‘Mouth-watering’ air fryer roast pork with 3 ingredients

Air fryers continue to help home cooks knock up wonderful plates of food without having to slave away for hours. But did you know they can also help you create sumptuous roast pork which will leave your mouth watering?

Recipe developer and cookbook author Amy Sheppard revealed her take on the classic roast dinner, making the centrepiece of her meal entirely in the air fryer. In a recent TikTok video, Amy explained that she’d long given up cooking roast pork in the oven as it always seemed to lack that crispy crackling. She said: “I love roast pork, it makes such a nice change from having chicken or beef on a Sunday, but I had pretty much given up cooking it in the oven – I could never get that super crispy crackling and the meat was always a bit dry.”

“If you love a bit of roast pork too, you have got to try this airfryer method – I promise, you’ll never ever go back to the oven.”

What’s even better is that you only need three ingredients to make the perfect roast pork, so there’s no need for fuss.

Amy’s video has already been viewed over 651,400 times, receiving 10,800 likes and 161 comments.

A number of people shared their enthusiasm for the recipe in the comments.

Stephanie wrote: “Looks amazing doing this today.”

Another said: “Needs Yorkshire pudding with it but looks fantastic.”

A third said: “I’m looking at this at 1am mouth watering, looks amazing,” while Mollie replied, “I never knew you could put foil in the air fryer!!! I loveeeee pork but I just can’t cook it deffo gonna try.”

Madeline said: “Might need to change my shopping order last minute now.”

So if you’re looking for an alternative way to spice up your next roast dinner, this is what you’ll need for Amy’s recipe.

Air fryer Roast Pork

Ingredients

• 2kg pork shoulder
• Sea salt
• Sunflower oil

Method

Take the pork out of the fridge around 30 minutes before cooking. Score the skin with lines, roughly 1-2 cm apart. Make sure you don’t cut through to the flesh.

Pat the skin dry with kitchen roll. Rub the skin and rest of the joint with oil.

Sprinkle the skin generously with sea salt and rub it into all the slits. Place the joint in a pre-heated air fryer for 20 minutes at 200C

After 20 minutes, turn down the heat to 170C and air fry for one hour and 40 minutes (or 25 minutes per 500g) or until the pork is cooked through as it may vary a little between air fryers.

If the outside is getting a bit too much colour, you can cover it in foil for the final 30 minutes or so.