Rio grande fried onion rings - country living

8 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2¼ cup Unsifted all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon Paprika
¾ teaspoon Salt
½ teaspoon Baking powder
1 can (12-oz) beer, at room temp.
2 Jumbo (4 1/2\" diameter) Texas sweet onions
Vegetable oil for frying

Directions

1. In medium-size bowl, combine 1½ C flour, the paprika, salt, and baking powder. With wire whisk, stir in beer until batter is fairly smooth. Set batter aside.

2. Meanwhile, cut onions across into ⅓- inch-thick slices and separate into rings. In plastic food-storage bag, place remaining ¾ C flour.

3. Heat oven to 200'F. In 4-quart saucepan, heat 2 inches oil to 375'F on deep-frying thermometer. Drop a handful of onion rings into plastic bag and toss until coated with flour. Dip floured rings, one at a time, into beer batter and fry the handful of rings in hot oil until golden brown, turning once. Drain on paper towels. Place fried onion rings on rimmed baking sheet; keep warm in oven while frying remaining rings.

Nutrition information per serving-protein: 4 grams; fat: 4 grams; carbohydrate: 33 grams; fiber: 2 grams; sodium: 266 milligrams; cholesterol, 0; calories: 196.

Country Living/June/94 Scanned & fixed by DP & GG

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