In Pursuit of the Perfect Onion Ring | What’s Eating Dan?
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Why not use that wheat dextrin for very crispy batter? Maybe because those things are not normally found in the household kitchen?
Not even mentioned because they're terrible: breaded onion rings.
Those rings look fantastic wow. I don't think you need dip with those.
❤ I love onion rings!!
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Batter fried are the worst! Needs to be breaded.
I dislike onion rings that have thick batter. I want an ONION ring, not a BATTER ring.
Dan, you must try onions ring at the Weather Vane restaurant in Kittery Maine, opposite of kittery trading post. They are so flaky. How do they do that
I can't stand sweet onion rings, they suck and I'm always seeing them.
I have food alergy to corn products. What can be substituted for corn starch?
Thank you Dan
A field trip is in order to go to "The Beacon" in Spartanburg, South Carolina where you will be in awe of their "a plenty" of Onion rings and french fries.
They're known for our Chili-Cheese A-Plenty, a chili-cheeseburger buried underneath piles of sweet onion rings and french-fried potatoes.
Complement your order with their Famous iced tea. Be ready to order, because if you're not, you'll be sent to the back of the line. Continue down the order line and your tray will miraculously be filled with your order.
Then prepare for a wondrous dining experience!
I have heard wonderful this about adding vodka to the liquid which will create bubbles as the alcohol boils off then a second set of bubbles as the water boils off.
An ice bath after cutting helps remove the plasticy film between layers.
Thank you Dan for my life.
But why is Dan my hot nerdy food husband crush tho?!
I've never had a good breaded onion ring. They should only be battered.
The best onion rings I ever had was in the early 1980’s at a Popeyes located in Ft Pierce, Fl. They were crunchy on the outside with a flakey light beer batter of sorts. I would love to have that recipe. Oh yeah, and spicy. They were discontinued although I never understood why. If I could get my hands on that recipe, I would open up a small drive through joint that would only sell those onion rings. I have been disappointed from every onion ring I have tried since then. But I’ll give this recipe a try, but they look nothing like the ones from Popeyes.
Could this guy be sexier????
The ones from A&W
I have not found any fast food chain that makes good onion rings. I avoid French fries at fast food chains.
Dan writes these himself?!
Yum yum. Love onion rings. Beer batter all the way. But I use pancake mix
When I order fries from Burger King I always hope I get one or two onion rings in my fries. It's like a getting a cracker Jack surprise.
A good onion ring beats out a great french fry easily. A GREAT onion ring is absolutely amazing.
How much baking powder did he add? I do not see it in the video or comments.
Why no eggs?
You forgot to mention a quick blanch in boiling water to carefully peel off the membrane on each layer of onion to prevent the whole onion pulling out or making for a weird chewy bite.
We call onion pull, "onion worms"🙄
The best onion rings I've ever had are at Danielson & Daughter's at the Minnesota State Fair.
If you haven't tried onion rings with garlic dip, then you haven't lived.
Boo to that 🧅
Dan, how about tackling fried okra? I want to make it at home and have the coating stick.
Onion rings over fries always.
I agree that I have been disappointed many times by bad onion rings. Most of the time it was because the batter was too heavy. The only restaurant I've been to where the rings were better than the fries is The Beacon in Spartanburg, SC. For the full experience, you order a chili cheese a-plen-tay (that's how they say it), which gets you a pretty good chili cheese burger siting on a 9 inch plate and a bunch of good fries and the largest stack possible of the best hot slightly greasy onion rings on top. Dan needs to try these things. Yall do to. They use Vidalias and a batter that is kinda thin. The result is heavenly. I may have to go to Spartanburg tomorrow.
Go to merichkas in joliet Illinois.
One Ring To Rule Them All!!!
Got me over here drooling Onions rings are my first choice every time. I can’t wait to give these a go. Y U M 🤤
Thank you
If you're getting fast food o-rings, Culvers in the midwest has the best I've ever had. They're so good!
Ok Dan, now for a corollary question: are these in fact the same onion rings you'd prefer in a western style cheeseburger? It's for this very reason I tend to lean towards panko breaded rings more readily, but perhaps the perfect batter might make me a believer…
Considering making some onion rings for New Years Eve because I already have the oil out for making arancini as an appetizer. Will definitely go with this recipe