Usually, the food has it’s own oil, which is heated by the air around it. That’s how air-frying gets food crispy (but it doesn’t always work).
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altec@midwest.social 2 months agoThere’s also “air fry”, which is just an aggressive convection oven lol
themeatbridge@lemmy.world 2 months ago
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Usually you need to spray or toss the stuff with a small amount of oil first, or stuff has natural oils. The term is usually for using “another oil” so I would say adding oil would be a must instead of its own oils myself.
general_kitten@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
I wouldn’t say it’s always true. If i fry a duck breast in a pan only with fat from it’s skin i would still classify it as frying even when all the fat is from the duck breast.