Perfect Onion Rings
Posted by Dinner and a Blog at 3/29/2008 6:39 PM and is filed under Saturday,Lunch,Appetizer,American 
Onion Rings
1 onion
1 cup self-rising flour
1 tbs corn starch
salt
cayenne
cold beer
wooden skewer
Heat oil in deep fryer or other vessel to 350°.
Peel onion and slice crossways so it will form rings once separated. The slices should be about 1/2" thick. Carefully separate into rings.
Place 1/4 coup of flour into a plastic or brown paper bag. Add 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper. The cayenne may be omitted if you do not like spicy foods. Add the separated onion rings and shake well to coat each ring. Set aside.
Take remaining 3/4 cup flour and place into bowl. Add cornstarch and mix together. Add cold beer - usually 4-6 ounces. You want the batter to be thin but not watery. Slightly thicker than soup is good. The beer must be cold so that the batter is cold - warm batter will not yield the desired results.
Remove onion rings from flour one at a time and dip into batter. With a wooden skewer remove the onion ring from batter and slowly drop into deep fryer. Do not crowd the fryer. I only had six rings max in mine while I was cooking them. As the onion rings start to brown you will want to use the wooden skewer to flip it over so the other side may cook. When rings are golden brown remove them from the oil with the wooden skewer and place on metal rack (inside a baking pan) so that any excess oil may drip away. Add salt to taste and enjoy!
I like mine with ketchup but you can use any condiment you like.
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Those onion rings look the business and I will be attempting making them over the weekend. So simple even I cant go wrong.
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Nice tip - who doesn't love perfect onion rings? I've had the batter float away too, but I think it's the starch that keeps it all together. Thanks
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Your recipes look so good they make me hungry. Thanks for sharing and have a great day.
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It's always nice when we finally make the perfect something. Looks great I'll have to try this one.
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I'm not a fan of fried foods at all, but DAMN those onions look delicious!!
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These look so good!! They would go great with a barbaque =)
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and they're really light crusted - nice and crunchy
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I will have to try to make these! I love them when they are so crispy you cant taste the onion.
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oh man those look so good right now
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wow those look absolutely delicious and crunchy
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I made one exactly as you instructed and the result was perfect!
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that is awesome! i am so happy it came out perfect. it's hard sharing recipes, for me anyway, because i am always worried about leaving out a key step. these are the easiest and best onion rings i have ever made.
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