Easy - for beginners
If you™re craving gluten-free, dairy-free onion rings but hate the extra calories and fat, try this low-cal, low-fat option. Baked in the oven, they taste like fried.
FRYING
Place 1 cup flour blend and salt and pepper in a bowl and combine. Stir in 1 cup beer until ingredients are well blended. If batter is too thin, add an additional tablespoon flour. If too thick, add an additional tablespoon of beer.
Peel onion and cut off the ends. Slice onion into ¼-inch to ½-inch thick slices. Break apart the rings and sprinkle them with flour blend.
Pour oil into a frying pan, just deep enough to cover rings. Heat oil to medium-high until a drop of beer batter sizzles when placed in pan.
Dip floured onion rings into beer batter and fry in oil on medium heat until golden brown. Add more oil if needed between rings. (Wait for oil to get sizzling hot before frying.)
Place fried rings on paper towels to drain. Keep onion rings warm until all are fried.
BAKING
Preheat oven to 475 degrees. Lightly grease a baking sheet and set aside.
Peel onion and cut off the ends. Slice onion into ¼-inch to ½-inch thick slices. Break apart the rings and sprinkle them with flour blend.
Add onion slices, tossing until onions are evenly coated. Pour out into prepared baking sheet, separating onion rings.
Bake in preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes until golden brown, tossing one or two times. Remove from rings from oven and enjoy.