Onion Rings

[donna]

June 22 is also National Onion Ring Day. The history of the onion ring has several claims of when and who invented them.

The earliest recipe for some type of onion ring appeared in John Molland's 1802 cookbook, "The Art of Cookery Made Easy and Refined". The recipe was for Fried Onions with Parmesan Cheese. It suggests cutting onions in 1/2 inch rings, dipping them into a batter made of flour, cream, salt and pepper and Parmesan Cheese. Then deep frying them in "boiling" lard. It goes on to recommend to serve them with a sauce made of melted butter and mustard.

Another recipe for French Fried Onion Rings appeared in 13 Jan. 1910 "Middletown, New Daily Times". A recipe for onion rings also appeared in 1933 in an advertisement for Crisco in "The New York Times Magazine".

Kirby's Pig Stand restaurant in Oak Cliff, Texas, also claims the first recipe in 1920s.

Whoever invented the onion ring, has given the world a delicious side or snack.

So for National Onion Ring Day, make some onion rings or buy them at your favorite restaurant that serves them.

 

[hanna260]

Love onion rings. Love them more than fries, if I'm being honest. We buy onion rings from the store and defrost them in the onion but they don't taste the same as the deep fried ones you get in restaurants.

Here's a recipe I found. These are beer-battered- so, late Fathers Day dish?

Ingredients Nutrition
Servings 6 Units US

• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup beer (I prefer Budweiser)
• 2 large onions (I prefer Vidalias)
• vegetable oil (For Deep Fat Frying)

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http://www.food.com/recipe/beer-batter-onion-rings-20785

 

[rbasin]

Easiest and best recipe:

Cut Onions 1/4 to 1/2 inch
About 1.5 cups of white flour
about 6 oz beer (lite is popular)
pinch of salt
Mix
Dip Onions into batter
Deep Fry (depends on your deep fryer)

And as always, change out your oil in the deep fryer prior to use

 

[ole]

Well, I just happen to have a bag of Vidalias that will go to waste soon. The fryer has fresh oil and I have flour and beer. Sounds like a plan!

 

[rbasin]

Well, I just happen to have a bag of Vidalias that will go to waste soon. The fryer has fresh oil and I have flour and beer. Sounds like a plan!

Hope you like them. Maybe a bit of ranch dressing to dip.

 

[rbasin]

And if you like the batter, works with fish as well.

 

[ole]

Think a touch of Old Bay in the batter couldn't hurt.

Congratulations! This is one of the first recipes that Dear One actually approved of.

 

[ole]

Hope you like them. Maybe a bit of ranch dressing to dip.

Dip onion rings? Phillistine!

 

[TinCan]

Burgers and onion rings, better than fries!

 

[ole]

Onion rings ON burgers!

 

[rbasin]

Think a touch of Old Bay in the batter couldn't hurt.

Congratulations! This is one of the first recipes that Dear One actually approved of.

Spices are of course to taste. Personally, I only spice after the cooking.

 

[diane]

If you want something different than the traditional onion ring - and do I ever love them! - you might try bacon wrapped onion rings. You put brown sugar with cayenne pepper in it in a baggie and coat the onion ring with it. Wrap the bacon around the ring and bake in the oven until crispy and well candied! It's some work, but it's very good! Use the large rings or double them so it will stand up to the bacon. Turn them once. Sriracha mayonnaise is a good dipping sauce!

 

[ole]

Dang it, Diane. You always complicate what ought to be a simple recipe. Lemme get the first one down and then I'll get to the more elaborate second.

If you're not careful, I will publish my recipe for mustard pickles.

 

[rbasin]

No bacon. Unless you have a respirator.

 

[Allie]

If you want something different than the traditional onion ring - and do I ever love them! - you might try bacon wrapped onion rings. You put brown sugar with cayenne pepper in it in a baggie and coat the onion ring with it. Wrap the bacon around the ring and bake in the oven until crispy and well candied! It's some work, but it's very good! Use the large rings or double them so it will stand up to the bacon. Turn them once. Sriracha mayonnaise is a good dipping sauce!

Ohmygosh, that's obscene! Sounds delicious, and considering how fattening fried batter is, probably not that much worse for you than regular onion rings.

 

[diane]

Dang it, Diane. You always complicate what ought to be a simple recipe. Lemme get the first one down and then I'll get to the more elaborate second.

If you're not careful, I will publish my recipe for mustard pickles.

Let me try to push you over the edge here - I love mustard pickles! You put a bacon wrapped onion ring on a cheese burger. That is soooo good!

 

[rbasin]

Dip onion rings? Phillistine!

In Buffalo, the popular thing with rings is malt vinegar.

 

[Patrick H]

Ole makes a point when he says he happens to have a batch of Vidalias on hand. Now...... you don't need Vidalias, but they are FINE and Ole's point is very well taken! There are lots of differences between onion varieties: Sharp, mild, sweet, bitter, teary, etc. etc. These varieties will all react a bit differently with different frying recipes. That's perfectly fine. That gives us an excuse to fry up MANY batches and try them all in various comparative tastings....again and again and again. Why...heck...with a little luck, most of us will never quite make up our minds about the very best recipe, so we will need to keep comparing again and again and again. Cool! What an excellent problem!

 

[donna]

Thought bring this thread back up since national Onion Ring Day.

 

[fredneck]

I love to eat onion rings with "Fry Sauce." I first had Fry Sauce in Salt Lake city and was surprised how well the fry sauce and onion rings go together. Every fast food restaurant I ate at in SLC had fry sauce as its main condiment.

Basic Fry Sauce Recipe

1 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup ketchup (roughly a 2 to 1 ratio)
1/2 tsp onion powder
3 to 4 teaspoons pickle juice (add one teaspoon at a time & check for taste)

Mix together in small bowl. Eat.

Source: http://www.onegoodthingbyjillee.com/2012/02/make-your-skirt-fly-up-authentic-utah.html