Beer Battered Onion Rings

Besides asparagus and strawberries, I think the food I associate most with Spring is the Vidalia onion and there’s maybe no better way to eat a Vidalia onion than coated in a crisp and flavorful batter.

A batter with beer? Even better.

These Beer-Battered Onion Rings have a super crunchy exterior thanks to the addition of cornstarch and baking powder in the batter.

The onions are soaked in beer and a touch of vinegar  which both flavors them and tenderizes them so that they are easy to bite through. Don’t you hate when you bite into an onion ring and the whole onion slides out leaving you with onion dangling form your mouth and an empty shell of batter?  That won’t happen with these onions. They are super tender.

I tend not to be a big fan of the typical onion ring sauce so when I received a bottle of Start! Hot Curry Saucein the mail, I got to thinking. What would onion rings taste like dipped in curry sauce? Turns out they taste really, really good.

Start Curry Sauce is unlike any hot sauce I’ve tried before. I’m a huge fan of the flavor of curry and I love hot sauce so I double loved this curry hot sauce. There’s a good amount of heat to this sauce, but what you really taste is a fabulous curry flavor. Start Curry Sauce is gluten-free, vegan, Non-GMO and has no sugar, no oil, and no preservatives. It would taste great on falafel, burgers, kebabs, even mixed into hummus.

If you love the flavor of Indian foods and you like some spice, you will totally dig this hot sauce. You can purchase Start Hot Curry Sauce on Amazon.

I totally loved it as a dip for onion rings. I just mixed a little sauce into some mayonnaise. It’s best to do this a few hours ahead of time for the best flavor. The Start! Hot Sauce is so packed with curry flavor you really don’t need to use much to give a fabulous curry flavor to a whole bowl of mayonnaise.

Next I think I’m going to use this curry-flavored mayonnaise to make a chicken salad. I think it will be wonderful!

Tips For Frying Onion Rings

• Cut rings into 1/2-inch slices. If you like thinner rings, you can cut them a little thinner.
• Fry at the right temperature. The oil should be between 350 and 375 degrees. If it is not hot enough, the onion wings will soak up a lot of grease.
• Don’t fry too many at once. If you add a bunch of onions to the oil at once, the temperature will drop too much.
• Eat right away for best flavor and crispness.

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Try These Other Awesome Fried Foods:

• Fried Zucchini Chips
• Deep Fried Jalapeno Slices
• Beer Battered Fried Pickles
• Southern Fried Okra
• Fried Mac and Cheese
• Fried Broccoli Cheese Balls

Recipe Source: slightly adapted from Cook’s Country

Disclosure: I was provided with a free bottle of hot sauce but this is NOT a sponsored post. All opinions are mine. This post contains affiliate links.