The second that the new NINJA FOODI DELUXE came out, I immediately bought it! I’m not exaggerating! I signed up for email notifications for the minute that it was available on the Ninja website. I ordered it the day that it came out and was so incredibly excited to get it in the mail 2 days later! Why was I excited? Well, there’s the updated look of the unit, but there’s also the fact that it has a YOGURT button!!!! What? Yes!!!!!!
So, I don’t eat a lot of yogurt, but my family does so I figured this was a pretty good excuse to get a new NINJA FOODI!!
I was so excited to get to work on my very first homemade yogurt that I didn’t do a lot of research……..and I paid deeply for that mistake! But, lucky for you, I’m sharing all of my mistakes with you so that you don’t make the same ones!
Tips for this recipe:
- Do not add honey to the yogurt until you have completed the incubation period and have refrigerated the yogurt for a couple of hours.
- Be sure that you are actually using the “yogurt” function and not the “slow cook” option.
- Be patient! If the yogurt does not set up quite as much as you would like, continue to incubate it longer. You can continue to incubate before you reach the refrigeration step.
Take 1: My first attempt at making yogurt!!
- I was so excited to make yogurt that I didn’t spend enough time looking through the user manual of my new NINJA FOODI DELUXE!! OOOOPS! So, I ended up slow cooking milk for roughly 12 hours. I don’t recommend this to anyone. The final result was a liquid brown smelly goo. I did not have any yogurt!!!
- I made the mistake of stopping on the function that says slow cook/yogurt. I didn’t realize that I needed to go one more notch to actually get to the yogurt function. Instead, I ended up waiting for the milk to boil for roughly 5 hours before going to bed for the night. The cookbook that comes with the Ninja Foodi said that it could take several hours for the milk to boil. Yes, 5 hours seemed like a long time. I spent some time online looking to see how long it should take and I came up with nothing. So, I let it keep going……for hours and hours.
- When I woke up in the morning, the screen still had not changed. So, I opened up the lid…and there it was……my boiled milk. Gross. I poured it down the drain and decided to start again.
Ninja Foodi makes Yogurt??
FAQ
What temperature do you cook yogurt in a ninja?
What does yogurt mean on Ninja?
How long does homemade yogurt last?
How do you make homemade yogurt on a ninja foodi?
Make your own homemade yogurt easily in the Ninja Foodi with this incredibly simple recipe! Add the milk to the pot of the Ninja Foodi and lock the pressure lid. Set the valve to “vent”. Select the yogurt function and the time to 8 hours, then press the start button. The Ninja Foodi will begin to boil the milk.
How do you make a ninja foodi air crispy?
Add the yogurt starter (plain yogurt with active cultures) and stir into the milk. You can use a whisk (and I do sometimes), but gently whisk it in. Cover the inner pot with aluminium foil (brand name, but not heavy duty). Place the inner pot into the Ninja Foodi and close the Air Crisping lid.
How do you ferment yogurt on a ninja foodi?
Open the lid and add the yogurt and whisk. Place the lid back on (make sure the pressure release valve is still in the venting position) and press the start button again. The screen should now say “incubate” and 8:00 hours time. Allow the yogurt to ferment in the Ninja Foodi for the full time. It will beep again when it is finished.
Can you make yogurt in an air fryer?
To make yogurt at home using an air fryer, you will need: milk, a starter culture of yogurt, and an air fryer. Start by heating the milk to 180 °F (82.22 °C) and then cool it down to 110 °F (43.33 °C), add the starter culture and mix well.