Air Fryer Halloumi Fries with Hot Honey

Halloumi fries with a crisp cornflour coating and a hot honey drizzle, ready in ten minutes in the air fryer. Includes the one step most recipes get backwards.

Prep

10 min

Cook

10 min

Total

20 min

Serves

2

Ingredients

• 225g block halloumi, cut into 1cm batons
• 2 tbsp cornflour
• 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
• 1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 2 tbsp honey
• 1/2 tsp dried chilli flakes
• 1 lemon, to serve

Method

1. Cut. Cut the block of halloumi into batons about 1cm thick. Do NOT pat them dry - the surface moisture is what makes the cornflour stick.
2. Coat. Toss the batons with the cornflour, smoked paprika and pepper until each one carries a thin even dusting, then trickle over the olive oil.
3. Air fry. Arrange in a single layer with space between each baton and cook at 200°C (390°F) for 9-10 minutes, turning once at the halfway point.
4. Make the drizzle. Warm the honey with the chilli flakes in a small pan over low heat for 1 minute, just until it loosens and runs off the spoon.
5. Serve. Drizzle the hot honey over the fries and finish with a squeeze of lemon. Serve immediately - halloumi firms up as it cools.

Notes

• Do not pat the halloumi dry. It is the one place where surface moisture helps: it is what the cornflour grips on to.
• Halloumi squeaks when it is underdone. Go by colour - you want deep gold edges, not pale yellow.
• Serve straight away. Halloumi is at its best in the first few minutes and turns rubbery as it cools.
• Air fryer models vary. Treat the times as a guide, go by colour and crispness, and adjust the seasoning to your taste.

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Air fryer models vary in power and basket size, so treat the times here as a guide — go by colour and crispness rather than the clock, and adjust the seasoning and glaze to your taste.

Recipe source: Method corroborated across published air-fryer halloumi fry recipes (The Last Food Blog, Curly's Cooking, RecipeTin Eats and others): halloumi cut into batons, dredged in cornflour, cooked at 200°C (390°F) for 9-10 minutes turning once. Note the counter-intuitive step these sources agree on - the halloumi is NOT patted dry, because surface moisture is what makes the cornflour adhere.