Oven Fried Onion Rings Americas Test Kitchen Food

OVEN FRIED ONION RINGS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Place parchment paper onto 2 baking sheets and set aside.
• In a small bowl, combine the flour, paprika and 2 teaspoons salt. In another bowl or shallow dish, whisk together the buttermilk and eggs. Add half of the flour mixture to the buttermilk and beat until smooth and thickened.
• In a separate bowl, combine the panko, olive oil and remaining 2 teaspoons salt.
• Lightly dredge the onion rings in the flour mixture and then drop into the buttermilk. Drain the excess batter and then dredge in the panko mixture.
• Arrange on the prepared baking sheets in a single layer. You can place smaller rings inside bigger rings if necessary, just make sure there is space between them. Then place in the oven. Cook until golden brown, 14 to 20 minutes. Halfway through the cooking time, flip over each onion ring to ensure even crisping and browning.

OVEN FRIED ONION RINGS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450°F When hot, oil two baking sheet with the oil and place into the oven to get hot, about 8 minutes.
• Cut off the ends of the onions and peel the outer layer off. Slice into 2 Inch thick slices. Remove the inside layers to created the rings.
• In a food processor, combine the potato chips and the saltine crackers and mix fine into crumbs. Lay them into a medium sized bowl.
• In another separate bowl, combine the buttermilk, egg, and salt, pepper, and cayenne and stir to combined.
• In a small bowl add the 1/4 cup of flour.
• Now to assemble the onion rings. Dip each ring into the flour first to get it dried. Dip them into the buttermilk mixture and then into the crumb mixture.
• Lay them onto a dish.
• Remove the baking sheets from the oven and place the rings on the hot pans, allowing enough room to fry. There should be 12 rings on each sheet.
• Place back in the oven and cook for about 8 minutes. Remove them from the oven and turn each ring to assure both sides get fried. Place back in the oven and continue cooking for about 8-10 minutes and golden brown.
• Allow to cool for a few minutes and enjoy!

BAKED ONION RINGS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Lightly spray the parchment paper with olive oil cooking spray.
• Stir together the buttermilk and cornstarch in a shallow bowl.
• Stir together the flour, cornmeal, Parmesan cheese and House seasoning in a baking dish.
• Coat the onion slices by placing each slice into the buttermilk mixture allow excess to drip before coating in the seasoned cornmeal. Then place the coated rings in a single layer on the baking sheets. Repeat until all onion rings are coated. Give the onion rings a light spray with non-stick baking spray. Bake until golden brown, about 20-25 minutes flipping once halfway through and serve hot.
• Stir together the garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, salt and pepper in a small bowl.

BEER-BATTERED ONION RINGS

Steps:

• Place onion rounds, 2 cups beer, vinegar, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper in zipper-lock bag. Refrigerate 30 minutes or up to 2 hours.
• Heat the oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat to 350 degrees.
• While oil is heating, combine flour, cornstarch, baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper in large bowl.
• Slowly whisk in 3/4 cup beer until just combined (some lumps will remain).
• Whisk in remaining beer as needed, 1 tablespoon at a time, until batter falls from whisk in steady stream and faint trail across surface of batter.
• Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 200 degrees.
• Remove onions from refrigerator and pour off liquid.
• Pat onion rounds dry with paper towels and separate into rings.
• Transfer 1/3 portion of rings to batter.
• One at a time, carefully transfer battered rings to oil.
• Fry until rings are golden brown and crisp, about 5 minutes, flipping halfway through frying.
• Drain rings on paper towel-lined baking sheet, season with salt and pepper, and transfer to oven.
• Return oil to 350 degrees and repeat with remaining onion rings and batter.
• Serve.

OVEN-FRIED ONION RINGS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°F.
• Whisk together egg white, buttermilk, flour, salt, and cayenne in a shallow bowl until smooth.
• Separate onion slices into rings and pick out the 12 largest, reserving remainder for another use.
• Heat 1 teaspoon oil in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking.
• Working in batches of 4, dip rings into batter, letting excess drip off, then cook in skillet until golden brown, about 1 minute on each side. (Use 1 teaspoon oil per batch.) Transfer rings as browned to a lightly oiled shallow (1-inch-deep) baking pan.
• Bake rings in middle of oven, turning once, until crisp and deep golden, 12 to 15 minutes total.

CRISPY BAKED ONION RINGS

Steps:

• Cut onions into 1/2-in. slices; separate into rings and place in a bowl. Cover with ice water; soak for 30 minutes. Drain., In a small bowl, beat egg whites until foamy. In another bowl, combine the bread crumbs, thyme, salt, paprika and pepper. Divide the crumb mixture among three large resealable plastic bags. Dip a third of the onions in the egg whites; add a few rings at a time to crumb mixture and shake to coat. Place on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray., Repeat with remaining onions and crumb mixture. Bake at 400° for 20 minutes or until lightly browned and crisp.

OVEN-BAKED ONION RINGS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• Separate onion slices into individual rings.
• Whisk egg whites with milk in a bowl until thoroughly combined; season egg mixture with a pinch of cayenne pepper. Place panko crumbs into a separate bowl.
• Place onion rings into a large resealable plastic bag. Add flour, salt, and black pepper; seal bag and shake until rings are well coated with flour.
• Drop flour-coated onion rings into egg white-milk mixture, a few at a time, and toss lightly with tongs until coated. Place rings into panko crumbs and gently shake the bowl to toss the crumbs with the onion rings until rings are coated with crumbs.
• Transfer coated onion rings to a large baking sheet; spray rings lightly with cooking spray.
• Bake in the preheated oven until onion rings are tender and crumbs are lightly golden brown, 12 to 15 minutes.

OVEN BAKED ONION RINGS - CRUNCHY!

Steps:

• Adjust oven racks to lower-middle and upper-middle positions and heat oven to 450 degrees.
• Place 1/4 cup flour in shallow baking dish. Beat egg and buttermilk together in medium bowl. Whisk remaining 1/4 cup flour, cayenne, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper into buttermilk mixture.
• Pulse saltines and chips together in food processor until finely ground and place in separate shallow baking dish.
• Pull apart the rings in each round, discarding any that are less than 2 inches in diameter. Working one at a time, dredge each onion ring in flour, shaking off excess. Dip in buttermilk mixture, allowing excess to drip back into bowl, then drop into crumb coating, turning ring to coat evenly. Transfer to large plate and repeat with remaining onion rings.
• Pour 3 tablespoons oil onto each of two rimmed baking sheets. Place in oven and heat until just smoking, about 8 minutes. Carefully tilt heated sheets to coat evenly with oil, then arrange onion rings on sheets.
• Bake, flipping onion rings over and switching and rotating position of baking sheets halfway through baking, until golden brown on both sides, about 15 minutes. Transfer onion rings to plates lined with paper towels to drain briefly. Serve immediately.