Beer Battered Onion Rings
Introduction
- Prep time
- 15 mins
- Cooking time
- 15 mins
- Serves
- Serves 6
- Summary
- Cooked in our mild ale batter, these crispy onion rings are perfect as a simple side dish or snack, rest assured it'll be a crowd pleaser
- Ingredients:
- 2 large onions
- 175ml distilled malt vinegar
- 75g golden caster sugar
- 100g plain flour
- ½ tsp cayenne pepper
- ½ tsp ground coriander
- oil, for deep-frying
- smoked paprika, to serve
- 100g cornflour (For the batter)
- 100g plain flour (For the batter)
- ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda (For the batter)
- 300ml Beer
- Hickory Smoked Barbecue Sauce (as dip)
Cooking Method
Slice the onions into 1cm-thick rings and set aside. Tip the vinegar, sugar, 50ml water and 1 tsp salt into a pan, bring to the boil, then remove from the heat. Add the onions to the pan, cover with foil and leave to cool.
Fill a large saucepan half full with oil and heat until the temperature reaches 180C on a frying thermometer. Mix the flour, cayenne pepper, coriander and 1 tsp salt in a bowl, and set aside.
To make the batter, combine the flours and bicarb in a separate bowl, then pour in the beer. Coat the onion rings in the spiced flour then dip them in the batter and fry one by one in the hot oil for 2-3 mins until golden and crisp. Drain on kitchen paper and season with smoked paprika.
Serve with Hickory Smoked Barbecue Sauce Dip and enjoy!
