Question 1

How do you keep the batter from falling off while frying?

Accepted Answer

The easiest method we’ve found to help the batter stick to the onion rings while frying is to gently agitate the oil at the start of cooking and avoid flipping the onion rings too soon. As they fry, the onion rings will float at the top of the oil, so the very top surface will be exposed to air. But if you gently agitate the oil around the onion rings, the extra heat should help solidify the outside surface of the batter all the way around - even on top where the onion rings aren’t actually submerged in oil. Once the outside layer of batter is solidified, then you can carefully flip the onion rings without worrying about losing batter.

We also recommend using a fork to gently flip the onion rings. Other utensils that require you to squeeze or pick up the onion rings, like metal tongs, will break the outer layers of solidified batter and cause it to fall off.

Question 2

Why are my onion rings soggy?

Accepted Answer

This could be one of two things: the excess oil isn’t draining properly off the cooked onion rings, or you coated them in too much batter.

If you’re ending up with soggy onion rings after draining them on a paper towel lined plate, try draining them on a cooling rack positioned over paper towels instead. This should improve the airflow around the onion rings to help keep them crispy.

To avoid soggy onion rings due to excess batter, make sure to only coat them in a thin layer before frying. It’s better to have too little batter on the onion rings than too much (less is more, in this case!). Since our beer batter puffs up while the onion rings fry, you’ll have plenty of crispy goodness to crunch into, even if it doesn’t seem that way while you’re coating them.

Question 3

What is the best onion to use for homemade onion rings?

Accepted Answer

We find the best onion to use for homemade onion rings is a sweet onion. The local sweet onions for us are Vidalias so that is what we use. But Walla Walla or Maui onions will also work well.

Question 4

Are beer battered onion rings better?

Accepted Answer

Beer battered onion rings are the best kind of onion rings in our opinion. The crispy-yet-fluffy coating and savory flavor makes for a better complement to the sweet and crunchy onion than a traditionally breaded onion ring.

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