How to Air Fry Skate Wings (Ray Wings)

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How to Air Fry Skate Wings (Ray Wings)

These simple instructions for How to Air Fry Skate Wings will ensure that you cook this wildly underrated fish to perfection. The flesh is snowy white with a slightly sweet, mild and delicate flavour. And with no pesky hard bones to make eating it difficult, it's the perfect simple supper.

5 from 2 votes

Prep Time: 3

Cook Time: 10

Total Time: 13

Servings wings

Author Chloe

Equipment

Silicone Pastry Brush

Ingredients

2 Skate Wings - roughly 225g/8oz each
1 tbsp Salted Butter - see notes
1 tsp Sea Salt Flakes - see notes

Instructions

If your air fryer requires pre-heating, Start this setting now.
Melt 1 tbsp Salted Butter in a small bowl. I do this in the microwave but you could use a small heatproof bowl in the air fryer if you like. The preheat setting will likely do the trick.
Thoroughly dry 2 Skate Wings.
Use a pastry brush to coat the both sides of the wings with the melted butter. It will start to solidify as you brush it on, this is good as it will prevent it from sliding right off the wings.
Sprinkle over roughly 1 tsp Sea Salt Flakes. Crush the flakes between your fingers as you sprinkle for thin even coverage.
Place the wings into the air fryer basket. You may have to be slightly creative to make them fit - you'll see that it is better to overlap the hard bone ends rather than the frilly edges like I have.
Air fry for 10 minutes at 200c/390f. There is no need to turn the wings.
Be careful removing the wings from the fryer as they will be delicate. Aim to pick them up with tongs from the bony part. Serve hot straight away.

To Air Fry From Frozen

Run the wings under cold water to remove any surface ice crystals. Thoroughly dry then proceed with preparing them as normal.
Cook for 12 minutes at 200c/390f.

Notes

Butter - You can use an oil instead of butter but I do find that butter helps the fish crisp a little more and adds a nice flavour.
Salt/Seasoning - You can use any seasoning mix or sauce instead of just salt but make sure that salt is included in the mix. You can also add a little citrus juice. If you use a sauce with a high sugar content, you may want to brush this on halfway through cooking so it doesn't catch and burn.
The air fryer version of this recipe is tested in a 4.7 litre capacity Cosori 4.7L (CAF-L501). This was needed to fit in 2 wings at the same time, but if I was only cooking one wing, my smaller Cosori Lite 3.8L (‎CAF-LI401S) which has a square(ish) shaped basket of 21cm x 21cm and 24cm on the diagonal would have been big enough. Remember that you can always cook in batches in a smaller air fryer.
As all air fryer models are a little different, you may find that you can fit more or less in at a time. Some models include stacking shelves which will increase capacity.
Not all models advise preheating is required. Please follow the recommended instructions for your model. Mine has a specific preheat setting which is 4 minutes at 205c.
Required cooking times and temperatures can also vary between models and brands. If you know that your air fryer runs a little hotter than most recipes suggest, use a lower temperature. And vice versa. Equally if you find that food cooks more quickly in your machine than instructions usually state, reduce the cooking time (or check it earlier) and vice versa.

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