Onion ring batter

[Rip_Some_Lip]

I am ready to pick a couple nice yellow onions from the garden and I would like to make some home made onion rings. I am looking for a good batter recipe and any tips if anyone wants to share. I had some at the county fair last week and would like to make some. Thanks.

[efgh]

Happy jacks pancake mix, place in one bowl dry mix, make batter like you would use for pancakes on the runny side in another bowl. cut the onion, dip the rings into the batter, then in the dry, then in the batter then the dry. build up to the thickness of batter you want doing this,then fry them in hot oil. I got this recipe from a chief who was chief in a well known res.

[Pherris]

My wife tried many and tis is now the only one we use.

Old Fashion Onion Rings

1 large onion, cut into 1/4-inch slices

1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1 egg

1 cup milk, or as needed

3/4 cup dry bread crumbs

seasoned salt to taste

1 quart oil for frying, or as needed

Heat the oil in a deep-fryer to 365 degrees F (185 degrees C).

Separate the onion slices into rings, and set aside. In a small bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder and salt.

Dip the onion slices into the flour mixture until they are all coated; set aside. Whisk the egg and milk into the flour mixture using a fork. Dip the floured rings into the batter to coat, then place on a wire rack to drain until the batter stops dripping. The wire rack may be placed over a sheet of aluminum foil for easier clean up. Spread the bread crumbs out on a plate or shallow dish. Place rings one at a time into the crumbs, and scoop the crumbs up over the ring to coat. Give it a hard tap as you remove it from the crumbs. The coating should cling very well. Repeat with remaining rings.

Deep fry the rings a few at a time for 2 to 3 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove to paper towels to drain. Season with seasoning salt, and serve.

Good Eating!

[delcecchi]

It all depends how you like them... Thin crispy batter or thicker breading type.

I bet most restaurants and food trailers use a commercial mix, once they graduate from frozen rings from sysco.

[PurpleFloyd]

I'll pick up Stack and we will be right over.You may need more onions though.

There is a guy named Art Dougherty that lives a few miles out of town here that has an onion ring concession trailer that has a terrific batter. He goes by AJ's onion rings and I know he has been at Moto Fest and many of the fairs in the past. I can see if he would give a few pointers or if you seem him ask.

[Rip_Some_Lip]

I'll pick up Stack and we will be right over.You may need more onions though.

There is a guy named Art Dougherty that lives a few miles out of town here that has an onion ring concession trailer that has a terrific batter. He goes by AJ's onion rings and I know he has been at Moto Fest and many of the fairs in the past. I can see if he would give a few pointers or if you seem him ask.

I will eat just about anything Stack cooks. I see his pics on Facebook all the time and makes me hungry. Now I need to find out who PurpleFloyd is...lol. I had AJ's onion rings at the fair and that is when I started thinking about it.

[Bobby Bass]

I to use the pancake mix for a batter, I do add a little Mrs Dash seasoning to the mix but what I do is dip my rings and then I put them on a cookie sheet and put them in the freezer. Later I will bag them and then cook them frozen, no mess and tasty. I also make French Fries from the garden potatoes, nothing better then fresh tatters for fries. We cut them and deep fry for only a few minutes then take them out and freeze them. Bag them and when you are ready for fries you go ahead and cook them, some time spent in prep but both the fries and rings are well worth the extra work.

[Rip_Some_Lip]

That's how I do my home made fries too from my garden. They are the best that way. It makes sense to freeze the rings too. The ones I had at the fair were good but the onions could have been cooked a little longer to soften them up a little more although I think the batter would be overcooked then. Maybe freezing the first would help with that. Thanks for the replies everyone. I picked an onion this morning and it was just under 3" in diameter. Looks like the rest are a little smaller. Do you dry them first or can you make them fresh out of the dirt?

[PurpleFloyd]

I'll pick up Stack and we will be right over.You may need more onions though.

There is a guy named Art Dougherty that lives a few miles out of town here that has an onion ring concession trailer that has a terrific batter. He goes by AJ's onion rings and I know he has been at Moto Fest and many of the fairs in the past. I can see if he would give a few pointers or if you seem him ask.

[Rip_Some_Lip]

That was my first guess. I kind of remember that from a while ago, my memory is not as good as it used to be...lol.

[Gordie]

My wife tried many and tis is now the only one we use.

Old Fashion Onion Rings

1 large onion, cut into 1/4-inch slices

1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1 egg

1 cup milk, or as needed

3/4 cup dry bread crumbs

seasoned salt to taste

1 quart oil for frying, or as needed

Heat the oil in a deep-fryer to 365 degrees F (185 degrees C).

Separate the onion slices into rings, and set aside. In a small bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder and salt.

Dip the onion slices into the flour mixture until they are all coated; set aside. Whisk the egg and milk into the flour mixture using a fork. Dip the floured rings into the batter to coat, then place on a wire rack to drain until the batter stops dripping. The wire rack may be placed over a sheet of aluminum foil for easier clean up. Spread the bread crumbs out on a plate or shallow dish. Place rings one at a time into the crumbs, and scoop the crumbs up over the ring to coat. Give it a hard tap as you remove it from the crumbs. The coating should cling very well. Repeat with remaining rings.

Deep fry the rings a few at a time for 2 to 3 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove to paper towels to drain. Season with seasoning salt, and serve.

Good Eating!

I use this but instead of all purpose flour I use instant pancake mix and season salt to replace the regular salt.

[Pherris]

The recipe I posted results in a thin batter. I am amazed at how many onion rings you can get of a good size yellow onion. One onion is pleanty for my wife and I. There is a booth at the fair that only sells onion rings and the must make a fortune considering an order is about as many as we get from one large onion and if I recall they are $5 bucks an order. They are good though!

Gordie, does the pancake mix make for a thicker batter? I will try the season salt too.

[kerryd15]

If you like a crispy batter I like beer and flower. Mix together to the consistency you like. I do fish, onions, and fries with this. Its the only reason I keep beer around.

[Cicada]

Went to a local eatery here in town. They were bragging up the new cook and his onion rings. I gave them a shot and it was the pancake batter idea. One of the worst things I have ever put in my mouth and as you can tell by my pic, lots of stuff have gone in there. By the way, they were gone in less than six months ( the business, not the onion rings).

[Gordie]

Pherris it does make for a thicker onion ring but it can be thinned with a bit of water I also do not use hardly any milk.

Most of the time when somebody has BAD deep fried food it almost always because of the grease, not hot enough, old grease, grease got to hot and other stuff left behind from other deep fried foods in it that start to burn. Making for a unenjoyable flavor.

[Living_The_Dream]

I love just using a box of Cajun shore lunch mix. Nice litle zing to the onion rings.

[KEN W]

You want some zing.....try the Buffalo Shore Lunch.

[Rip_Some_Lip]

I picked the last of the onions today. I am thinking of trying some batter this weekend. The hard part is picking the recipe to try first. I thank you all for the help and I will try to post the results and pictures if I remember.

[fivebucks]

A place in Seward, AK makes great Halibut chunks deep fried and the bartender told me they use pancake batter. I started using seasoned pancake batter for deep fried fish just shaking the fish in the dry batter and it works great for halibut. I would bet it would be good with your recipe Pherris.

[Rip_Some_Lip]

Happy jacks pancake mix, place in one bowl dry mix, make batter like you would use for pancakes on the runny side in another bowl. cut the onion, dip the rings into the batter, then in the dry, then in the batter then the dry. build up to the thickness of batter you want doing this,then fry them in hot oil. I got this recipe from a chief who was chief in a well known res.

This is the method I tried for the first batch and it turned out great! My wife doctored it up a little and even she said we will never buy frozen rings again. We did double dip them and threw them in the freezer and that worked good. Here are a couple pics. The second batch got done a little bit too much but were good too. I used one medium sized onion (2.75" dia.) and we had more than enough for the two of us. Also had some fresh picked green beans and grilled pork chops!