From glazed salmon to cheesy garlic bread sometimes it seems like there’s nothing you can’t cook in an air fryer. But anyone who’s gotten a little too creative with their appliance knows that there’s definitely a limit to what an air fryer can handle and cleaning up failed culinary experiments can be a huge chore. Even if you use your air fryer sparingly scrubbing grime from the nooks and crannies of your appliance can be a pain in the ass. Luckily for deep frying fanatics cleaning the air fryer basket just got a whole lot easier. With just a pod of dish soap and some hot water your basket can shine like new again with little to no scrubbing required.
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The next time your air fryer basket needs a little TLC pop the whole thing into the sink drawer and all (although you may want to loosen the drawer so it’s not flush with the bottom of the basket). Add a pod of dish soap and pour in a cup or two of boiling water such as from an electric kettle then fill the basket with the hottest water your sink can handle. Wait for about 20 minutes rinse everything out and you should have a perfectly clean basket. We can safely say that this is one of the most useful air fryer hacks out there.
Even though you’re not going to be hunched over and scrubbing dishes resulting in sticky hands and a sweaty forehead your air fryer basket is still getting a thorough clean. That’s because dishwasher tablets contain dish soap not dishwashing liquid. We’re not negative about dish soap — the chemicals make stripping oil from utensils a breeze — but to get the best results you’ll also need to manually get it bubbling and use a near-constant stream of water. Dish soap on the other hand contains protease and amylase enzymes that chemically scrub away food particles like proteins and starches. These enzymes are excellent at breaking down dirt and grime so dish soap tablets can be used to make cleaning things like burnt-on pans and grimy oven racks much easier.
As powerful as the pods are some stubborn messes may still require a light scrub to completely remove. If your air fryer basket still has greasy caked-on spots after soaking it with the dishwasher pod and hot water use a sturdy scratch-resistant scouring pad or brush to finish the job. As for the rest of your air fryer you can wipe down the inside and outside of the appliance with a damp sponge or cloth.
