Onion ring

Onion ring

Basket of onion rings
Type	Entree, main dish, snack dish
Course	Hors d'oeuvre
Place of origin	United Kingdom
Main ingredients	Onions, batter or bread crumbs
Media: Onion ring

Onion rings (also called French-fried onion rings) is a form of British and American cuisine. They generally consist of a cross-sectional "ring" of onion dipped in batter or bread crumbs and then deep fried; a variant is made with onion paste. While typically served as a side dish, onion rings are often eaten by themselves.

Onion strings are a variant where the onion is cut vertically first, resulting in strips rather than circles.

History

A British recipe from 1802 calls for cutting onions into slices, dipping them into a batter including Parmesan cheese, and deep-frying them in lard. It suggests serving them with a sauce of melted butter and mustard.

Many recipes for deep-fried onion slices or rings are found starting in the early 20th century. There are various processes:

• no coating: 1902, 1907;
• dipped in milk or egg and coated in flour: 1902, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1916;
• battered: 1919, 1922;
• breaded: 1914.

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  Onion ringlets
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  Onion rings with dip sauce (Philippines)

Food chemistry

The cooking process decomposes propanethial oxide in the onion into the sweet-smelling and tasting in bispropenyl disulfide, responsible for the slightly sweet taste of onion rings.

See also

• Blooming onion – a whole onion that is cut into a flower shape that fans out
• Fried onions
• Funyuns – an onion-flavored, corn-based snack food, shaped like onion rings
• List of deep-fried foods
• List of hors d'oeuvre
• List of onion dishes

External links

• Media related to Batter fried onion rings at Wikimedia Commons