Onion Strings

(from WindDancer’s recipe box)

By following my directions, you’ll soon have this. Very crispy, very light, extremely flavorful onion strings/onion straws/onion rings, whatever you’d like to call them.

Source: www.thepioneerwoman.com (from RecipeThing user anacaeca)

Ingredients

  • 1 large onion
  • 2 cups buttermilk
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 scant tablespoon salt
  • Lots of black pepper
  • 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon Cayenne Pepper
  • Canola Oil

Directions

  1. Slice onion very thin. Place in a baking dish and cover with buttermilk for at least one hour.

  2. Combine dry ingredients and set aside.

  3. Heat oil to 375 degrees.

  4. Grab a handful of onions, throw into the flour mixture, tab to shake off excess, and PLUNGE into hot oil. Fry for a few minutes and remove as soon as golden brown.

  5. Repeat until onions are gone.

  6. Eat before your family sees them.

  7. Repeat with another onion, because they’ll be really mad they didn’t get any.

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