Onion Rings Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 large onions, cut into 1⁄2-inch rounds
- 2 quarts peanut oil
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1⁄2 cup cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon paprika
- 3/4 cup light-flavored beer (such as PBR or Budweiser), ice-cold
- 1/4 cup 80-proof vodka
- Kosher Salt
Method
- Separate the onion rounds into individual rings.
- Place in a very gallon-sized zipper-lock electric refrigerator|electric refrigerator|fridge} bag and place them within the freezer till fully frozen, a minimum of one hour (they will keep within the fridge for up to one month).
- When able to fry, take away the onion rings from the fridge bag, transfer to a bowl, and thaw beneath lukewarm running water.
- Transfer to a horn-rimmed baking sheet lined with a clean room towel or many layers of paper towels and dry the rings totally. rigorously peel off the inner papery membrane from every ring and discard (the rings are terribly floppy). Set aside.
- Preheat the oil to 375°F in a very giant cooking pan or a Dutch kitchen appliance over medium-high heat. mix the flour, cornstarch, leaven, hydrogen carbonate, and paprika in a very medium bowl and whisk along. mix the brewage and spirits in a very tiny bowl.
- Slowly add the brewage mixture to the flour mixture, whisking perpetually till the batter has texture of thick paint (you might not would like all of the beer).
- The batter ought to leave a path if you drip it back to the bowl off the whisk. don't overmix; some tiny lumps square measure OK.
- Dip one onion ring within the batter, ensuring that every one surfaces square measure coated, carry it out, holding the surplus batter drip off, and add it to the recent oil by slowly lowering it in together with your fingers till only 1 facet is protruding, then dropping it in.
- Repeat till half the rings square measure within the oil.
- Fry, flipping the rings halfway through cookery, till they're deep golden brown, concerning four minutes.
- Transfer the rings to an oversized bowl lined with paper towels and toss whereas sprinkling salt over them.
- The deep-fried rings is placed on a rack on a horn-rimmed baking sheet and unbroken hot in a very 200°F kitchen appliance whereas you fry the remaining rings.
- Serve the rings in real time.
