How do you make your onion rings?

[bcla]

My kid likes them but I usually haven't made them at home. I've bought frozen ones that were already coated, but those usually didn't turn out as well as at some restaurants.

I saw a special on Kikkoman panko, which are Japanese style breadcrumbs. I've heard of panko being used for onion rings, and the box showed some on the box. I think my favorites at a local burger joint are made this way, although with sesame seeds mixed in the crumbs. The directions on the box were fairly simple - just dust whatever in flour first, then in some beaten egg, then in the crumbs before frying. They turned out really crisp and crunchy. I didn't have anything special - just ordinary yellow onions although I've heard of sweet onions being preferred. I didn't even add anything to the crumbs, except maybe a bit of salt after my wife tried one and thought they were a bit bland.

I've seen some recipes that don't use egg, but rather beer batter using an oil/beer/flour/etc mixture as the liquid base to get the crumbs to stick.

Any other ideas? It seemed quite simple, but extremely messy. I probably should have used larger bowls to do more at one time since it was kind of time intensive where I was doing it one or two at a time, and the earlier ones were cold.

 

[BadPinkTink]

ok, a bit messy but ssshh here is how Hard Rock Cafe make onion rings, I use to be a chef at Hard Rock Cafe and made them hundreds of times.

1. Use the largest onions you can find
2. Cut the onions into 1 cm rings
3. Put the onions into water, put into the fridge and leave over night
4. The next day, drain the onion rings
5. Prepare 3 trays, 1 with flour, 1 with a mix of egg and milk, 1 with breadcrumbs. Hard Rock Cafe use dry crispy bread crumbs. You can make these at home by drying out soft breadcrumbs in the oven
6. Place the onion rings first in flour, make sure all surfaces are covered
7. Then place in the egg mixture, making sure all surfaces are covered
8. Then place in the dry crispy breadcrumbs, making sure all surfaces are covered
9. Place the onion rings on a tray and put back in the fridge over night
10. The next day, cook the onion rings in a deep fat fryer.

It is very messy.
The easiest way to do it , is to use long, shallow trays.

put the onion rings into the flour one at a time into the flour with your left hand.
use your left hand to roll the onion ring in flour
take it out of the flour with your left hand and drop it into the egg mix.
Use your right hand to swirl the onion ring in the egg mix
take the onion ring out of the egg mix with your right hand and drop it into the breadcrumbs
Use your left hand to roll the onion ring in the breadcrumbs
take the onion ring out of the breadcrumbs with your left hand

they need to be done one by one to make sure all the surfaces are covered during each stage

 

[barkley]

ya want the easiest way to get them like they are at a restaurant but w/o the mess? invest in an airfryer. get a good brand of frozen onion rings and they will come out hot and crispy (but not greasy) just like at a restaurant.

 

[soccerdad72]

Easy recipe:

1. Get in car
2. Drive to local burger place and order onion rings.
3. Enjoy

 

[lovesmurfs]

Easy recipe:

1. Get in car
2. Drive to local burger place and order onion rings.
3. Enjoy

That's MY recipe!

 

[NYCgrrl]

Sorry, never made deep fried onion rings and not big on eating them either .
Now I could have a luverly converstaion on how to make the little kind that frequently come in a can but but that's as far as it goes, LOL.

 

[nkereina]

ya want the easiest way to get them like they are at a restaurant but w/o the mess? invest in an airfryer. get a good brand of frozen onion rings and they will come out hot and crispy (but not greasy) just like at a restaurant.

This! We use our air fryer for everything - frozen tots, frozen fries, frozen onion rings. Chicken wings. Hard boiled eggs. Re-heating leftover pizza or meats. It keeps everything crispy, juicy, and not greasy so you get the fried food taste and texture without the oil.

 

[bcla]

This! We use our air fryer for everything - frozen tots, frozen fries, frozen onion rings. Chicken wings. Hard boiled eggs. Re-heating leftover pizza or meats. It keeps everything crispy, juicy, and not greasy so you get the fried food taste and texture without the oil.

Not sure if I want to invest in another pieces of kitchen equipment. We've currently got an Insta-Pot, rice cooker, microwave, and hot water kettle on one counter. The toaster oven is in a corner. I kind of like the panko because I can deep fry and it doesn't get super greasy. Also - I've been doing it with unhydrogenated soybean oil. I've heard some prefer tropical oils, but I don't like how they feel, and I grew up in an era where tropical oils were frowned upon for having excessive levels of saturated fats.

I've heard that reusing old oil helps with browning, but my wife thinks it's crazy to reuse oil. I'm using a strainer to get all the little bits out before reusing it.

 

[DLgal]

Not sure if I want to invest in another pieces of kitchen equipment. We've currently got an Insta-Pot, rice cooker, microwave, and hot water kettle on one counter. The toaster oven is in a corner. I kind of like the panko because I can deep fry and it doesn't get super greasy. Also - I've been doing it with unhydrogenated soybean oil. I've heard some prefer tropical oils, but I don't like how they feel, and I grew up in an era where tropical oils were frowned upon for having excessive levels of saturated fats.

I've heard that reusing old oil helps with browning, but my wife thinks it's crazy to reuse oil. I'm using a strainer to get all the little bits out before reusing it.

You can reuse oil several times, as long as you don't let the temperature go above 400 (for vegetable or canola oil...You can go up to 400 with peanut oil but it's not necessary). 400 is around where oil starts to break down, molecularly, and it will smell rancid once it cools down. Heat your oil to 350, using a candy thermometer, and you can reuse the oil about 4-5 times. Restaurants don't ever change the oil daily. Ever. It's too expensive and not necessary.

For good onion rings, I prefer beer battered ones. They are easier to make and not as messy. You can find many premed mixes in stores that you just add beer to. Try one of those. Also, but a mandolin so you can get uniform slices of onion.

 

[kdonnel]

Easy recipe:

1. Get in car
2. Drive to local burger place and order onion rings.
3. Enjoy

Very similar to my recipe. Replace step 2 with drive to local BBQ place and order onion rings.

 

[wvjules]

I like these: https://www.skinnytaste.com/low-fat-baked-onion-rings/

I haven't had them since I've gotten an air fryer though. I will have to do that soon.

 

[nkereina]

Not sure if I want to invest in another pieces of kitchen equipment. We've currently got an Insta-Pot, rice cooker, microwave, and hot water kettle on one counter. The toaster oven is in a corner.

I hear you on this. But I found the Air Fryer much more versatile. I'd say you could even replace the toaster oven with it. Anything you can put in a toaster oven (or a regular oven for that matter) can also be put in an Air Fryer.

 

[mmouse37]

How do you do hard boiled eggs in the air fryer??? Very interested as we have one but I never thought to do eggs in it!!!

MJ

 

[nkereina]

How do you do hard boiled eggs in the air fryer??? Very interested as we have one but I never thought to do eggs in it!!!

MJ

Just put as many as you want in the basket of your air fryer and turn it on! The recipe I followed said 250 for 16 minutes, but I experimented with one egg at first. 250 for 20 minutes ended up being just right for my air fryer. Every air fryer will vary so definitely test it. But it works great and is faster/easier and safer than dirtying a pot and dealing with boiling the water!

 

[Marchand63]

Soak them overnight in buttermilk
Then dredge them in regular all purpose flour
Once more into the buttermilk
Then through a seasoned corn flour mix
Then just fry away

 

[mmouse37]

Just put as many as you want in the basket of your air fryer and turn it on! The recipe I followed said 250 for 16 minutes, but I experimented with one egg at first. 250 for 20 minutes ended up being just right for my air fryer. Every air fryer will vary so definitely test it. But it works great and is faster/easier and safer than dirtying a pot and dealing with boiling the water!

Thank you!!

MJ

 

[marlynnp]

I prefer beer batter

1/3 c. cornstartch
2/3 c. flour
a few shakes of cayenne pepper
whisk in beer until you have a smooth batter (about the same thickness of pancake batter)

dip the onion rings and drop into hot oil

 

[Domo]

Give it a telephone?

 

[Poohforyou]

I don't make fried food at home. These mess alone negates any possible savings and that's questionable anyway given the cost of the oil. Honestly, what does an order of onion rings cost?

Also, I think a batter is used for the best onion rings.

 

[Domo]

Stupid jokes aside, I love onion rings but have never got the hang of making them - the best I try makes greasy little things. Easier to spend a couple of quid and get an order delivered!