I also made basic chicken cutlets from scratch in the Duo Crisp. The Duo Crisp with Ultimate Lid turned out equally browned sweet potato fries as my solo air fryer in the same amount of time. Both batches emerged from 12 minutes of cooking with about the same amount of caramelization and browning. I split a sweet potato in half and made a batch of fries in my solo air fryer and the Duo Crisp. They generally come out crispy and much less oily than with deep frying. Sweet potato fries: Fried potatoes are another classic air fryer food. The results were remarkably similar, but the Instant Pot needed an extra five minutes to preheat. I cooked for 18 minutes and flipped them at the midway point.
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I made them with my standard recipe in both the Duo Crisp and my solo Magic Bullet air fryer. I take two or three thighs, dip them in egg and dredge them in flour. I made a few air fryer favorites with the Duo Crispįried chicken thighs: One air fryer recipe I've become fond of is simple fried chicken thighs. I'm used to air fryers that don't need preheating, so it took getting used to.
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For an air frying session at 400 degrees Fahrenheit, it took about five minutes to preheat plus the actual cook time. Speaking of which, this is one of the only air fryers I've used that needed an official preheat time. The air fryer was plenty proficient once it got heated. I cooked several of my favorite air fryer foods with the Duo Crisp and its Ultimate Lid. I found the dials and controls simple to use, but I'm not used to air fryers that require preheat time. However, that lid is very light and thin measuring no more than 2 inches high it shouldn't be hard to find space for one. While you won't have to screw on (or find storage for) a bulky conical air fryer lid attachment as you do for the original Duo Crisp, you will have to slide in the pressure cooker lid when you want to pressure or slow cook. It also has most of the functionality of your basic Instant Pot multicooker including pressure cook, slow cook, steam and sauté.
Because of this convection cooking element, you can air fry, broil, bake and roast - all cooking methods that most Instant Pots don't offer.
Unlike any Instant Pot before it, the Duo Crisp with Ultimate Lid has air fryer functionality built into the main lid. What the Duo Crisp with Ultimate Lid does The detachable lid for pressure cooking and slow cooking (right of Instant Pot) is light, thin and easy to store. The convection and air fryer mechanism is built into the lid. Here's what I thought of the hybrid air fryer and multicooker. It was also tough to clean and needed preheat time to air fry, unlike most air fryers.Īt this bloated price, I wouldn't recommend it over the first-generation Duo Crisp, which is roughly $100 cheaper.
While it wasn't a total flop, the pricey $230 model proved bulkier than a standard Instant Pot and didn't quite have the pop of its air fryer lid predecessor. The latest Instant Pot release, the Instant Pot Duo Crisp with Ultimate Lid, sports built-in convection and air fryer lid along with a slim pressure cooker insert so you can use it as you would a traditional multicooker: Slow cook, pressure cook, steam, sauté and more.Īs a habitual user of the multicooker and air fryer, and a bona fide lover of anything space-saving, I wrangled the new 6.5-quart Instant Pot model with Ultimate Lid to see if it could do the work of both popular small appliances. The Instant brand (famous for the Instant Pot) has been making air fryers for a few years now but only recently added an air-frying feature to the popular multicooker. If you're low on kitchen space, you might be deciding if you should opt for one over the other, but the new Instant Pot Dup Crisp with Ultimate Air-Frying lid combines the best of both and could save you from having to decide. $100 more than the first-generation Duo Crisp but not worth the extra moneyĪir fryers and multicookers are two of the most popular small kitchen appliances of late.An integral piece broke off, although it might have been my fault.Was difficult to clean the wire tray after air frying.
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