hey dudes I'm Hilah and today on Hilah
cooking we're making really really
really crispy onion rings because it's
summertime and the weather is hot so
have a beer and smoke some pot and if
you can't do that
because you're pregnant and I suggest
you have onion rings instead all right
we got to make the onion ring batter so
for this I've got some all-purpose flour
and some corn starch I think y'all call
it corn flour in the UK and possibly
Europe but we are different I'm going to
add some salt Italy Oviatt and some
cayenne pepper you could totally this
out if you don't want them a little bit
spicy but you know me and is passing and
I'm going to add some black pepper for
the same reason so this recipe came to
me from my pal Larry in Tallahassee and
and they're real good
so thanks Larry I'm going to mix this
together and then for the liquid we've
got some cold club soda I imagine you
could use beer so just want to fork this
in there and the combination of the club
soda and the corn starch is what's going
to make the batter really crispy and
then we're also going to dredge it in
some breadcrumbs to make it doubly extra
crispy good fantastic all right I'm
going to put this in the fridge you just
want to hold it in the fridge for about
10 minutes or as long as it takes you to
slice up some onions so BRB don't go
anywhere for the onions I've got a
yellow sweet onion and a red onion I've
never actually tried it with red onion
before but I think it's going to be real
pretty and when you're picking out
onions to make onion rings you want to
try to get the sweet onions which are in
season right now like Walla Walla or
1015 or Vidalia but whatever kind in use
the flatter ones are going to be a
little bit sweeter so look for an onion
that's shaped like more like a UFO and
less like a testicle so
or a globe okay
UFO not earth go for that all right and
then we just want to slice it you can
slice it anywhere from 1/4 inch thick
slices to you know a half inch thick
depending on what kind onion rings you
like I'm going to go for something kind
of in the middle and also when I cut
onions I try to always cut the root end
off last because there's more of the
chemicals that make you cry in the root
down
so if you figure it for the enemy food
maybe you won't cry as much that's my
theory you get rid of all the paper
course a little thin outer ones those
aren't really good not the big thick
juicy ones
and then just obviously break into rings
so I did mine a little bit under a half
an inch like maybe 3/8 or something
somehow this red onion is actually
hotter and more tear-inducing
than the yellowing in what the onion
okay look at here you doing this with my
eyes closed it will batter in Friday's
meanwhile I'm going to start heating up
some oil to 350 degrees Fahrenheit we'll
give this another little stir just to
make sure the lumps are out you can see
it's about that thick I don't know it's
a little thinner than pancake batter I
guess so you can adjust the flour or
club soda levels if you need to to get
it about like that we'll throw a couple
of these in and you just want to get
them coated then I'm using a panko bread
crumbs which are a little bit coarser
than your typical dry bread crumbs you
can get them right next to that those in
the same spot they come in a box usually
instead of the little canister or
but anyway I don't know if you could use
regular bread crumbs you probably could
but these are really nice and light and
crisp
so you want to get him coded and then
I'm gonna put him on another plate over
here maybe put a little sprinkle of
crumbs down on that just to keep them
from sticking to it I'll let them sit
there and kind of dry out for a few
minutes while we've read some more okay
so once you've got some onion rings
breaded and ready to go we've gotten
that bought two inches of oil over here
heating up to 350 and we can just start
frying them a few at a time until
they're nice and golden brown it should
just take you know two to three minutes
not very long
at all
you want to drain them on a rack
sprinkle with a little bit extra salt if
you like ready to eat away my pain just
kidding just gonna eat some onion rings
if you like this recipe also check out
my fish and chips recipe another
delicious super duper crispy light fried
treats that you can use the rest of your
oil whip and this printable recipe and
all my recipes are always available at
hilahcooking.com thanks so much again
Larry for sharing this with me I can't
wait to pieces oh it's how ma'am you
will never find a crispy onion rings
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you don't care about heart disease