Uncle Bill's Deep Fried Onion Rings In Batter And Panko Crumbs

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 2 cups canola oil, if required (for deep frying, or more)
• 1 large vidalia onions or 1 large regular onion, sliced into 1/4 inch slices and separated into individual rings
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon seasoning salt
• 1 large egg, lightly beaten
• 1 cup whole milk, homogenized
• 1 1/4 cups panko breadcrumbs (more if required)
• 1/2 teaspoon seasoning salt, for sprinkle

Recipe

• 1 in a deep 8 inch saucepan or a small deep fryer, add the oil and heat to 365°f.
• 2 slice onions into 1/4 inch thick slices (across the onion) and separate into individual rings; set aside.
• 3 in a large bowl, sift together flour, baking powder and seasoning salt.
• 4 dredge all the onion rings in the flour mixture until well coated; set aside.
• 5 in another bowl, whisk the egg and milk and add to the remaining flour mixture that was used for dredging the onion rings. whisk, until a creamy batter is formed; not too thick. if too thick, add some milk to thin.
• 6 place a wire rack on a sheet of aluminum foil to catch drippings.
• 7 dip the flour coated onion rings in the batter to coat well.
• 8 using a fork, remove and place the coated onion rings on the wire rack and let the excess batter drip off, about 1 minute.
• 9 in another mixing bowl, add the panko bread crumbs.
• 10 roll the onion rings in the bread crumbs until thoroughly coated and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
• 11 deep fry the onion rings in batches of 4 to 6 for 1 minute, turn over and continue to deep fry for another 30 seconds to 1 minute or until golden in color. do not overcook.
• 12 remove to paper towels to drain and season with seasoning salt.
• 13 when serving, spinkle with malt vinegar and some ketchup on the side for dipping.
• 14 you can use regular or seasoned bread crumbs if panko is not available.