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The Secret Ingredient That Browns Air Fryer Meat To Perfection
By S. Ferrari
Sugar is often reserved for dessert dishes, but the next time you're cooking a meat dish in your air fryer, use this natural sweetener to cook perfectly browned meat.
When your meat is coated with a bit of sugar, the concentrated heat in an air fryer will caramelize the sugar, giving your meat a crackly texture and a hint of sweetness.
A super simple way to introduce sugar into your meat preparation before it hits the fryer is to include a bit of granulated sugar or brown sugar in a dry rub or a glaze.
A dry rub or glaze with sugar benefits dishes like simple and versatile jerk chicken wings or even a show-stopping honey brown sugar glazed ham.
If you prefer a sweetener with a floral flavor, honey is an ideal option for a honey-mustard and cider marinade for spareribs.
Molasses is also another liquid sweetener that will help you achieve that beautiful browning for a recipe like molasses-mustard glazed beef ribs.