Onion ring
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 A basket of onion rings | |
| Type | Entree, side dish, snack dish |
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| Course | Hors d'oeuvre |
| Place of origin | United Kingdom[citation needed] |
| Serving temperature | Warm to hot |
| Main ingredients | Onions, batter, or bread crumbs |
An onion ring, also called a French fried onion ring,[1] is a form of appetizer or side dish in 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.
History[]
A British recipe from 1802 calls for cutting onions into slices, dipping them into a batter, adding Parmesan cheese, and deep frying them in lard. It suggests serving them with a sauce of melted butter and mustard.[2]
Recipes for and references to deep-fried battered onion slices or rings are found across the 20th century: one in Middletown, New York in 1910;[3] another in a 1933 advertisement for Crisco.[4]
Various restaurants claimed to have invented onion rings, including the Kirby's Pig Stand restaurant chain, founded in Oak Cliff, Texas in the early 1920s.[5]
Onion ringlets
Onion rings with dip sauce (Philippines)
Food chemistry[]
The cooking process decomposes propanethial oxide in the onion into the sweet-smelling and tasting , responsible for the slightly sweet taste of onion rings.[citation needed]
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
References[]
- ^ "French Fried Onion Rings", The Big Apple, February 11, 2007
- ^ Mollard, John (1802). The Art of Cookery Made Easy and Refined (second ed.). p. 152.
- ^ Middletown (New York) Daily Times, quoted in The Big Apple [1], February 11, 2007.
- ^ "Crisco Advertisement". The New York Times Magazine. November 6, 1933. pp. SM18. "Cut large onions into slices about ¼ inch thick. Separate slices into rings. Dip rings into milk. dredge with flour. … Fry onion rings until brown."
- ^ "Oak Cliff Trivia". OakCliff.com. Retrieved October 25, 2010.
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