Roasted Turnips (Air Fryer or Oven Recipe) (2024)

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What is the best way to cook and eat turnips? ›

Baked, Boiled or Steamed. Use turnips any way you would use a potato, and then some. Try them baked or boiled in stews, soups and stir-fries, or lightly steamed with some butter, salt or lemon juice for flavor.

Air-frying is a healthier alternative to deep-fried foods, but oven-baking often preserves good nutrients while filtering out the bad ones, making oven-baked foods even healthier than most air-fried foods.

Air fryers can get up to pretty high temperatures, making them great for roasting and broiling. When you use an air fryer to roast, it will default to a higher temperature and cook for a shorter amount of time than it does while air frying.

It's not essential to peel turnips before cooking. If this skin appears to be thin enough you can leave it on and cook as is. However if the skin feels thick and leathery, you can peel it off with a sharp knife or vegetable peeler. Both the roots and leaves, also known as turnip greens, are safe to eat.

A variety of herbs and spices can be added to the mashed turnips. Try a tablespoon of finely chopped sage or rosemary, a clove or two of roasted or sautéed garlic, or a pinch of paprika or ground ginger. If your turnips came with the greens, don't throw them away.

One turnip website from the United Kingdom notes that if you boil them, add a little sugar to tame the scent and add baking soda to reduce bitterness. Look for fresh turnips. Avoid the very large, wrinkled and blemished turnips. I selected medium to small turnips.

We've roasted whole chickens in our air fryer tests and they always come out slightly drier than the equivalent recipe in an oven, because you're essentially broiling an entire chicken. Air fryers are much faster than traditional ovens, but they're far worse for baked dishes.

Both appliances use a fan to circulate heated air throughout the cooking cavity. However, they are different—a convection oven has a larger capacity and air frying optimizes the cooking environment for crispy fried results.

Air fryers cook quicker than convection ovens and don't require heating a large appliance, like your full-sized oven. Their perforated racks also allow fat to drip onto the drip pan so your food doesn't absorb excess oil, which minimizes calories and becomes crispier since it is more dry.

For the same reasons that air frying is great for fried foods, it's also great for roasting. A little background on how air frying works: Like an oven, air fryers generate heat. Unlike an oven, that heat is circulated rapidly around the cooking space with the help of a fan.

Do you flip a roast in the air fryer? ›

Firstly, pat your roast beef dry with paper towels. Next, rub it all over with oil, salt, and pepper. Transfer beef to air fryer and air fry at 360ºF for about 40 mins, flipping halfway through, until it reaches 145ºF for medium-rare.

What do the different cooking functions do? Max Crisp: Best for cooking smaller quantities of frozen food such as chicken nuggets and battered onion rings. Air Fry: Use this function to give your food crispiness and crunch with little to no oil. Roast: Best for roasting joints of meat and vegetables.

They take about as long to cook as carrots but do not overcook. Unlike carrots which become sweeter with cooking, turnips lose their sweetness when overcooked.

Like any root vegetable, turnips should be given a good rinse to remove dirt or grit; a soft brush is an excellent aid.

Boil or steam turnips and add them to mashed potatoes for extra vitamins and minerals. Grate them raw into salads or slaws. Roast them with other root vegetables like carrots and sweet potatoes, and bring out their natural sweetness.

Turnips are a healthy alternative to potatoes; they're lower in calories and have fewer carbs. Smaller, sweeter turnips can be sliced into wedges and eaten raw like an apple.

Turnips have a crisp, white inner flesh and a zesty, peppery flavor. People can eat them raw or cooked. However, roasting turnips tends to bring out their best flavors and qualities.