Sweet Cornmeal Onion Rings
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 28 minutes
- Total Time: 48 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
- Category: Side Dish
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
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- 2 large sweet onions, preferably Vidalia onions
- 4 cups buttermilk
- Vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 3/4 cup fine ground cornmeal
- 1 teaspoon sea salt, plus extra for sprinkling
Instructions
- Peel the onions and cut them into 1/4 inch rings – as thin as you can get them. Separate the rings and put them in a mixing bowl.
- Pour the buttermilk over the onion rings, making sure they are fully submerged, and put them in the fridge for 24 hours.
- When you are ready to make the onion rings, pour enough vegetable oil into a heavy deep pot until it is 2 inches deep. Turn on the heat to high – if you have a kitchen thermometer, you are looking for it to get to about 350 degrees (this will take about 10 minutes).
- Line a rimmed baking sheet with paper towels.
- While the oil is heating, mix flour, cornmeal and salt together in a pie plate or other wide dish. Pour the onions and buttermilk into a strainer, letting the buttermilk run off.
- Using tongs, place the onion rings in batches into the cornmeal mixture until they are coated.
- Still using the tongs, carefully place the onion rings into the hot oil. Let them cook for 5-7 minutes or so until they are just turning golden.
- Remove them with tong to the paper towel lined pan. Sprinkle with sea salt and serve – bet you can’t eat just one!
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