If you’re looking for the most delicious homemade onion rings which are truly crispy and bursting with flavour, you’ve come to the right place. Follow me…
Homemade Onion Rings
All great onion rings start with the perfect onion. Here’s what you’re looking for: From there, we want to coat the rings first in a flour mix, and then into the infamous beer batter. By doing this you’re going to create tiny air bubbles in the batter, which in turn is what makes the batter so crispy.
Beer Battered Onion Rings
The initial flour mix is what helps the beer batter stick to the onion. For flavour, I add salt, white pepper (adds a little more heat than black pepper) and paprika. Nothing OTT, but makes the world of difference. I also add a tsp of baking powder in all my batters. This is what helps create those tiny air bubbles we were just talking about.
Tips for the perfect Beer Batter
Cold Beer – using cold beer causes more of a reaction when the batter hits the hot oil, which in turn contributes to extra crispiness. Don’t over mix – when you whisk the beer into the flour, make sure you don’t beat the heck out of it, or all the bubbles will burst. Whisk until just combined. A few lumps are fine. Work quick – The longer the batter rests, the more it will deflate and the more bubbles will pop. You want it as airy and frothy as possible before it hits the oil.
How to prepare onion rings (Quick Summary)
Deep Fried Onion Rings
100% if you want truly crispy onion rings, it’s deep fried all the way. If you’re not confident with deep frying, onion rings are the perfect introduction. I.e no chance of raw meat, the worst that is going to happen is you’ll end up with a few questionable onion rings. No biggie. There’s tonnes to test.
How to Deep Fry Onion Rings (Quick Summary)
I recommend serving after ever 2 batches. The longer you leave the onion rings, the less crispy they’ll be; meaning by the time you’ve finished deep frying the lot, the first batch won’t be as fresh as the last. Just have someone ferry the batches out to guests as you fry 🙂
And after all that you’re going to be staring at some darn good looking onion rings. Before we tuck into the full recipe, why not check out some of my similar recipes?
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