Last week on Monday Kalissa had the day off of work and college so she invited me to go shopping. Â She wanted jeans..I just wanted some time away. Â When you work from home, time away is sometimes a real treat.
We made a day of things buying jeans, visiting the Amish community in our area and going to the local orchard where all part of our day. Â At the orchard they had HUGE onions. Â The lady said, “Oh you have to give it a try”. Â So I did.
They aren’t beautiful..but they sure are good. Â Here’s want she told me to do.
Slice the onions.
Mix together 1 cup of flour, 1 t baking soda, a little salt and pepper too. Â Add beer to make a thick but runny batter like pancakes. Â Set aside.
Put 1 cup flour in another bowl.
Heat shortening to 400 degrees. Â Make sure it’s 400 degrees when starting to fry.
Dip the onions in the plain flour mixture. Â Dip them in batter. Â Then put them into your fryer. Â Do one onion piece at a time. Â The onions will float to the top so only add as many onions as will fit at the top. Â Flip the onion rings as they brown. Â Put on a paper towel to drain.
Yum. Â Not that I need to add any more calories to these but they are great dipped in ranch dressing.
It’s a little time consuming but it was fun to make these.
I make mine similarly, but I use club soda instead of beer using a recipe in the Joy of Baking cookbook. It makes a wonderful light batter. There’s nothing like homemade onion rings!
mmmm, love onion rings. This would almost convince me to buy a deep fryer. Have survived 27 yrs of marriage without one.