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Conference turris::cooks

Title:	How to Make them Goodies
Notice:	Please Don't Start New Notes for Old Topics! Check 5.*
Moderator:	FUTURE::DDESMAISONSec.com::winalski

Created:	Tue Feb 18 1986
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	4127
Total number of notes:	31160

658.0. "Onion Rings" by HPSVAX::MANDALINCI () Wed Jul 22 1987 11:51

    For all of you onion ring fans, here is a great and simple recipe
    for them.
    
    Make a batter out of equal amounts of warm beer and flour and then
    coat the raw onion rings. These are approximate proportions. If
    you like thick coated rings, use more flour. If you like them thin
    coated, use more beer. You can put salt and pepper into the batter
    but I usually don't because I like to salt them again.
    
    These are quick and easy. One cooking tip...   use a large pan so
    the rings don't touch each other while cooking and only turn once.
    Drain thoroughly.  These can be easily frozen so make a large batch
    and freeze the rest. To heat frozen rings, place in a 425 degree
    oven for about 10 minutes but keep your eye on them because depending
    on the thickness of the actual onion and thickness of the batter
    the heating time will differ.
    
    Enjoy!!!!!

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
658.1	how 'bout another cooking tip?!	EXIT26::AYER	Jennifer	`Wed Jul 22 1987 13:37`	5
	how should they be cooked???? fried, baked, etc.??? for how long and at what temperature?? all in all, they sound wonderful!
658.2	cooking them	HPSVAX::MANDALINCI		`Wed Jul 22 1987 14:05`	8
	The rings should be fried in vegetable oil. I have not tried lard for onior rings (only fries). Get the oil hot. I could not give you an exact temperature but the ring should fry quickly so as not to absorb alot of oil but not to the point that the batter gets black. Test the oil by dropping a little batter into it. It should cook up nicely. You may have to keep adjusting the flame because as soon as you fill the pan full of rings you lose some of the temperature.
658.3	slice under cold running water-no tears	OVDVAX::WIEGMANN		`Thu Jul 23 1987 11:24`	4
	I've wondered about this before - what's your preference for onions for rings - red, white, yellow, Vidalia?? Just hadn't bothered to do a side-by-side taste yet - what do you recommend? Thanks.
658.5	CAUTION WHEN USING HOT OIL	BCSE::DTPTINKER		`Wed Aug 05 1987 17:07`	6
	WORD OF CAUTION WHEN COOKING WITH HOT OIL Keep a cover handy that will fit the pan. If the oil should get too hot and catch on fire (God forbid but it has happened to me) just place the cover on the pan to smother the flames and of course remove from heat as soon as cover is on.
658.6	Aunt Jemima Complete Pancake Mix for Onion Ring Batter.	STRATA::STOOKER		`Thu May 16 1991 13:07`	14
	I tried this one time just to see if it would taste OK. It turned out wonderful, but I don't know how well it would turn out for baking. I cut the onions(Vidalia onions are the best), separated the rings and placed into a bowl of ice cold water for about 15 minutes. I then took Aunt Jemima Complete Buttermilk Pancake Mix (I didn't use any particular portions), I just dumped the mix into a bowl and added water to make a very very thick batter. Then I coated the onion rings with the batter and then put into a pan with very hot vegetable oil. It took just a few seconds on each side (until golden brown) and then placed on paper towels to drain. These were terrific. Better than any I have ever gotten at any restaurant. Sarah
658.7	Try "Joy of Cooking"	KAHALA::WEISS		`Thu May 16 1991 16:36`	4
	The "Joy of Cooking" has an excellent Beer Batter for onion rings. I think they call it Tempura batter for vegetables. It's a great recipe.
658.8	Good old Ritz	HELIX::MCGRAY		`Fri May 17 1991 11:39`	8
	I used to work summers in a very nice seafood restaurant, and they made their onion rings with crushed Ritz crackers... sounds weird, but they were soooo good! It's been MANY years, but I think they were just dipped in water-flour-water-ritz and deep-fried. I imagine you could bake them too, but I'm sure they wouldn't be near as crispy.
658.9	Buffalo Onion Rings	CASDOC::ANASTASIA	Let there be songs to fill the air.	`Mon May 20 1991 09:34`	10
	This isn't an onion ring recipe, but I thought it might be a good place to put it. I had dinner at the The Concord Inn in Concord, MA this past weekend. The menu listed Buffalo Onion Rings. Of course we had to try them. They made standard onion rings and served them with a bowl of buffalo wing sauce - butter and Frank's Red Hot sauce. The onion rings weren't very crispy, but the idea was good. -Patti
658.10	Easy Beer Batter	PSYLO::HACHE	Gimme Sleep	`Tue May 21 1991 15:33`	10
	You can make beer batter with Aunt Jemimah's Pancake Mix, just use beer for part or all of the water. The trick to battered onion rings is DRY. Make sure they have been blotted before placing the rings in the batter or it just slides off.
658.11	don't use batter, try this!	TYGON::WILDE	why am I not yet a dragon?	`Tue May 21 1991 16:21`	9
	a trick for tasty "oven fried" veggies (onions, zuchini segments, egg plant slices, etc.). Dip the veggie slices/segments/rings into buttermilk or, for those who are slim already, into vegtable oil, and then into highly seasoned flour - seasoned pepper, salt, powdered garlic, etc., tossing to coat well. spread out on a well-oiled baking pan and bake at a high temp until well browned. This produces a delicious thin crust on your veggies. re: pancake batter - probably will work very nicely for this...just add spices. try Paul P's Louisiana spices, perhaps???