Air Fryer Pickles | Cosori 12-in-1 Air Fryer and Oven Review

This air fryer pickles recipe is the perfect appetizer. Dill pickle chips are coated with a savory breadcrumb mixture and then baked to a crispy crunch, making them delicious and satisfying to eat.

The Cosori brand gifted me with the air fryer toaster oven for my honest thoughts and review of the product. All opinions expressed are my own. #sponsored

This isn’t my first foray with the Cosori brand. They reached out to me previously to use and review their pressure cooker. So, I made pressure cooker chicken wings, which is always a popular recipe around any holiday.

When the Cosori folks reached out to me again recently to ask if I would use and review their 12-in-1 air fryer|convection oven|toaster oven|dehydrator|rotisserie, I immediately said yes. I knew then exactly what I was going to make because I love fried pickles but don’t particularly like to eat deep fried foods. An air fryer would be the perfect appliance for making this recipe!

So, besides being fun and delicious, this recipe is cleaner and, I believe, healthier than the deep fried versions you get in restaurants. Who doesn’t want healthy if it comes in delicious?

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If you aren’t familiar with an air fryer, it’s an appliance that crisps up food you would normally have to deep fry in order to get the same crispness. Air frying allows you to use little or no oil, making it a cleaner, healthier option.

Cosori air fryer toaster oven

When the oven arrived, its box was packed securely inside another cardboard box. I quickly opened the outer box to find this.

I unboxed the oven.

Oven specifications

Dimensions are 20.1 L x 16.5 W x 12.1 H. The power: 1800W, AC 120V, 60Hz. It has a 30L capacity, a 24 hour time range and temperatures between 80F – 450F.

What comes with the oven

1. Manual
2. Crumb tray
3. Recipe booklet (with more recipes online)
4. Air fryer basket
5. Broiler/food tray
6. Spit for rotisserie
7. Prongs for the spit
8. Rotisserie handle

It also comes with a wire rack inside that isn’t pictured here but you can see in the photos below.

Cosori oven settings

Listed here are the 12-in-1 oven’s settings (also seen in the LCD display, pictured below).

• Toast bread
• Toast bagels
• Pizza
• Bake
• Roast
• Air fry
• Broil
• Bake cookies
• Rotisserie chicken
• Dehydrate
• Ferment – (keeps the temperature consistent, so you can proof bread as well)
• Keep warm

As indicators of its size and capacity, this oven can toast 6 slices of bread, bake a 13 inch pizza and roast a chicken weighing up to 5 pounds.

The right photo shows the three different levels where you would put the racks. (B)

First impressions

We wanted to use the oven for a few weeks to get a feel for it before I actually made the fried pickles. We used the toast, pizza and bake functions.

The oven toasted the bread evenly and in keeping with its settings for number of slices and browning. The pizza came out perfectly, though you do need to find a pizza pan that fits in the oven. And lastly, the chicken thighs I baked came out juicy and perfect. The oven is very quiet and looks nice on the counter.

All in all I think this is a great combination oven and I recommend it.

Helpful tips

• Dry the pickles before you use them to eliminate the slippery texture and extra flavor of the pickle juice. After draining them, I let mine sit on paper towels for 30 minutes, total.
• I use Panko breadcrumbs but you can use regular breadcrumbs if you want.
• I use dried dill in the breadcrumbs but you can use whatever you want or omit it as well.
• Hubby can’t take much heat/spice in his food so I only used a dash of chipotle powder. Use as much as you like. I envy you.
• You will use a spray to apply some oil to the top of the pickles. I recommend an olive oil spray over other, popular cooking sprays.
• You will have to air fry the pickles in batches. I did two batches for this recipe.
• The dip I made contains 3 tablespoons mayonnaise, 2 tablespoons cocktail sauce and 1 teaspoon horseradish.
• When you set the oven to air fry and press the Start button, it will preheat. Once at temperature, you will put in your first batch of pickles and press Start again to begin timed cooking.
• FYI – You will flip the pickles and spray them again with olive oil. Once you put them back in the oven and press the Start button, it may preheat again, though the time of preheating will be short. As in the tip above, you will have to press Start again to begin timed cooking.

How to make air fryer pickles

Pre-step

Put a sieve in your sink and dump the pickles into it. Let them drain for at least 5 minutes.

Step one

Line a jelly roll pan with paper towels. Lay each pickle on the paper towels (A) and lay another paper towel over the pickles. Press down and blot them.

After 15 minutes, change out the paper towels and lay the pickles on them again. Cover the pickles with more paper towels and dab at them. Let rest for another 15 minutes.

Step two

Gather the breading ingredients – Panko breadcrumbs, flour, parmesan cheese, egg, milk, garlic powder, dill weed and chipotle powder. (B)

Step three

Add the breading ingredients in a shallow bowl and mix with a fork.

Step four

Crack an egg and milk into a second shallow bowl and whisk until combined. (C)

Step five

Lay a bunch of pickles in the egg and flip them to coat each side.

Step six

Pick up each pickle and let any extra egg drip off. Lay them in the breadcrumb mixture. (E)

Step seven

Coat each side of the pickle with the breadcrumbs and lay them on the air fryer basket. For maximum crispness, make sure they aren’t touching each other. (F)

Step eight

Dial the knob on the oven to the air fry function, adjust the time to 6 minutes and hit the Start button. The oven will preheat.

Once it beeps to let you know it has come to temperature, lightly spritz the breaded pickles with the olive oil spray.

Step nine

Slide the air fryer tray in the oven in the appropriate spot. Close the oven door and hit the Start button again.

Step ten

When the oven beeps, take out the air fryer basket, turn each pickle slice and spritz again with olive oil. Place the basket back in the oven and press the Start button. Cook for 6 more minutes.

Repeat Steps five through ten for additional batches.

After all batches are finished, plate the air fryer pickles and gather your favorite dip (or see the Helpful tips above to make the dip I used).

Look at all that crispy goodness!

All that is left is to dip a pickle chip and eat. Crunch, crunch.

Other popular appetizers

• Chili cheese dip
• Bacon wrapped scallops
• Vegetarian quesadillas

I hope you enjoyed this air fryer pickles recipe! It’s the perfect appetizer.

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