Our Favourite Winter Air Fryer Recipes

Air fryers are small kitchen appliances that cook your food by circulating hot air around it. While they can crisp up food like regular frying does, little to no oil or fat is needed, making them an excellent option for creating healthier meals. Plus, they’re much quicker to heat up than a traditional oven and are so easy to use. There are plenty of great air fryers available at Bing Lee, with options from your favourite brands, including Phillips, Ninja, Tefal, Breville and more. Check out our air fryer buying guide for more details and to decide which one best suits your needs.

A better question might be, ‘What can’t you cook in an air fryer?’! These babies are effectively mini convection ovens and, as such, can be used to cook all sorts of different healthy winter meals. You can whip up breakfasts, lunches, dinners, snacks and sides – even sweet treats can come to life in an air fryer!

From crunchy-on-the-outside-fluffy-in-the-middle roast potatoes to heavenly hot chips, sweet potato fries to fish fingers and other pre-fried frozen foods, sizzling, crisp bacon, chicken wings… even an entire roast chicken, depending on the capacity of your air fryer. Not to mention baked fruit, cakes, muffins and other tasty treats (check out one of the best winter recipes we’ve found for apple hand pies below – delish!).

Ready to get cooking? Here’s our breakdown of the best easy, quick and healthy air fryer recipes to whip up this winter. Enjoy!

Nothing says hearty winter meal like a roast! One of our favourites from Tefal is this tender, spiced, whole roast chicken that takes only 10 minutes to prep (+1 hr cooking time, we recommend spending catching up on your latest Netflix find) - it honestly couldn’t be easier. One you’ve popped the chicken and veggies in the airfryer, blitz up your green sauce and in an hours time you’ll be ready to plate up a full roast! Perfect for a chilly night in, it’s a great family friendly winter feed.

Get the recipe here.

Hands up who loves dumplings! That’s everyone, right? Kids and adults alike will go crazy for these delicious morsels, which you can whip up in just over half an hour.  While the flavoursome parcels of gingery goodness cook, mix up a tasty soy dipping sauce, and you’ll be sure to delight everyone at the table. This recipe serves 10, which is perfect for a big family meal – or why not create a batch for a dinner-party entrée and follow it up with a main of spicy drumsticks (below).

Get the dumpling recipe here. 

You can’t go wrong with spicy chicken drumsticks! Whether as a starter, side or the main course, this is one of the best winter recipes to whip out when the crew’s coming around. While these drumsticks crisp up to perfection in your air fryer, throw together a simple salad, roast some winter veggies and hey presto, winter dinner perfection.

Get the recipe from Philips here. 

Crunchy on the outside, pillowy on the inside, the perfect roasted spud is a winter mealtime essential – and you’ve just got to try these easy healthy air fryer potatoes that go beautifully with all sorts of healthy winter meals. Garlic, rosemary and a generous helping of sea salt elevate this simple side dish to star status, and with very little oil, they make a very tasty and nutritious addition to your dinner plate.

Click here for the recipe, courtesy of Philips.

Is there anything more delicious or indulgent than a piping hot crumble on a cold winter’s night? We don’t think so – and this recipe from Philips is, in our humble opinion, one of the best air fryer recipes around. Think melt-in-your-mouth buttery crumble atop a sweet apricot and blackberry filling, ready to devour in just 30 minutes, thanks to your trusty air fryer. Top with a scoop of ice cream or yoghurt, and you have the perfect winter dessert. Our stomachs are rumbling just thinking about it!

Grab the recipe from Philips here.

The aromatic marinade for this delicious, healthy fish dish is out of this world. Try it, and you’ll see why this pick from Electrolux is one of our favourite healthy winter meals of all time! With fresh lemongrass and spring onion, tangy ginger and juicy garlic, this Asian-inspired marinade gives the skin-on barramundi fillets loads of zing and is an easy and tasty midweek meal. Prep up a salad or blanch some broccolini and green beans to fill your plate. 

Click here to check out the recipe.

If you’ve ever ordered polenta chips out at a restaurant, you’ll know just how scrumptious these morsels can be. The perfect side or snack, these golden sticks of creamy polenta are a perfect crunchy-on-the-outside-molten-in-the-middle addition to your favourite hearty winter meals. Try them with a comforting osso buco, a rich casserole or – for the purists – dipped in a deep dish of aioli. Yum!

Get the Electrolux recipe here.