Thread: Baked onion rings

Okay, so I really wanted some onion rings but I didn't want to go out and buy them (limited budget right now) and didn't want to fry (secret is I really don't know how/don't eat much fried food nowadays anyway). So I found this recipe on Allrecipes.com and i modified it so I'm posting what i did. It turned out great. I am so excited because now I can make my own healthy onion rings.

2 lg sweet onions - sliced into rings (about 1/2in thick)
1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 egg
1 cup milk
1 pkg (8oz) panko bread crumbs (I used Parmesan flavored)
Garlic powder - to taste
Old bay seasoning - to taste

Preheat oven to 425 and spray a baking sheet with olive oil
Combine flour, baking powder, and salt and coat onions with flour mixture, set aside - the flour sticks a little
Whisk in egg and milk into the flour mixture and dip the floured onion rings into this batter. Lay them on a wire rack so excess batter will drip off.
Mix panko bread crumbs, garlic powder and old bay together in a bowl. Place the battered onions into the bread crumb mixture. I ended up using a panning motion (like panning for gold) to coat the onions and it worked great.
Place onions on baking sheet, spray with olive oil and bake for abut 20 minutes. I turned them half way through.
I did add a bit more old bay on top of the onions while they were on the baking sheet, before I baked them, but after added the additional spray of olive oil.
They were very tasty and had a bit of a kick with the old bay. It is a messy procedure but it was fun and the result was so worth it.
I will definitely make again and again.


Before


After - they were so crispy (yes, some are missing, they are so tasty)

Mmmmmmmmmm I love onion rings and have never tried making them.

this is great! i love onion rings too...i can eat them for breakfast, lunch, and dinner!