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Onion rings are an essential side dish to a barbecued or grilled meal. Yet how many people really know how to make fresh, mouth-watering onion rings that will garner ohhhs and awwwhs from your guests? The secret is two-fold, in that you must keep the onion rings cold before frying them, and you must use fresh oil in your deep fryer. Oh yes, then there's the buttermilk... Special
tools: Deep fryer
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large red onion, the sweeter, the better... do not substitute
varieties of onions! Choose the largest, sweetest red onion that you can find. Peel away the coarse, outer skin, and remove the ends, discarding the skins and end pieces. Place onion on cutting board, "vertically polarized" and using sharp knife, cut into three sections, each section about 3/4" inch wide. Separate the rings and place them into shallow bowl, reserving the smaller rings for another use. Meanwhile, heat the deep fat fryer to operating temperature, which should be about 375 degrees.
Left: Everything needed to make onion rings, including the onion rings, egg, plain Bisquick, and Bisquick batter mix. Right: I'm dipping a Bisquick-coated onion ring into the Bisquick batter. While the deep fat fryer is heating, in a medium mixing bowl add one cup of Bisquick. Add buttermilk, a little at a time to the Bisquick mix, and stir with large mixing spoon, ensuring that mixture is blended well and that there are no lumps. The mixture should be blended to the consistency of pancake batter, without any lumps. If you get carried away with the beer and the mixture is too thin, add more Bisquick until the mixture is the correct consistency. It is very important to get the consistency correct. Place the remaining 1/2 cup Bisquick mix into another mixing bowl. Reserve.
Left: Onion rings cooking to a golden brown in the deep fryer. Right: The finished product, with my deep fryer in the background. The sequence for battering and frying the onion rings sounds complicated, but it really isn't. The trick is to use your left hand for the "dirty" work which is all of the dipping, and keep your right hand clean and dry. Using your left hand, dip a ring in the egg mixture, coating evenly. Place onion ring in "dry" Bisquick, roll it around in the dry mixture to coat it evenly. Now dip into batter and coat onion ring evenly with wet batter. Carefully place battered onion rings into deep fryer. Fry until onion rings starts to turn golden in color, which is about 5 minutes. Repeat the process until all rings are cooked, but do not put too many rings in your deep fryer at one time, as they will fuse together and not cook properly. Remove from deep fryer and drain on paper towels. Serve immediately. Copyright(c) 2008 Eric's eRench Productions, Inc. All rights reserved. This site has been on the web since December 22, 2002. Web page design has been created by eRench Productions, Inc., website design, and more...
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