Homemade Onion Rings Recipe
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Do you love onion rings? Learn to make Homemade Onion Rings at home, from scratch that are just as good (or better) than the ones you love from the restaurant!
Easy Homemade Onion Rings
Hot, fresh, and crunchy onion rings are one of my favorite dishes to order in a restaurant. The combination of sweet onion slices, dredged in a salty batter, with the crunchy texture that comes from frying, is a harmonious combination of flavors.
I wanted to be able to duplicate the dish at home, so I asked my brother for advice. He works in a restaurant that serves up this delicious treat, and gave me a few tips and tricks to make perfect restaurant-quality onion rings, in the comfort of my own home and told me how to freeze onion rings.
Homemade Onion Rings
Serves 4 (or 2 hungry people)
What you need:
- 1 large sweet onion
- 1 cup milk
- 1 tbsp vinegar
- 1 egg
- 1.5 cups flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- oil for frying
How to make onion rings from scratch:
Start by removing the top and bottom of the onion, and remove the skin. Thinly slice the onion into strips and separate pieces.
In a medium-sized bowl, combine milk and vinegar, then stir. Let sit for 5 minutes, then whisk in egg.
In a shallow dish, mix together flour, salt, garlic powder and pepper.
Take onion slices and dip into flour mixture. This first coating of flour helps the batter adhere to the onion during the frying process. Once all onion slices have been coated in flour, dip the onion slices into the milk mixture, letting excess liquid fall off, then coat again with flour mixture, and set onto a plate or tray. Repeat process until all onion slices are coated.
Place onion slices into the freezer for 15-20 minutes, to set the coating. This will also help to keep the batter on the onion rings while they are being fried.
Once the onion rings are in the freezer, add 1″ of oil to a deep skillet and warm over medium heat, to 350 degrees.
Remove onion slices from the freezer, and fry in oil, in batches for 1-2 minutes a side, until golden brown. Remove and lay on a paper towel-lined plate to cool.
Serve with Homemade Ketchup or make a dip with a mix of Homemade Ranch Dressing and Homemade Salsa.
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Homemade Onion Rings
Ingredients
- 1 large sweet onion
- 1 cup milk
- 1 tbsp vinegar
- 1 egg
- 1.5 cups flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- oil for frying
Instructions
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Start by removing the top and bottom of the onion, and remove the skin. Thinly slice the onion into strips and separate pieces.
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In a medium-sized bowl, combine milk and vinegar, then stir. Let sit for 5 minutes, then whisk in egg.
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In a shallow dish, mix together flour, salt, garlic powder and pepper.
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Take onion slices and dip into flour mixture. This first coating of flour helps the batter adhere to the onion during the frying process. Once all onion slices have been coated in flour, dip the onion slices into the milk mixture, letting excess liquid fall off, then coat again with flour mixture, and set onto a plate or tray. Repeat process until all onion slices are coated.
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Place onion slices into the freezer for 15-20 minutes, to set the coating. This will also help to keep the batter on the onion rings while they are being fried.
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Once the onion rings are in the freezer, add 1" of oil to a deep skillet and warm over medium heat, to 350 degrees.
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Remove onion slices from freezer, and fry in oil, in batches for 1-2 minutes a side, until golden brown. Remove and lay on paper towel-lined plate.
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Have you made homemade onion rings before? What is your favorite dipping sauce for onion rings?
This recipe for Homemade Onion Rings was originally published on Little House Living in October 2013. It has been updated as of October 2019.
We usually get onion rings when we go out to eat at a burger place, they are so darn good! I will have to give this recipe a try, onion rings are a favorite in my home!
This is my husband’s new favorite Sunday “Football” food. I think I will be making these on an almost weekly basis 🙂
These were really good, even my kids liked them. The only change I made was to substitute grape seed oil for the canola oil. Thanks for a great recipe!
I don’t have vinegar ,, what can I use ,, Please ?!
You should be able to sub the vinegar for lemon juice.
You can also use a little bit of chicken broth. We have used that and it is so good. It is that one ingredient that you can never figure out what it is and what is missing. I would cut down on a little bit of milk also.
Awesome! thanks 🙂
My husband would be delighted if I made these! But I’m really surprised that you chose to use canola, aka “Canadian” oil…it’s one of the worst manufactured oils out there, it’s not even from a plant! I’d recommend using lard, tallow or coconut oil for deep frying anything — other vegetable oils can’t take high heat without burning.
Just what I was thinking. Well said Cathy.
Where do you buy tallow? I know McDonalds used to use it for their fries, but not anymore.
I make my own tallow from the suet from our cows, but I’ve also purchased it in the past from Azure Standard.
I cannot WAIT to try this! My fiance is fairly attached to the delicious, unhealthy, fast food. A tad bit reluctant to convert to a completely “healthy” diet if it means sacrificing grease– I mean, taste*. 😉 So I think this recipe will help spruce up our menu. Thank you, Ms. Andrea. 🙂
Could you bake these? I hate the idea of frying them.
I wonder the same… I would guess about 375 for 20 or so minutes.. I’ll have to try it out.
My hubs would love me if I made these for him 😉 Thanks so much for sharing your recipe!
Pinning it!
I love the idea of making my own onion rings. I will be trying these soon! Thanks for sharing on Pintastic Pinteresting Party.
Thanks for sharing your recipe @DearCreatives party! I will have to try this sometime! Hope to see you again this week. Pinned
I love onion rings and yours look so delicious! Thanks for sharing on Merry Monday.
I use buttermilk instead of the milk and vinegar.
Is there a way to make these work well without the egg? We have an egg allergy in our family. I know what to su. In baked goods but I doubt soaked flax seed or mashed banana & soda paste would work well in this case. 😉
You should still be able to make it without the egg but still following the other steps. The batter may not stick quite as well but it should work.
Have you got a gluten and dairy free version of this recipe?
Have any readers tried this recipe using an air fryer with any success?