02:40] the bottom. Make sure to drizzle that.

[02:43] So, while our chicken tenders are

[02:45] cooling, so quick break in the video

[02:47] because I made you guys something pretty

[02:49] cool. I made you this free recipe book.

[02:50] It's 100% free. First link in the

[02:52] description below. It has all the

[02:53] recipes you'll see in this video and

[02:54] then also has a ton of bonus recipes. It

[02:56] has the macros, beautiful picture,

[02:57] recipe video link, has all the

[02:59] ingredients, all the directions all in

[03:01] one place. Like I said, 100% free. Takes

[03:03] I would say max 8 seconds to get. First

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[03:06] back to the video. We're going to go to

[03:07] point number two. The air fryer is so

[03:09] much faster in the oven. And I'm going

[03:10] to run a test to show you what this

[03:11] looks like. Preheating the air fryer. I

[03:13] would say it's like a third of the time

[03:15] to a half versus the oven. I'm going to

[03:17] preheat the oven.

[03:19] Stopwatch.

[03:22] So, we're going to see how long it takes

[03:23] to get to 400° F. This is insane, dude.

[03:25] I've just been sitting here forever.

[03:27] It's not even preheated yet. We're

[03:29] there, baby. I'm so hungry. And I'd be

[03:31] eating lunch by now if it wasn't for

[03:32] this oven. Got to run these

[03:34] tests to show you how great the air

[03:36] fryer is. Always preheat your oven with

[03:37] the pan in there that you're going to

[03:39] cook with because that creates a a

[03:41] crispy bottom.

[03:44] And this is going to be counter to what

[03:47] you maybe will think, but we're not

[03:49] going to do anything to these fries

[03:51] because I'm going to show you what

[03:52] happens to these fries whenever I don't

[03:53] put anything on them in the air fryer.

[03:55] So, we're doing a one:1 test right now.

[03:56] Into the air fryer, raw dog. Literally

[03:59] no oil on them. Trust the process. We're

[04:01] trying to make the most crispy and

[04:02] macroofriendly French fries possible. We

[04:04] only have so much oil to play around

[04:06] with. For the oven, this has been 19

[04:08] minutes and 27 seconds so far. We're

[04:11] going to start a new timer. Bam. Got a

[04:13] new one. All right. So, now we're going

[04:15] to do the air fryer. Air fryer. We're

[04:17] going to go 25 minutes. 400.

[04:21] Bam. And now we're at point number three

[04:23] of why the air fryer is better than the

[04:25] oven. The shake.

[04:28] So, instead of having to take each one

[04:30] and flip it over in the oven, like I can

[04:32] literally just shake. Bam.

[04:35] right back in. So now I'm about to have

[04:36] to take these out of the oven and try

[04:38] and flip them over and it's going to be

[04:40] a pain in the ass. I will never cook

[04:42] French fries in the oven. Ever, ever,

[04:43] ever. I'm only doing it for you guys in

[04:45] this video. These are going to take

[04:46] forever. Now I got to go and I got to

[04:48] flip each one of these over and I risk

[04:50] having to burn myself. Always burn

[04:52] myself taking stuff out of the oven.

[04:55] So it's been about 15 minutes.

[04:58] Look at these things. No oil on them.

[05:02] Crispy. Now we're going simple combo.

[05:04] Avocado oil, sea salt, garlic powder. My

[05:06] goal is about 4 g of fat.

[05:12] Now we're going sea salt,

[05:16] garlic powder.

[05:20] Just drop them back in the air fryer for

[05:22] a few minutes.

[05:24] Just look at these beaut chicken tenders

[05:27] to reheat them back up since this is

[05:29] going to be my lunch.

[05:33] [Music]

[05:39] And this whole plate's only 518

[05:41] calories, over 50 g of protein,

[05:45] crispiness, and these are reheated and

[05:48] still super juicy. Like one of my

[05:49] favorite meals, and we're still waiting

[05:51] on them. Damn oven fries. The reason why

[05:53] I make fries all the time is how easy it

[05:55] is to make. Like, this is an insane fat

[05:57] loss meal. They're finally ready. Here

[05:58] we go.

[06:00] I mean, to be fair, they don't look bad,

[06:02] but it has been that is insane. I think

[06:04] it was like 20 minutes to preheat, 49,

[06:06] 50 minutes in the oven. These are good

[06:07] looking fries, but they took like 3

[06:10] hours to make, and that is just

[06:12] unacceptable. I mean, they're good

[06:13] fries, but all life is is opportunity

[06:16] cost. Baby, was it worth it?

[06:22] Nasty mother. The amount of people I see

[06:25] posting recipes online with dirty ass

[06:28] air fryers is insane. And so next up, I

[06:30] want to give you a pro tip for the

[06:31] longevity of your air fryer. It is so

[06:34] tempting to just keep throwing food in

[06:36] here and not cleaning it. But I am not a

[06:39] big fan of repeat oil use heating up

[06:43] inside the air fryer. What I mean by

[06:44] that, we just made chicken tenders. Then

[06:46] we made fries and we heated up, cooled,

[06:49] heated up, and so now you have that oil

[06:50] just kind of caking in there. The more

[06:52] you let a cake in there, harder it is to

[06:53] be able to clean. So, I highly recommend

[06:55] after each meal you use it, you just

[06:58] give it a little clean. It takes a

[07:00] minute or two. It adds so much longer of

[07:02] a life to your air fryer. Warm water

[07:05] dawn in there.

[07:08] Then we just scrub a dubdub. So, then

[07:11] you just give it a nice little Don't go

[07:14] too hard cuz you're going to end up

[07:17] scraping off all the nonstick and the

[07:19] guns ain't the nonstick. It's so bad for

[07:21] you. Rinse it off.

[07:23] Now we just do the same with the air

[07:25] fryer into the crevices.

[07:28] I've had this air fryer for 6 months.

[07:30] Look how brand new it looks. Be

[07:31] proactive. 1 to 2 minutes. I'll ask. I'm

[07:34] about to show you to make a protein

[07:35] pizza that's only 70 calories. Then

[07:37] after I get done showing you that, I'm

[07:38] going to show you a cheat code with that

[07:40] pizza in the air fryer.

[07:42] Only 80 calories. Holy Crispy

[07:45] crust.

[07:46] Today I'm showing you how to level up

[07:48] your meal prep with these mini protein

[07:49] pizzas. Only 78 calories, the easiest

[07:51] pizza crust you'll ever make and they're

[07:53] delicious. So, first we're going to add

[07:54] all our dry dough ingredients into a

[07:55] bowl. Mix to avoid clumping. Then you're

[07:57] going to add your wet ingredients in

[07:58] there. Mix till you get a thick paste.

[07:59] Trust the process here. This is the most

[08:00] practical dough you'll ever use. You

[08:02] don't have to knead it. Throw flour all

[08:03] over your kitchen. Wait for it to rise

[08:05] and 24 hours go by and you still haven't

[08:06] had pizza. This is a spreadable crust

[08:08] that keeps the calories lower, but then

[08:09] also you can have pizza in 20 minutes or

[08:10] less. Bake for 4 to 5 minutes. Then take

[08:12] these off the parchment. Bake for

[08:13] another 2 to 3 minutes. Should look nice

[08:14] and golden. Now you're going to repeat

[08:15] this process for all your crust. Now

[08:17] it's time to build your pizzas. We're

[08:18] going to make these a garlic crust. Then

[08:19] we're going to add our pizza sauce. Our

[08:20] parskin mozzarella that's been rinsed

[08:22] for optimal cheese bowl. Turkey

[08:23] pepperonis. Add back to the oven till

[08:24] golden. And then it's time to enjoy, my

[08:26] friends. Always rinse your parskin

[08:28] mozzarella. There's like a cakey starch

[08:30] on here. I know you want cheese pools.

[08:32] Got to rinse it. So all you do is just

[08:33] run a little bit of cold water, let it

[08:36] drain, and just press out

[08:39] the water. And then now you got cheese

[08:41] pull mozzarella. So you just saw the

[08:43] pizza recipe. Here we have our leftover

[08:44] meal prep crust. So we're going to show

[08:46] how great the air fryer is at reheating

[08:49] food. Since we want these to be a garlic

[08:50] crust, we're going to add a little bit

[08:51] of the garlic powder pizza sauce, a

[08:55] little bit of our wash cheese. So we're

[08:57] going to wait to add our turkey

[08:58] pepperonis because if you add them on

[09:00] too early, they're just going to fly all

[09:01] over the place. You need the cheese to

[09:02] melt. Then you add them on, you can

[09:04] press them in there and then they won't

[09:05] fly everywhere. Into the air fryer.

[09:10] Bada bing. Now we're going to add on

[09:11] those turkey pepperonis. Now it's a

[09:13] little melty. You see how I'm able to

[09:15] press them into the cheese? Now back in

[09:17] the air fryer we go.

[09:21] Yo, what the

[09:25] This took 3 minutes, guys. Look.

[09:29] Look at this pizza. Oh, don't fall. My

[09:32] god. You guys saw the cheese coming off

[09:34] like that? Pizza in 3 minutes.

[09:38] [Music]

[09:40] 70 calories. Always reheat your food in

[09:44] the air fryer. And the microwave's

[09:45] disgusting. Except for a craft protein

[09:47] mac and cheese recipe I have coming

[09:49] soon. I'll show you a picture. You can

[09:50] reheat in the microwave.

[09:52] Crazy.

[09:56] Wash your cheese and wash your air

[09:58] fryer.

[09:59] Is that pizza? But Zach, what's for

[10:01] dessert? This recipe I'm about to show

[10:03] you. Certified banger. Animated in my

[10:05] air fryer brownie stuffed with

[10:07] cheesecake. Only 232 calories. And it

[10:09] begins in 3 2 1.

[10:13] Cheesecake stuffed cosmic brownie. Less

[10:15] than 250 calories.

[10:18] Oh,

[10:24] [Music]

[10:34] heat.

[10:37] [Music]

[10:52] [Music]

[11:04] I got one of these left over. That's how

[11:05] I store them. Anything I make in my mini

[11:07] cheesecake pans tend to fit in these

[11:10] small deli containers. So, it's like

[11:11] perfect for meal prep. Got the brownie

[11:13] right here. Pop that out. The bottom.

[11:17] Oh, and I got some leftover the protein

[11:18] icing. We're going to drizzle that on

[11:20] top.

[11:23] Little confetti chips.

[11:25] 232 calories, but nothing matters until

[11:28] we see the inside. Granted, this thing

[11:30] has chilled overnight.

[11:33] Insane. Even a day later. That is

[11:35] ridiculous. Made in the air fryer. Who

[11:37] would have thought it? What is this

[11:39] life? Oh god. I got something for you.

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[12:03] not get chocolate on the book. Exact

[12:04] chocolatey fingers. Got to dry them off

[12:06] really fast. How do you burn so many

[12:08] calories? So, let's say I want to use my

[12:10] air fryer to make the quickest of quick

[12:13] delicious macroofriendly snacks. We're

[12:15] going to start with a low carb tortilla.

[12:17] We're going to grab the chicken tenders

[12:18] from earlier. Chicken tendies and we're

[12:21] going to chop those up into small

[12:24] pieces. We got our cut chicken laughing

[12:25] cow cheese wedge on each. Actually,

[12:28] we're going to two/3 on each. One on

[12:30] each is a little overkill. Spread it all

[12:32] the way to the edges. Laughing cow

[12:33] cheese wedges are one of the most

[12:35] goatated, versatile, low calorie

[12:37] ingredients. Now, we're going to evenly

[12:39] add our chicken. Add a little bit of 2%

[12:42] KBY jack cheese. We don't need to wash

[12:43] this cuz it's actually going inside of

[12:45] something. When it is subject to oxygen,

[12:49] that's when the caking agent tends to

[12:51] dry out and you don't get the cheetles.

[12:54] Then we'll go a little bit of green

[12:55] onion just cuz I have it just for some

[12:58] color. I would normally put a sauce in

[13:00] here, but we're going to be dipping it

[13:01] in a sauce. So, we're just going to And

[13:03] I already stuffed these a little too

[13:04] much. So, we press this down.

[13:10] Spray each bottom half with cooking oil.

[13:12] Do your best to spray directly on top of

[13:16] each one so you're not just making a

[13:18] mess in the air fryer. Here's a little

[13:19] pro tip. I use ramicans inside the air

[13:21] fryer to make sure anything stays shut.

[13:23] So, these heat up in the air fryer so it

[13:25] kind of like sears the top of whatever

[13:27] it's on top of, too. So, yeah, it just

[13:28] helps. So, we put this on top. This one

[13:31] right here. So, now we're definitely

[13:33] sealed shut.

[13:36] Easy. Zero brain cells.

[13:42] Let's take these off with some

[13:43] protection so I don't burn my fingers.

[13:46] Looking nice. Making me sing cuz these

[13:50] look so nice.

[13:53] [Music]

[13:54] I got some leftover

[13:57] low calorie homemade creamy Taco Bell

[14:00] sauce. 20 calories per serving.

[14:04] Yep. I'll have to do some macro math

[14:06] after the video. I'm pretty sure these

[14:07] are less than 150 calories per. You'll

[14:08] see the macros on the screen right now,

[14:10] but um it's definitely low calorie and

[14:12] low effort.

[14:14] Unreal. Freaking hot. Look at the

[14:16] portability.

[14:19] And so the next reason why I think your

[14:21] air fryer should replace your oven, at

[14:22] least have an air fryer, is if you have

[14:25] kids. Whenever I was doing research and

[14:26] making the outline for this video, I had

[14:28] a hunch. I don't have kids yet. So I had

[14:30] to crowdsource this information. I

[14:31] posted on my story asking parents if

[14:33] their kids use the air fryer and how

[14:35] they use it. And holy kids use the

[14:37] air fryer and parents love that and the

[14:40] kids love it. And so here's what I found

[14:42] out from all the replies. And I'm sorry

[14:44] if you're watching this and I didn't get

[14:45] back to you. There was just so many. But

[14:46] from the ones that I saw, it was the air

[14:48] fryer just replaced the microwave. And

[14:49] it was a fun way, a starter way for kids

[14:52] to learn how to cook. And there was one

[14:53] meal that was the most common. And it

[14:55] just makes sense. Chicken nuggets and

[14:56] fries. And that meal was normally

[14:58] something they have to make in the oven.

[14:59] And parents don't feel comfortable with

[15:01] a I mean, the youngest was 6 5 6 years

[15:03] old using the air fryer. There's just so

[15:05] many variables that can go wrong with

[15:06] the oven. Macroofriendly chicken nuggets

[15:08] and my favorite frozen fries. and we're

[15:10] going to show how easy it is to make

[15:12] chicken nuggets and fries in the air

[15:14] fryer from Frozen as if you're a kid.

[15:16] What we're going to do is take one of my

[15:17] favorite sound bites or snippets from

[15:19] the DMs. It was what I tell my kids is

[15:22] 350 till crispy. And I was like, man,

[15:25] that's amazing. Fries will need to cook

[15:27] longer than the nuggets. So, the fries

[15:28] are going to go in there for about 6 to

[15:29] 8 minutes.

[15:32] 350 till crispy.

[15:37] Looking pretty nice. chicken nuggets.

[15:42] Bam. And in case you didn't know, the

[15:44] macros on these chicken nuggets, 130

[15:46] calories, 23 g of protein, four carb,

[15:49] two fat. That's pretty insane for

[15:50] chicken nuggets. I haven't had these in

[15:52] a minute, so I'll let you know if

[15:53] they're any good when they come out.

[15:58] Obviously, the Alexia fries are just so

[16:01] good. Chicken nugs. Looking good. Not

[16:04] too shabby. All right, here we go. I

[16:06] mean, I mean, that's not bad. It's

[16:08] lightly breaded, but for those

[16:10] macaronis, I'll buy this for sure. This

[16:12] is just an easy meal. Like I said, zero

[16:14] brain cells in the air fryer. I like

[16:16] that. Should have salted the sweet

[16:17] potato fries. Totally forgot. They're

[16:18] really good. And so, we're at 10 reasons

[16:20] so far. Come here on why your air fryer

[16:22] should replace your oven. And I got a

[16:24] few quick fire bonus ones. I use two air

[16:26] fryers. Why? Because I can do protein in

[16:29] one, I can do a side in the other. I can

[16:31] meal prep with it. With just one air

[16:32] fryer, it's really hard to meal prep.

[16:34] Just don't put them on the same breaker

[16:35] because your breaker will short. too

[16:37] much energy on one burger. And then next

[16:38] one, it's mobility. I can take this and

[16:41] I can go outside. Why? Why is it

[16:43] important that I do that? Because if I'm

[16:45] cooking fish, my place will smell like

[16:47] fish forever. Like for so long, and it

[16:49] takes so long to get the smell of fish

[16:51] out of my place. So, I will take this

[16:52] out onto my balcony and I will cook my

[16:54] salmon. And then number three, this

[16:55] freaking thing will heat up my place so

[16:58] much. I have to preheat it, then I have

[17:00] to have the oven on for a while. And it

[17:01] just leaks heat into my place. And it

[17:04] just gets so hot in here. I live in

[17:05] Austin, Texas. It gets so hot here. I

[17:07] get a lot of sun shining onto my place.

[17:08] So, anything I can do to not have my

[17:10] place get really hot. Yeah, that's why

[17:12] the air fryer so much better in the

[17:14] oven. If you like this format, let me

[17:15] know in the comments below. This is the

[17:16] first time I've done this format. This

[17:18] is um trial and error. So, let me know

[17:20] what you liked about it, what you didn't

[17:21] like about it, what you want to see in

[17:22] the future. Let me know in the comments

[17:23] below. And don't forget to get your free

[17:24] recipe book. First link in the

[17:26] description below. It takes 8 seconds to

[17:27] get. And let me know also in the

[17:29] comments below if you want me to give

[17:30] away an air fryer in my next video. I

[17:31] think I'm I'm thinking about doing it. I

[17:33] I want to pay it forward. And if you

[17:34] like this video, I'm 1,000% positive

[17:36] you're going to like this video. Yeah,

[17:38] go click on this one. Go get your book.

[17:41] Go get your book. And I think that's it.

[17:43] I love you guys. I appreciate you guys.

[17:44] And I'll see you guys in the next