Rant: I used to hate air fryer meatballs until I tried a specific trick

I spent all last week making dry, sad meatballs in my air fryer and was ready to give up. Then my neighbor said to mix a tablespoon of olive oil and some grated onion right into the ground beef before rolling them. Has anyone else found that the extra moisture makes them way softer than the recipes say?

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simonw4125d agoProlific Poster

Well I'll be, your neighbor might have saved you from a lifetime of dry hockey pucks. I always thought adding extra wet stuff would just make them fall apart in the basket, but I tried it last night and they came out like REAL meatballs instead of sad little boulders. Guess all those "low fat" recipe blogs been LYING to us about how you need zero moisture for air fryers.

ryanprice25d ago

Buddy tried that trick and his meatballs flew right out of the basket.