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Southern-Style Onion Rings with Chili-Garlic Dipping Sauce

3
Points®
Total Time
4 hr 55 min
Prep
30 min
Cook
25 min
Serves
6
Difficulty
Easy
No need to hit your local burger joint for amazing onion rings when you can make better ones at home. These crisp-on-the-outside, tender-on-the-inside onion rings will definitely be your new go-to side for burgers and hot dogs, a delightful snack or appetizer. The key is soaking the onions in buttermilk, which helps to soften them a bit and tame their bite. The cornmeal coating lends fabulous crunch. Add a little cayenne pepper for a little kick with each bite. The unique and flavorful dipping sauce is creamy yet tart with a hint of chili-garlic zing. Soak your onions during the day for an easy dinnertime side, ready in under and hour. Kids and adults with both enjoy the crunchy delicious treat!

Ingredients

Uncooked onion

2 large, sweet variety, cut into 1/2-inch-thick rings

1% low fat buttermilk

½ cup(s), (you'll need 3 cups total buttermilk but about 2 1/2 cups are discarded)

Egg

2 large egg(s)

Panko breadcrumbs

1 cup(s)

Whole-grain yellow cornmeal

⅓ cup(s)

Granulated garlic

½ tsp

Kosher salt

½ tsp

Paprika

½ tsp

Dried oregano

½ tsp

Cayenne pepper

1 pinch(es)

Cooking spray

5 spray(s)

Reduced calorie mayonnaise

2 Tbsp

Ketchup

1 Tbsp

1% low fat buttermilk

1 Tbsp

Asian garlic sauce

2 tsp

Instructions

  1. Place onion rings and buttermilk in a large zip-close plastic bag (or use a covered bowl); allow to soak in refrigerator 4 hours or up to overnight (do not separate into individual rings; you want thick rings).
  2. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 450°F. Place a silicone baking liner on each of two large baking sheets.
  3. Beat eggs in a small shallow bowl. Combine panko, cornmeal, garlic, salt, paprika and cayenne in another shallow bowl. Remove rings from buttermilk and dip one in egg. Next, dredge in cornmeal mixture; turn to coat and place in a single layer on prepared pan. Repeat with remaining ingredients; coat rings with cooking spray and bake for 15 minutes. Flip onion rings; bake until crispy, 10 minutes more.
  4. Meanwhile, whisk together mayonnaise, ketchup, 1 Tbsp buttermilk and Asian garlic sauce; serve with onion rings.
  5. Serving size: 4 large onion rings with 2 1/2 tsp sauce

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