Air fryers are one of the most popular kitchen gadgets around right now. Quick, efficient and cheap, it’s no wonder so many people have been ditching their ovens in favour of these handy appliances.
But even though they don’t require as much oil as other food prep methods, it can still leak out when you’re cooking. This can result in some pretty tough stains that take a lot of elbow grease. However, according to one cleaning pro on social media, there’s a simple way to get your air fryer sparkling clean again with no scrubbing at all.
Carolina McCauley, a TikTok cleaning sensation with more than 2.9 million followers, often shares her helpful tips with her fans. And in a recent video, she shared exactly how to get your air fryer spotless again, removing grease and oil stains that are often found inside the basket.
A popular cleaning trick is to submerge a dishwasher tablet in the basket, fill it with water and let it soak the grime away. But Carolina’s method is even cheaper, especially if you’ve not got a dishwasher and therefore don’t have the tablets at home already.
According to the pro, all you need is baking soda and dish soap to melt away your air fryer grease – and her method is so easy to do.
Simply sprinkle in a few tablespoons of baking soda into the basket, which will help to tackle that build-up of food stains. Then, squeeze in some washing up liquid, which is what’s going to get rid of the grime.
Fill the basket up with some boiling water from the kettle, and allow it to sit and soak for an hour.
Then, once the hot water has loosened everthing up, pour it away down the sink. Rinsing out the basket, Carolina noted: “It lifts everything so easily.”
The basket looked perfectly clean again without the need for any strenuous scrubbing. As she put it back into the appliance, she said: “She’s clean and ready to use again.”
She added: “It works so well and leaves everything looking fresh again.”
