Easy Air Fryer Recipe
Served with fresh sweetcorn salsa made from canned sweetcorn. No messing about breading means a 15-minute dinner!
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A quick word on air fryers
Oh my goodness, cooking doesn't get easier than this fuss-free, no-mess dinner.
If you don't already have an air fryer be getting one this very day!
You can't go wrong with a Ninja air fryer, by the way, I'm not sponsored by Ninja, I'm just saying. 😄
Before buying one, it's worth doing some research as some may not be quite what you wanted
For example, the Ninja Double Stack heats from the back and not the top, therefore the are holes at the back of both drawers making it unsuitable for cooking anything liquid such as curries.
There are hundreds of reviews on YouTube - some more helpful than others.
The temperature probes on all Ninjas are known for not being very accurate, so you really will need to buy a digital thermometer probe.
You can buy a cheap one, or pay a lot, it's up to you. The more expensive Thermapen is the bee's knees and is used by top chefs worldwide and is really accurate and fast reading.
Frozen fish
The trouble with frozen fish is it's coated with an ice glaze to protect it in the freezer, which makes the fish wet when cooking.
If you put it in water for a minute to remove the ice you could pat it dry with a kitchen paper towel, but then you will lose the flavour from the fish.
Cooking times for cod in an air fryer
You may have seen Jamie's Air Fryer Meals on Channel 4 where he cooks two pieces of frozen cod straight from the freezer at 200°C/400°F for just 8 minutes in the Tefal easy fry air fryer.
Despite the differences in cooking temperatures between mine and his fish (I didn't use frozen fish) I'm not sure how his fish cooked so quickly.
Even at 200°C in the Ninja, I don't think frozen fish would be cooked? I'll have to give it a go.
He doesn't use a temperature probe, he just declares that it's cooked. Of course, it depends on the overall size and thickness.
I used room-temperature cod and cooked it at 180°C /356°F, so yes, a lower temperature but my smaller piece took 9 minutes.
Start by making the sweetcorn salsa (if serving)
The amounts can be adjusted to suit however many you are making this for.
- a few deseeded and chopped baby tomatoes (grape tomatoes)
- a couple of spring onions (green onions, scallions) washed, topped and tailed and finely sliced
- 1 green chilli - deseeded and finely chopped
- a good pinch of salt
- a 200g can of sweetcorn - drained well. I didn't use the whole can, I gave some to my chickens!
- a small bunch of fresh coriander leaves only - chopped
- juice of a lime
- olive oil
To make the salsa
Put the prepared ingredients into a bowl with a drizzle of olive oil and mix it together. That's it, job done!
You might also like my Mango Pico de Gallo recipe 😋
Ingredients for the fish
- 2 fresh not frozen cod fillets mine were 140g each - room temperature
- a spray of rapeseed oil - to coat the bottom tray of your air fryer
- melted butter - enough to coat your fish
- a sprinkling of paprika - optional
You can air fry just one piece of cod the timings will be the same. 😉
Pack of 2 cod fillets - for some bizarre reason one is always bigger than the other, how annoying!
My cod had the skin on but I removed it, it's easy to do.
You need a sharp knife then place the fish onto a clean board and hold one hand firmly over the top with fingers and thumb out of the way, please!
Let the knife do the work for you, move the knife, not the fish. It'll be easier for you to watch this short video on removing the skin on fish than for me to try to explain.
Spray the air fryer tray with rapeseed oil or similar.
Coat the fish with melted butter and sprinkle with paprika.
Place into your air fryer, cook for 180°C/356°F and set the time to cook for 12 minutes.
After 9 minutes check how it's doing as you don't want dry fish. 😐
My smaller piece of cod was cooked at 9 minutes and the bigger piece cooked perfectly in 11 minutes.
How to know when fish is cooked
When it reaches an internal temperature of 63°C (145°F) at its thickest part. The flesh should be opaque and flake easily with a fork.
I served mine with sweetcorn salsa and a bag of Tilda lime and coriander basmati microwave rice, yes microwave rice, what am I like lol?
Well, some days you can't be bothered with too much!
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Air Fryer Cod
Ingredients
- a few deseeded and chopped baby tomatoes (grape tomatoes)
- a couple of spring onions (green onions, scallions) washed, topped and tailed and finely sliced
- 1 green chilli - deseeded and finely chopped
- a small 200g can of sweetcorn - drained well. I didn't use the whole can to serve two, I gave some to my chickens!
- a small bunch of fresh coriander leaves only - chopped
- juice of a lime
- olive oil
- a good pinch of salt
- 2 fresh not frozen cod fillets mine were 140g each - room temperature
- a spray of rapeseed oil - to coat the bottom tray of your air fryer
- melted butter - enough to coat your fish
- a sprinkling of paprika - optional
Instructions
- Spray the air fryer tray with rapeseed oil or similar.
- Coat the fish with melted butter and sprinkle with paprika.
- Place into your air fryer, cook for 180°C/356°F and set the time to cook for 12 minutes.
- After 8-9 minutes check how it's doing as you don't want dry fish. 😐
- When it reaches an internal temperature of 63°C (145°F) at its thickest part. The flesh should be opaque and flake easily with a fork.
- My smaller piece of cod was cooked at 9 minutes and the bigger piece cooked perfectly in 11 minutes.
- Put the prepared ingredients into a bowl with a drizzle of olive oil and mix it, taste and adjust the seasoning. That's it, job done!
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