Mixed vegetables in an air fryer
Fresh — the short answer
180°C (356°F) for 22 min
- For
- 1000g in total
- In
- Dual-basket air fryer
- Published for
- Philips 5000 Series Dual Basket Airfryer with Steam NA555
- Preheat
- Not needed
- Check
- A knife goes in with no resistance at the thickest piece
Several vegetables in one basket, charted by four manufacturers with a wide band and an instruction to use your own judgement.
Manufacturer figures with no state given — 9 from named machines, listed further down this page.
Questions people ask about mixed vegetables — 2 answered further down this page.
Fresh
The quick answer
180°C (356°F) for 22 min
A single published time for 1000g, which the row calls a big portion. Its note says to turn off the shaking reminder and manually shake or stir the food promptly at 11 and 17 minutes.
- Assuming
- 1000g in total
- In
- Dual-basket air fryer
- Published for
- Philips 5000 Series Dual Basket Airfryer with Steam NA555
- Preheat
- Not needed
- Result
- Crisp outside, moist inside
Preparation
Mixed vegetables, which is all the row's title says. It prints no cut, no list of vegetables and no oil.
How to tell it is done
- A knife goes in with no resistance at the thickest piece
- The cut faces have browned rather than merely softened
Other figures for this state
Philips 5000 Series Dual Basket Airfryer with Steam NA555 — dual-basket air fryer: 180°C for 24 min
Small pan: a single published time for 800g of roughly chopped mixed vegetables. Its note says to turn off the shaking reminder and manually shake or stir the food promptly at 12 and 18 minutes.
Breville Halo Rotisserie Air Fryer Oven VDF127 — oven-style air fryer: 180°C for 15–20 min
Published range for a stated 400g on the air flow racks, with no oil.
Where these figures came from — fresh
- Applies to
- Specific to this model
- Why this rating
- A published row from the food table for this machine's 6-litre big pan. The manual says above the table that its cooking times are guidelines for fresh ingredients, and states that preheating is not necessary.
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-13
What this does not cover
- Published by the manufacturer for this model. It is evidence about this appliance and is not general advice.
- The word fresh is the table's and not the row's: the manual prints above this table that its cooking times are guidelines for fresh ingredients, and this row's own title names no state.
- This machine's two pans are not interchangeable. The figure is for the big pan; the small pan has its own table.
- The row's note says to shake or stir at 11 and 17 minutes. No step held here says exactly those two verbs, so the instruction is given in words and not as a timed step.
- A generic mixed-vegetable row. It does not say which vegetables or how they are cut. The small pan's row prints 800g, roughly chopped, for 24 minutes at the same temperature.
Sources (1)
Philips 5000 Series Dual Basket Airfryer with Steam NA55x — User Manual (PDF)
Versuni Netherlands B.V. (Philips Domestic Appliances) — Manufacturer manual (United Kingdom and European Union)
Relied on for: The temperature, time and quantity for mixed vegetable pieces.
States this directly
Passage read and verified
Retrieved 2026-10-09 from dam.versuni.com
Leftover (reheating)
Before anything else
From national food-safety authorities, not from us. These take precedence over any cooking time below.
Requirement — Food safety (microbiological)
Cool cooked food and get it into the fridge within one to two hours, keep the fridge between 0 and 5°C, and eat leftovers within 48 hours.
How to tell, without a thermometer
- There is no sensory test for this rule, and that is the point: food held too long at the wrong temperature does not necessarily look, smell or taste different
If it has not got there: Throw it away. This is the one rule in this catalogue where the remedy is not 'cook it longer', because cooking does not reverse it.
Important: Cooked rice is the sharpest case: Bacillus cereus toxins form at room temperature and survive reheating. Rice left out for more than an hour goes in the bin.
Requirement — Food safety (microbiological)
Reheat leftovers until steaming hot all the way through, and only reheat them once.
Target: 70°C in the thickest part, or an equivalent from the table below.
How to tell, without a thermometer
- Steam rising from the centre, not just the edges
- The middle is hot to the touch, tested after removing it from the appliance
If it has not got there: Keep going, and break dense food up or spread it out so the heat can reach the middle. If it will not heat through evenly, a microwave to get the centre hot followed by the air fryer to crisp the surface is a better tool for the job than the air fryer alone.
Important: Cooked rice and pasta left at room temperature can develop Bacillus cereus toxins that reheating does not destroy. If cooked rice has been out of the fridge for more than an hour, discard it rather than reheating it.
| Temperature | Held for | Measured at |
|---|---|---|
| 70°C | 2 min | the centre of the food |
| 75°C | 30 sec | the centre of the food |
The quick answer
180°C (356°F) for 4–7 min
What is in the mix. Roasted roots reheat well; anything that was soft to begin with will be softer.
- Assuming
- 400g in total, From the fridge
- In
- Basket air fryer
- Whose figure
- AirfryerHQ's own, not one manufacturer's chart
- Loaded
- Single layer, pieces not touching
- Preheat
- Not needed
- Result
- Heated through
Preparation
Spread out in one layer so the moisture that comes out can leave. Nothing added.
How to load the basket
Single layer, pieces not touching. The reference condition. Air reaches every surface, and times are the shortest the food will achieve.
How to tell it is done
- The edges have caught and dried again
- Steaming hot right through the middle, not just at the edges
Change the result
Each of these moves the outcome in a known direction, and most cost you something. The trade is stated so you can decide whether you want it.
- To know whether this is the right appliance
- This works for roasted roots and squash and does not work for courgette, mushrooms, tomatoes or peppers, which were already at their limit the first time. There are deliberately no reheating figures in this catalogue for those.
- To be sure it is safe rather than just warm
- Go by the food and not the clock. It has to be steaming hot the whole way through, and the middle of a dense portion lags a long way behind its surface in an air fryer.
Where these figures came from — leftover (reheating)
- Applies to
- Specific to this type of appliance
- Why this rating
- Top of the published band, because leftover roast vegetables are wet and need the water driven off before they will improve. The time is AirfryerHQ's estimate.
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-13
What this does not cover
- THE TIME GIVEN HERE IS NOT SOURCED. Five manufacturers publish a reheating temperature and not one names a food, a quantity or a time for a named dish. The temperature sits inside their band; the time is AirfryerHQ's estimate and has not been measured.
- Reheating is governed by the food-safety rule above rather than by this figure. Steaming hot throughout is the requirement; the time is a guide to getting there.
Sources (4)
Tefal Easy Fry Max EY245B40 5L Air Fryer — Instruction Manual (PDF)
Groupe SEB (Tefal) — Manufacturer manual (United Kingdom)
Relied on for: That this manufacturer's published reheating instruction is 160°C for up to ten minutes, with no food named.
States this directly
Passage read and verified
Retrieved 2026-08-13 from argos-support.co.uk
Retrieved from Argos's manual library for Argos product 328/8568.
Tower T17023 2.2 Litre Air Fryer — Safety and Instruction Manual (PDF)
RKW Ltd (Tower Housewares) — Manufacturer manual (United Kingdom)
Relied on for: That this manufacturer publishes 150°C for up to ten minutes for reheating.
States this directly
Passage read and verified
Retrieved 2026-08-13 from argos-support.co.uk
Retrieved from Argos's manual library for Argos product 745/2194.
Cookworks 5L Digital Air Fryer KDF-596D — Care & Instruction Manual (PDF)
Argos Limited (Cookworks) — Manufacturer manual (United Kingdom)
Relied on for: That this manufacturer publishes 180°C for up to ten minutes for reheating.
States this directly
Passage read and verified
Retrieved 2026-08-13 from argos-support.co.uk
Retrieved from Argos's manual library for Argos product 148/6623.
AirfryerHQ analysis of published manufacturer cooking and reheating guidance
AirfryerHQ — Calculated or inferred by AirfryerHQ (United Kingdom)
Relied on for: The reading that six published reheating positions across five manufacturers span 150-180°C, that three cap the time at ten minutes, and that none names a food — so the time given here is AirfryerHQ's estimate.
AirfryerHQ's interpretation of what it says
Citation checked — the document exists and is described correctly
Chilled
Cooked as fresh: use the fresh figures above. Raw food sold chilled is the fresh state under another name, and the charts those figures come from start from fridge-cold.
From frozen
No time or temperature for this, and not by accident
From frozen is a real question for mixed vegetables. AirfryerHQ holds no published figure for it: not one of the manufacturer manuals read for this catalogue gives a chart row for this food in this state.
We are not going to produce one by adjusting the fresh figure above. A time arrived at that way would appear on this page looking exactly like a time somebody measured, and you would have no way to tell the difference.
What still governs, figure or no figure
These rules come from national food-safety authorities and apply whether or not anybody has published a cooking time. They are the part of this question we can answer.
Requirement — Food safety (microbiological)
Food cooked from frozen must reach the same core temperature as the same food cooked fresh — the frozen centre is the last thing to get there.
Target: 70°C in the thickest part.
How to tell, without a thermometer
- No ice or cold spot at the centre when the thickest piece is cut open
- Steaming hot throughout, tested in the middle rather than the edge
If it has not got there: Reduce the temperature by 10–20°C and give it longer. A lower set point lets the centre catch up before the surface passes the point of no return, and it is the single most useful adjustment for cooking from frozen.
Important: If the packaging says the product must be thawed before cooking, follow it. That instruction exists because the manufacturer has tested cooking it from frozen and it did not reach temperature reliably.
What we do hold for mixed vegetables: fresh, leftover (reheating). Those are a different question, not a starting point for this one.
Manufacturer figures with no state given
Each of these is a published figure for one named machine. The manufacturer does not say whether this is fresh or frozen. So they are kept apart from the figures above, and not used as the answer for any of them.
Russell Hobbs SatisFry Air Fryer & Grill Multi Cooker 5.5L: 180°C for 6–10 min
Published range for vegetables cut to approximately 1-2cm pieces. No weight is printed.
Philips Essential Airfryer HD9252/91 4.1L: 180°C for 10–20 min
Published for 200–600g, with a ten-minute spread and the note to set the cooking time according to your own taste.
Philips Airfryer Series 5000 XXL HD9285/93 7.2L: 180°C for 8–23 min
Published for 200g to a kilogram, with a spread from eight minutes to twenty-three and the note to set the cooking time according to your own taste.
Tefal Easy Fry Classic EY501827 4.2L Air Fryer & Grill: 200°C for 16–20 min
Quantity within the published 300-700g band, and what is in the mix.
Tefal Easy Fry Dual Drawer 8.3L Air Fryer & Grill — Drawer 1: 200°C for 22 min
A single published figure of twenty-two minutes in drawer 1 of the Tefal Easy Fry Dual Drawer for up to a kilogram, not a range. The manufacturer does not state whether these are fresh or frozen.
Tefal Easy Fry Dual Drawer 8.3L Air Fryer & Grill — Drawer 2: 200°C for 22 min
A single published figure of twenty-two minutes in drawer 2 of the Tefal Easy Fry Dual Drawer for the published 400–600 g band, not a range. The manufacturer does not state whether these are fresh or frozen.
Tefal Dual Easy Fry Flex 9L EY9228G1 — Zone 1, with the divider in: 200°C for 22 min
Tefal Dual Easy Fry Flex, zone 1, the larger side, with the divider in: up to 1 kg.
Tefal Dual Easy Fry Flex 9L EY9228G1 — Zone 2, with the divider in: 200°C for 22 min
Tefal Dual Easy Fry Flex, zone 2, the smaller side, with the divider in: 400–600 g.
Tefal Dual Easy Fry Flex 9L EY9228G1 — The whole drawer, with the divider out: 200°C for 55 min
Tefal Dual Easy Fry Flex, the whole drawer, with the divider out: 2000 g. Twice zone 1's load and two and a half times its time.
Questions people ask about mixed vegetables
- Do vegetables need oil in an air fryer?
- Fresh ones do better with some. One manufacturer's manual says that for best results with fresh vegetables and potatoes, use at least one tablespoon of oil. A thin coating carries heat into the surface and stops the cut edges drying to leather before they have browned.From a manufacturer’s printed instructions: Ninja Foodi MAX Dual Zone Air Fryer AF400UK — Instructions.
- Can I roast vegetables straight from frozen?
- Yes, with different expectations. Frozen vegetables carry ice on the surface and have been blanched, so they steam before they roast and come out softer and less charred than fresh. Knock off loose ice, do not thaw them, and give them room.A general cooking principle, not a measurement.
What usually goes wrong
Some of it burnt and some of it raw, because dense roots and soft vegetables were cut the same size and put in together. Cutting the slow things smaller than the fast ones fixes it; adjusting the time does not.
Running the appliance safely
The rules for the machine are the same whatever is in it: plug it straight into a wall socket, leave clear space round it, do not overfill it, do not leave it running unattended, and unplug it at black smoke or an electrical smell. They are set out once, each with its source and what to do if it has already happened, and not repeated on every food. Every rule for running an air fryer safely.
Mixed vegetables in fast-moving hot air
A mixed load is a scheduling problem rather than a cooking one. The individual vegetables behave exactly as their own records describe — a carrot is dense and slow, a courgette collapses, a pepper blisters — and putting them in together means the fastest is finished before the slowest has started to soften. The published answer to that is a wide range and a note to check, which is what a manufacturer says when the honest answer is that it depends on what you put in. The practical version is to cut the dense things smaller than the soft ones, which converts a scheduling problem back into a single cooking time.
Where to go from here
The pages that answer the questions this one tends to raise.
- Using a thermometer, and where to put itThe times above are for a piece that is not the one you are holding. A probe measures yours, which is what the safety rule on this page asks for.
- How food actually gets crispyWhy patting it dry, spacing it out and a little oil are all the same instruction — so you can apply it when a page runs out.
- Cooking from frozenUsually cooler and longer than the same food fresh, and never worked out from the fresh figure.
- Reheating leftoversA different question governed by a different rule — steaming hot throughout, and only once.
- Why published timings differIf another chart says something else, this is usually why — and which one to believe.
Easily confused with
- Carrot batons — A different cooking problem with a different answer.
- Pepper chunks — A different cooking problem with a different answer.
- Courgette sticks — A different cooking problem with a different answer.