Kick A%% Fried Onion Rings

Rita~'s Note:

Nice and crispy! Sweet with a Kick! Top that juicy steak with these! If you want more of a kick add 1 teaspoon of Old Bay to the milk mixture as well!

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
• 1 teaspoon Old Bay Seasoning
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 cup flour
• 1/4 cup cornmeal
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons pepper
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 large sweet onions, such as vidalia
• vegetable oil (enough so onions are covered in oil for frying)
• salt

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 250 degrees.
2. Combine the buttermilk, hot pepper sauce and sugar in a medium bowl until the sugar dissolves.
3. Combine the flour, cornmeal, baking powder, Old Bay, salt and pepper in a shallow baking dish.
4. Peel and cut the onions into 1/4-inch-thick slices.
5. Separate the onion slices into rings and towel dry.
6. Dip the rings in the buttermilk and shake off the excess liquid.
7. Dredge the rings in the flour mixture, shake off the excess.
8. Meanwhile, heat the oil to 400 degrees over medium-high heat in a large heavy pan.
9. Add the onions to form a single layer on the oil's surface and cook until golden brown, no more than 3 minutes.
10. Using tongs, transfer the onions to the paper towel-lined plate.
11. Let stand 2 minutes to drain, then carefully transfer to the rack in the warm oven.
12. Repeat till all are fried.
13. Season with salt!
14. Serve!

Reviews

[Mary K. W.]

5-star for sure! The light, crispy batter is seasoned perfectly. For those having issues with the batter falling off ... I put the rings in a bag of plain flour and shook to dust them, then the batter, then the seasoned flour. No problem with anything falling off then. I also cut the onions and put them in the fridge to 'sweat' for a few hours ... that may help with the batter sticking too. If you like onion rings, be sure to try these.

[Acadia*]

21 gun salute is in order! My DH is simply said, mad about onion rings, so he is always ordering them and for the most part he is disappointed after getting them. So this recipe succeeded in satisfying his onion ring addiction! He just absoutely loved them! I divided the recipe in half as I only had one vadalia onion. The breading was perfectly seasoned and light and airy with the right amount of crunch. This is definitely going in my "Keepers" cookbook. Thank you so much for posting this recipe! Made for Veg 'n Swap tag Feb. 2012.

[Wisconsinone]

These are wonderful! Thank you.