Onion rings are a benchmark of homemade food, quick and easy to prepare and without a doubt a typical dish of Spanish cuisine . Reason more than enough to show you below how to make delicious onion rings in no time and hassle-free. These are perfect to accompany your main dish or simply as an appetizer or snack. Then I leave you the ingredients and the preparation so that you can enjoy all the flavor and properties of the onion in a fun and great way.
Recipe for making “traditional” onion rings
A recipe for onion rings that you can perfectly vary to adjust it to your entire personal taste, from adding ingredients and dressings to achieve a more prominent flavor, changing its coating to make them more crisp or using the desired variety of onion.
Ingredients for 4 people
- 4 medium onions (purple or white).
- 2 cups flour.
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups of fresh milk.
- 4 tablespoons of olive oil.
- Enough oil for frying.
- 2 teaspoons of salt.
- Ground white pepper to taste
How to make onion rings
- Start by vigorously beating the eggs and adding the tablespoons of olive oil plus the milk, an effective option is to help you by means of a few rods (manual electric mixer) so that you achieve an efficient beating and with the least possible effort.
- When you achieve a perfect integration of all these ingredients, you add the flour little by little, but without stopping beating. When you have finished with all the flour, salt and pepper to your liking and continue beating until you achieve a paste that is smooth and extremely homogeneous and reserve it.
- It is time to cut the onions into rings an average of 0.5 cm thick.
- These rings must be passed through the batter mixture that you just reserved and drain before frying.
- The best way to fry the onion rings is by placing plenty of oil to heat in a frying pan or in a saucepan, when this oil is very hot you carefully incorporate the onion rings. It is important not to allow the onion rings to burn or the oil to be extremely hot.
The onion rings accept variants of a great gastronomic quality, from various fillings such as guacamole to the simplicity of being accompanied with a delicious and traditional ketchup sauce, as well as being able to vary or choose the degree of its crunchy exterior to your entire personal taste.
- A very hot oil will burn the rings externally and leave them raw inside. It is best to fry one and test the quality of it, thus avoiding waste of time and food.
- After all the onion rings have been fried and the result is a crisp and golden ring on both sides, it is time to season them and place them on absorbent paper to discard the excess oil.
- As a last step, when they are perfectly drained it is time to serve them as you like, either as a companion to a main dish, as a perfect tapa with the sauce of your choice or as the ideal touch to give texture and flavor to a rich and healthy salad. .
Onion rings, a pleasure to your liking
You can make onion rings in a myriad of ways, all delicious and tailored to your tastes or needs. They are perfect to accompany meat dishes or as a garnish for meals, they are also ideal as starters , appetizers, snacks or tapas for celebrations providing flavor and all the benefits of onions .
So get to work and surprise your guests in a pleasant way and with the highest gastronomic quality at the next meeting or celebration. I assure you they will never forget these delicious onion rings.