Photo: Tempura Battered Onion Rings Recipe
Ingredients
- Oil, for frying
- 2 large sweet onions, cut into 1/2-inch thick rings, thin skins removed
- 1 1/2 cups rice flour, plus more, for dredging
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 tablespoon baking soda
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 cup beer (use enough until you get pancake batter consistency)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt, plus more for seasoning
- Freshly ground black pepper
Directions
Fill a large Dutch oven or fryer with oil and preheat to 350 degrees F.
Sift dry ingredients into a large mixing bowl and make a well in the center. Crack the egg yolk into a separate bowl and break it up with a fork. Add this to the well in the middle of the flour and slowly pour in the beer as you whisk. Gradually make wider circles with the whisk to incorporate the dry ingredients from the edges - this will minimize the chance of lumps. Continue until all the dry ingredients are mixed and the batter is of a smooth consistency.
Take the onion rings and remove the thin membrane found between the layers; (otherwise the batter won't stick as well). In a large dish add some rice flour, and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Coat each ring in the flour. Dip in the batter and fry in hot oil in batches until golden. Drain on paper towels and season with salt.
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By marilsp
LA
on June 27, 2012
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I am not a beer drinker. I think the taste is too bitter. So I didn't use it in the batter. Instead I used soda water, which is classic to tempura batter. Rice flour was not available, so I used bread flour, which has more crunch than all purpose flour. I also added a shot of vodka so the alcohol would help make the rings crispier (and since I had omitted the beer. Great crunch. Perfect presentation. I know it's not the exact recipe, and for that I am giving it 4 stars instead of 5. Thanks Tyler.
By Geekygreek
Long Beach, CA
on August 21, 2011
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followed the recipe to the letter. came out with a gritty tasting, but not lumpy batter that crisped before the onion was done, so the onion was very oily and the batter flaked off. tried the batter on other veggies with the same result. i will not be trying this again
By pixistar
Fort Morgan, CO
on May 20, 2011
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I LOVE YOU!! I made my own gluten free onion rings with gluten free beer (lots of brands sell it but these are better!!
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