Fried onion rings, can this be done?

[jroc]

BEER BATTER

1 cup flour
¼ tsp baking soda
½ tsp sugar
1 tsp salt
½ tsp baking powder
2 Tbs vinegar
beer
Add enough beer to make as thick or thin as you want

We use this for anything we fry when we want a thicker battered coating. The less beer the thicker - more beer makes it thinner.

For a lighter breading we use:
1 cup flour
1/2 cup corn meal
1Tbs. salt
1/4 Tbs. Garlic POWDER
1/4 Tbs. Black Pepper

Beat up an egg or two and dip what ever your frying in egg then coat with breading.

Thumbs up on the peanut oil. Coconut oil isn't bad either and I guess it is supposed to be as healthy if deep frying can be healthy and it holds up to heat.

[OBIII]

Those hot air convection stoves are also good for roasting green coffee beans. That's what I use mine for.
OB

[oldscool]

I wonder how anybody ever got along without the "new" oils to cook with. Used to be lard, bacon grease, crisco, or vegetable oil got the job done quite well and even tasted pretty good

[762 shooter]

This batter will have you looking for things to fry. The last time I made onion rings, I drizzled the rest of the batter into the fry pot and made fried batter worms. Ummmmmmm good. This closely approximates Captain D's fish batter.

Marinating the rings in the beer gives them a texture that will not pull your ring out of the batter when you take a bite.

Pay attention to the thickness of the final batter. It must be thick enough to give a good coat.

I highly recommend.

http://www.keyingredient.com/recipes...cooks-country/


762

[MT Gianni]

I should have deleted the dill weed in my post.
I sometimes use this recipe to bread fish, and the dill weed gives it a unique taste.

It brought a laugh to me as I worked withan old gent who insulted people by referring to them as "Dill Weed".
When my daughter was 4 or 5 we went out and she ordered onion rings which she loved. It took longer than expected and the comments were running, Maybe they have to catch the chicken, or find some beef when my wife said " maybe they had to plant the onions for the rings. Her comment was astonishment and a classic "there's ONIONS in onion rings"?. We loved it, enjoy the rings if you can still eat fried foods.

[cat223]

I do love a good batch of onion rings. I will be sharing this thread with the head chef (my wife).

[Bad Water Bill]

Well I never heard of grapeseed oil so I had to check it out.

Some folks are even more proud of that then we are about gun stuff

Wal Mart $106.00 for a 106 OZ jug.

Think I will stick with peanut oil.

[Col4570]

oldscool,we have gone back to lard for most cooking,but use corn Oil for French Fries.Lard seems to cook Meat and enhance the flavour.I would think that Corn Oil would be good for Onion Rings in Batter.

[lavenatti]

+1 on the grapeseed oil.

No flavor from it either, very "clean" taste after frying.

[MaryB]

Processed oils are very bad for you, lard, butter, chicken fat, natural fats are best for you.

[Changeling]

It brought a laugh to me as I worked withan old gent who insulted people by referring to them as "Dill Weed".
When my daughter was 4 or 5 we went out and she ordered onion rings which she loved. It took longer than expected and the comments were running, Maybe they have to catch the chicken, or find some beef when my wife said " maybe they had to plant the onions for the rings. Her comment was astonishment and a classic "there's ONIONS in onion rings"?. We loved it, enjoy the rings if you can still eat fried foods.

That was funny! I don't have any problems with eating fried foods, I am just trying to make things a little more healthy for my body, therefore the "olive oil". Actually I eat fried food/grilled most every day. It's the kind of oil one uses that can kill you.

[Artful]

I found some reasonably priced frozen onion rings and they are dandy when cooked in the hot air cooker - I have upgraded to a smaller IR hot air cooker - so you have to watch 'em as they go from golden brown and delicious to cajun style, to oh, my gosh they are for the dogs real quick.

[w5pv]

another way to clean oil,bacon drippings etc is to let the oil cool down and add enough water to float the oil,bring to a low heat boil and cool.The water with the dregs will settle to the bottom leaving nice clean oil on top.Carefully pour oil off the water.

[Bad Water Bill]

Another tip I just read.

If your oil picks up a strange taste (due to what you have cooked) placce 2 slices of bread or sprinkle DRIED parsley on the oils surface and deep fry it.

Remove the fried bread or parsley and your oil will be as fresh as when it poured out of the original comtainer.

[bikerbeans]

About 2 years ago I lost 85 pounds and I have kept it off. Now I am using copy/paste on these deep fried onion ring recipes. I think trouble may be headed my way.

BB

[Artful]

Remember it's a treat - not daily feed

[bikerbeans]

Remember it's a treat - not daily feed

Treat?!?! I thought onions are a vegetable.

BB

[Artful]

It is and Chocolate is a fruit - the point is consumption of high processed foods should be in moderation.

Eat your Salad please.

[oscarflytyer]

Shallow pan and oil - yes. Few at a time. Olive oil - I wouldn't. It has a much lower flash point than other oils. Would recommend Peanut oil - much higher flash point.

[Changeling]

Well I never heard of grapeseed oil so I had to check it out.

Some folks are even more proud of that then we are about gun stuff

Wal Mart $106.00 for a 106 OZ jug.

Think I will stick with peanut oil.

When I pay $106.00 for something to cook with, it better dam site have Red or Blond hair, have really nice "FEET", and wear practically nothing!
For starters!