air fry

verb

variants or air-fry

ˈer-ˌfrī 

air fried or air-fried; air frying or air-frying; air fries or air-fries

transitive + intransitive

: to cook (food) by means of convection currents rapidly circulated by a fan (as in an air fryer or a convection oven)

Air fry the dish at 320° for 30 minutes, stirring halfway through. And voilà! In a flash, you made a quick and simple condiment …

—Lizzy Briskin

Traditionally, deep-fried foods are soaked in oil, while air frying uses little to no added oil.

—Kathy Kolasa

I air-fried the cookies until they were a golden-brown color.

—Carolina Gazal

We bet you didn't know that toaster ovens can air fry.

—Justin Kahn

Word History

First Known Use

1989, in the meaning defined above