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Got a bag of onions? Then, fry up some tasty onion rings
A source of Vitamin C and fiber, onions also contain the flavonoid “quercetin” that the National Onion Association says “protects against cataracts, cardiovascular disease, and cancer.” With so many health benefits, I took my bag of onions and decided to make onions rings.
This wasn’t my first try at frying onion rings, but I must say this go round turned out some beautiful and tasty ones. Though many people prefer sweet onions such as the Georgia Vidalia onion or other large sweet onions grown Texas or Washington State, I used some large yellow onions typically chopped up for soups or stews.
You’ll find this recipe simple to make, and surprisingly, the stew onions also had a sweet flavor after they were fried. Here’s what you’ll need:
2 large onions (enough for one or two people)
1 large egg (beaten)
½ cup of flour
1 teaspoon of salt
½ cup of cooking oil
First pour the cooking oil in a frying pan and set the burner temperature to medium, or if you have a Presto® Fry Baby or Fry Daddy, you can plug that up and add the oil.
This wasn’t my first try at frying onion rings, but I must say this go round turned out some beautiful and tasty ones. Though many people prefer sweet onions such as the Georgia Vidalia onion or other large sweet onions grown Texas or Washington State, I used some large yellow onions typically chopped up for soups or stews.
You’ll find this recipe simple to make, and surprisingly, the stew onions also had a sweet flavor after they were fried. Here’s what you’ll need:
2 large onions (enough for one or two people)
1 large egg (beaten)
½ cup of flour
1 teaspoon of salt
½ cup of cooking oil
First pour the cooking oil in a frying pan and set the burner temperature to medium, or if you have a Presto® Fry Baby or Fry Daddy, you can plug that up and add the oil.
Next, mix your flour and salt. At this step, some people use a bowl for the flour dipping, but I put the flour and salt in a paper or plastic, food-storage bag. For me, the onions or whatever I’m breading appear to be fully coated more easily when tossed in a bag.
Peel the onions and slice them. You can make the slices thick or thin, but the thicker the slice the more onion flavor you taste.
With the slices, gently push the rings of the onion apart and dip them into the beaten egg. Now you can dip the onion rings into the four or drop the onions into the bag, shake it up a bit to cover the onions and place a few onion rings at a time into the pan or Fry Baby.
If using a frying pan, cook on medium and turn the onion rings as the edges appear golden. The frying step usually takes about 30 seconds to a minute on each side, depending on the range.
For the Fry Baby, remove the onion rings as soon as they appear golden.
Now you have your homemade onion rings. Mine were so good I almost didn’t have enough to photograph.
– Bobbie Whitehead
Peel the onions and slice them. You can make the slices thick or thin, but the thicker the slice the more onion flavor you taste.
With the slices, gently push the rings of the onion apart and dip them into the beaten egg. Now you can dip the onion rings into the four or drop the onions into the bag, shake it up a bit to cover the onions and place a few onion rings at a time into the pan or Fry Baby.
If using a frying pan, cook on medium and turn the onion rings as the edges appear golden. The frying step usually takes about 30 seconds to a minute on each side, depending on the range.
For the Fry Baby, remove the onion rings as soon as they appear golden.
Now you have your homemade onion rings. Mine were so good I almost didn’t have enough to photograph.
– Bobbie Whitehead
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