Anyone know a good recipe for homemade onion rings?

[Grumpy's Gal]

we used to get frozen onion rings at trader joe but they stopped carrying them.

To save money, I'd love to make them. Does anyone have a recipe that they are pleased with?

TIA

 

[TwoMisfits]

we used to get frozen onion rings at trader joe but they stopped carrying them.

To save money, I'd love to make them. Does anyone have a recipe that they are pleased with?

TIA

I'd love to know, too...frying in deep oil is something I almost refuse to do at home (mess, what to do with the used oil, etc), so if anyone has one that allows shallow frying or even baking, that would be even more awesome!

Right now, I settle for having them out or buying a bag to bake in the oven...which is okay, but not like going out...

 

[BadPinkTink]

I used to be a chef in Hard Rock Cafe and made their onion rings hundreds of times.

You need 3 trays
tray 1 = flour
tray 2 = 2 parts egg 1 part milk
tray 3 = breadcrumbs, not soft breadcrumbs but crunchy breadcrumbs. Use stale bread, grind it down in a food processor to like course sand

cut the onions
first toss in the flour, making sure all the surface is coated
then put into the egg
then finally roll in the breadcrumbs
you need to make sure the entire surface of the onion ring has a coating
if there are spots not covered, put back into the egg mixture and recoat with breadcrumbs
place the onion rings on a tray in a single layer
chill for a few hours, then deep fry

 

[Grumpy's Gal]

YUM! Ok, added question........ after they're made, can they be frozen for later? Then as we want a few, we could just bake them to re- heat?

 

[BadPinkTink]

YUM! Ok, added question........ after they're made, can they be frozen for later? Then as we want a few, we could just bake them to re- heat?

I dont know, in Hard Rock, we made them fresh each day. They were kept uncooked in the fridge and cooked to order. I suppose you could but you would freeze the uncooked onion rings, not the cooked onion rings. You would have put them in a single layer on a tray lined with baking parchment. Then when they are frozen, you could remove them from the tray and put them in a container. You would then deep fry them from frozen. I wouldnt bake them or shallow fry them or reheat them.

 

[Kaytie]

This recipe is much more ingredient-intensive than above, but it includes how to freeze and reheat https://m.cookeatshare.com/recipes/homemade-onion-rings-348708
This one, too http://www.food.com/recipe/moms-french-fried-onion-rings-with-freezing-directions-274730

 

[usnuzuloose]

You could do a beer battered one. There are so many batter recipe's on pintrest.

 

[manning]

Here's one for oven baked

http://www.food.com/recipe/simply-the-best-baked-onion-rings-82297

 

[Ranger111]

Fried foods are not healthy and are messy in the home kitchen.

I have been making the Cook's Country Oven Baked rings. They are great. Cook's Country is part of the America's Test Kitchen family. Their food never fails me.

Since their Web site is stingy, here are the Cook's Country details from cooking for engineers, a site I find very good....normally he puts together his own stuff, but he loves the Cooks Country method, also.

http://www.cookingforengineers.com/recipe/176/Oven-Fried-Onion-Rings