Restaurant Style Onion Rings Recipe
These restaurant-style onion rings require just a handful of common pantry ingredients for a deliciously crunchy appetizer.
Serving6 servings
Ingredients
- 4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 large Vidalia Onion
- 1 ½ cup 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