Air-Fried Zai Er Recipe (Vegetarian Mock Goose)

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Air-Fried Zai Er

Posted by wiffy on July 7, 2014

Filed Under: 15-minute Recipes 5 or Less Ingredients Air Fryer Recipes Appetizers & Finger Foods Asian Recipes Chinese Recipes Meatless Recipes Recipes Singapore & Malaysia Recipes

Air-Fried Zai Er (Vegetarian Mock Goose)

To avoid overcrowding the air fryer to ensure even cooking, I cook about 50 grams of zai er at a time. You may cook as many batches as you like. After the first batch, you do not need to preheat the airfryer again.

Check out the air-fryer set-up at the previous page.

Prep Time: 5 mins

Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients:

50 grams ready-made zai er (vegetarian mock goose) for one round of cooking

Directions:

Use kitchen scissors to cut zai er into smaller pieces.
Preheat air fryer at 160°C (320°F) for 5 minutes. Arrange zai er one layer on the fryer basket (minimize overlapping too much) and slide the basket into the airfryer. Set timer and air fry for 5 minutes. Store in air-tight container for a few days.

Credit: Christina Kwan from Singapore Home Cooks

Ingredients Used: zai er

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9 comments on “Air-Fried Zai Er”

Cheryl@Baking Taitai — July 7, 2014 @ 11:44 pm Reply

My kids and I love eating crispy zai er, didn’t know it can be bought at Giant. Thanks for sharing and will try air-frying it!
Jess @ Bakericious — July 8, 2014 @ 2:05 pm Reply

Zai Er is the dish I must order if I eat vegetarian mee hoon, yummy.
susan — July 9, 2014 @ 6:08 am Reply

Can I use oven to bake instead since I doesn’t have a air fryer?
- wiffy — July 13, 2014 @ 4:22 pm
  
  I have not tried but I am pretty sure it can be done. The baking time in the oven probably need to be longer (e.g. 10 minutes; just bake until colour is right). Do let me know if you try it in the oven :)
Jo — July 21, 2014 @ 1:16 am Reply

Which air fryer did u use? I’ve been toying with the idea of getting 1 but not sure which brand is the best.
- wiffy — July 21, 2014 @ 9:17 am
  
  I am using Philips air fryer, read more about it here: https://noobcook.com/air-fried-prawn-paste-chicken/
Erica — August 2, 2014 @ 9:55 pm Reply

Does the zai-er fly around in the airfryer during frying? I know light items do fly around and will get stuck to the heater at the top and burn.
- wiffy — August 3, 2014 @ 12:42 pm
  
  I was actually expecting them to fly around as I heard that they will, but it didn’t happen to me. If that happened to you, next time place the wire rack over the zai-er, but do not put a second layer of zai er on the wire rack. If you click the credit link, you can see this set up.
Nick — July 12, 2016 @ 4:52 pm Reply

I try to fry Zai er using air fryer but it got stuck to the heating element think it’s too light causing white smoke, I did not even overlap.