These restaurant-style onion rings require just a handful of common pantry ingredients for a deliciously crunchy appetizer.
When we go out to eat, we always opt for onion rings over French fries. There is something about that sweet onion dipped in batter. When you dip it into fry sauce, oh my! It is heavenly. This recipe is super simple to make. It uses a few ingredients that you probably have in your pantry already.
Recipe Ingredient Notes
To make restaurant-style onion rings, you will need the following ingredients:
- Vegetable oil
- Vidalia onion
- Flour
- Baking powder
- Salt
- Eggs
- Milk
- Breadcrumbs
- Salt
Equipment Needed
For this recipe, you only need a few simple kitchen tools. We recommend using the following equipment:
How to Make Restaurant-Style Onion Rings
- Heat vegetable oil in a deep-fryer or pot to 365℉. Onion slices should be about ¼ inch thick. Separate the onion slices into rings and set aside.
- In a bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt.
- Dip the onion slices in the flour mixture until completely coated and set aside.
- Whisk the eggs and milk into the flour mixture.
- Dip the floured rings into the batter to coat and place on a wire rack to let excess batter drip off.
- Pour the bread crumbs in a large bowl. Gently toss battered onions into the bread crumbs and and coat evenly.
- Deep fry a few rings at a time for 2-3 minutes, or until golden brown.
- Place finished onion rings on paper towels to drain.
- Season with seasoning salt and serve.
Recipe Ingredient Notes
- Tone down onion-flavor: Sometimes, the onion odor can be overpowering. Soak onion slices in buttermilk for 5 to 10 minutes before dredging them in batter. Don’t have buttermilk? Make your own. For every one cup of milk, add 1 tablespoon of lemon juice or vinegar. Stir together, and it’s ready to go.
- Pancake mix onion ring batter: Substituting pancake mix in place of all-purpose flour is also a possible alternative.
- Homemade fry sauce: When we go to local restaurants, our favorite dipping sauce is fry sauce (Utah thing). You can find our homemade fry sauce recipe here.
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Restaurant Style Onion Rings Recipe
These restaurant-style onion rings require just a handful of common pantry ingredients for a deliciously crunchy appetizer.
Serving servings
Ingredients
- 4 cups vegetable oil
- 1 large Vidalia Onion
- 1 ½ cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 1 cup dry bread crumbs
- seasoned salt, to taste
Instructions
- Heat vegetable oil in a deep-fryer or pot to 365℉. Onion slices should be about ¼ inch thick. Separate the onion slices into rings and set aside.
- In a bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt.
- Dip the onion slices in the flour mixture until completely coated and set aside.
- Whisk the eggs and milk into the flour mixture.
- Dip the floured rings into the batter to coat and place on a wire rack to let excess batter drip off.
- Pour the bread crumbs in a large bowl. Gently toss battered onions into the bread crumbs and and coat evenly.
- Deep fry a few rings at a time for 2-3 minutes, or until golden brown.
- Place finished onion rings on paper towels to drain.
- Season with seasoning salt and serve.
Notes
- Tone down onion-flavor: Sometimes, the onion odor can be overpowering. Soak onion slices in buttermilk for 5 to 10 minutes before dredging them in batter. Don’t have buttermilk? Make your own. For every one cup of milk, add 1 tablespoon of lemon juice or vinegar. Stir together, and it’s ready to go.
- Pancake mix onion ring batter: Substituting pancake mix in place of all-purpose flour is also a possible alternative.
- Homemade fry sauce: When we go to local restaurants, our favorite dipping sauce is fry sauce (Utah thing). You can find our homemade fry sauce recipe here.
- Recipe adapted from All Recipes.
Nutrition
Calories: 405 kcal · Carbohydrates: 43 g · Protein: 9 g · Fat: 22 g · Saturated Fat: 16 g · Polyunsaturated Fat: 1 g · Monounsaturated Fat: 3 g · Trans Fat: 1 g · Cholesterol: 59 mg · Sodium: 633 mg · Potassium: 209 mg · Fiber: 2 g · Sugar: 6 g · Vitamin A: 146 IU · Vitamin C: 3 mg · Calcium: 142 mg · Iron: 3 mg
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