Onion ring prep ideas

[Timber II]

When I do my fish fry’s I usually make fries and sometimes hush puppies. Was thinking about adding onion rings also.

I run out of hands so was thinking of making them ahead of time and freezing them on parchment paper- then they would be ready to fry.

Any problems w this or any better way?

 

[BrianGSDTexoma]

I love onion rings but gave up on buying the frozen ones from store as they just not good. Sam's has some really good ones but have to buy a case! I thinking of trying to beer batter some. Hopefully someone will point you in the right direction.

 

[Timber II]

Thanks @BrianGSDTexoma but I gotta make my own as wife has celiac and does gluten free.

I’ve found a few things on YouTube and think it will work better w breaded ones vs battered ones

 

[Astralogics]

You'll be fine to do this! When I worked in a restaurant, sometimes we'd have a lot of extra onions we wouldn't be able to go through. So I would batter up some rings, flash fry them for a minute, and then cool and freeze it so staff could quickly refry them when they wanted a snack. Makes nice, crispy onion rings!

 

[Fueling Around]

... but I gotta make my own as wife has celiac and does gluten free.

I’ve found a few things on YouTube and think it will work better w breaded ones vs battered ones

Search rice flour tempura style. Sorry no recipe to offer up.
I know rings are a thing, but look into making chips.
I also like bacon wrapped rings. You need to freeze the rings to wrap with bacon. I prefer with no batter or breading.

 

[Timber II]

Here’s what I came up with:
Cut rings and dust in rice flour

Added egg and milk and seasonings to rice flour. Dipped rings and rolled on GF panko

In the freezer they went till fry time….

They fried up pretty good we thought

Thanks for the suggestions

 

[Steve H]

This thread reminds me of the ones I prepared while being a cook/prep cook at a Breaker Drive-in. In Arkansas.
They used milk, butter milk. And the vanilla base for the soft serve ice cream.
I don't recall the portions for each. But when it was my shift. I prepped 50 large onions for the day. During the week. Weekends 75 were prepped each day. They were very popular. The left-over batter was used for the chicken fried steaks.
The breading was SPOG, corn meal and flour.

 

[normanaj]

Those look great.I gotta give that a try.

Question: What temp was your oil?

 

[Timber II]

@normanaj i tried to keep it at 375 for the onion rings but I fry the fish and fries a little hotter

 

[BrianGSDTexoma]

Those look Great!

 

[chopsaw]

Heck bud ,,, We should be asking you how to . Those look fantastic .

 

[chef k-dude]

They look great. How was the "bite through"? My biggest complaint about onion rings is when you bite then the onion pulls out of the batter. Rice flour is a great option. I used it a lot when low carbing. It's a great lite breader for fried shrimp.

 

[Smoke-Chem BBQ]

Search rice flour tempura style. Sorry no recipe to offer up.
I know rings are a thing, but look into making chips.
I also like bacon wrapped rings. You need to freeze the rings to wrap with bacon. I prefer with no batter or breading.

I like the 'freeze them first' tip. I've made them once, the wrapping step is tedious. I lost interest after wrapping about 4 rings...

 

[Timber II]

@chef k-dude the bite through was perfect last night but the leftovers were limp noodles

 

[Elf@shore]

@chef k-dude the bite through was perfect last night but the leftovers were limp noodles

Very similar to FF potatoes, they become soggy after sitting too long !

 

[chopsaw]

leftovers were limp noodles

Reheat in the air fryer if you have one .

 

[Fueling Around]

@chef k-dude the bite through was perfect last night but the leftovers were limp noodles

Freeze the leftovers before they get soggy.

Reheat in the air fryer if you have one .

Don't have an air fryer, but frozen reheat nicely in a regular oven.

 

[Elf@shore]

@chef k-dude the bite through was perfect last night but the leftovers were limp noodles

DO NOT USE THE MICROWAVE!
IT WILL GET WORSE!