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January 01, 2006
Beer Battered Onion Rings
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This recipe will knock the socks off of you! Just don't blame me if you fall in love with them and want to make them every day!!
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Beer Battered Onion Rings
One large Vadalia Onion
2 Cups Unbleached White Flour (you will not need all of this)
12 ounces of your favorite vegan beer
1 Tablespoon Brown Sugar
1 teaspoon Sea Salt (plus more for after they are done)
3 1/2 Cups Oil for frying (Canola or Safflower)
In a 2 Quart saucepan bring oil to medium high heat for frying. (about 375 degrees) You can use a
thermometer to check the temperature if you would like. Make sure the oil is NOT boiling!!!
Peel onions and cut into rings. (I usually cut my onion into thirds) Separate rings.
In a medium bowl add 1 Cup Flour, Beer, Sea salt, and Brown Sugar and whisk together. You may add
more flour by tablespoon to make the batter to your liking in consistency. (it should be like a
pancake batter)
Add rings to batter and place in oil. BE CAREFUL not to splatter yourself with oil! With a slotted
spoon turn onion rings as they cook. When they are cooked to a golden brown take them out of the
oil and place on a plate that has a paper towel on it to soak up any extra oil. Add a sprinkle of
sea salt and let cool. Don't wait too long though...you don't want these to get soggy!
Eat and Enjoy! YUM!
Posted by podsumer at January 1, 2006 10:11 PM
Comments
Hi! This is awesome, I don't know how I haven't heard of it. I wrote about your show on my journal.
http://www.livejournal.com/users/isachandra/
Up the tofu!
Isa
Posted by: Isa at January 6, 2006 01:05 PM
Very cool dish. I've found that using a chinese spider strainer really helps removal of fried foods from the hot fat. For a bit of and Asian kick, a little dash of sesame seeds in the batter and some sesame oil mixed into the frying oil is quite nice. Just as a personal preference (not everyone cares for it this way) I like my onions sliced up really thin when I make onion rings, because I'm really after the fried batter.
Posted by: Dino at January 7, 2006 03:48 PM
hello lovely
these look delicious, i am going vegan and detoxing for a month so have been studying your delicious recipes. Thanks for writing out the ingredients and recipes, i find that really helpful!
x
Posted by: miss scarlet at January 8, 2006 04:07 PM
Amazing Onion Rings! I used Yuengling Traditional Lager and they turned out great. Next time it's definitely going to be Guiness. I would have started with Guiness, but I was a bad Irishman the day I tried this recipe and didn't have any Guiness in the fridge.
Thanks Tracy :)
Posted by: Rich at January 9, 2006 05:01 PM
Do you know that NewCastle is NOT Vegan????
This is a list of beers and reasons why they are or not Vegan...
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/geraint.bevan/Vegetarian_beers.html#SCbrands
Posted by: jesse at January 21, 2006 08:17 PM
wow, tasty tasty fried food. this will be one to store in the memory banks to wheel out against the 'vegan food is all birdfood' brigade. A good solid and delicious combo of beer, flour, oil and sugar:-)
Ps. it works with chick pea (gram) flour too (GLUTEN FREE) and potatoes (par boiled) mushrooms and other veggies taste just as good. Experiment!
Pps. Newcastle brown is not vegan :-(
Posted by: Ewan at February 1, 2006 02:37 PM
I tried Yuengling when I was in Philly (I don't think you can leave without having a lager) and I'm still trying to find someone in LA who carries it. It was such a great beer, I feel vaguely bereft without it...
Posted by: Marleigh Riggins at February 2, 2006 02:00 PM
