Onion Strings

Hubby has discovered frying. He (quite) successfully fried up some chicken the other night and wanted to try out onion rings to go with our burgers. As I looked around online for any tips, hubby decided he wanted really thin ones, which is awesome because those are my absolute FAVORITES. I remembered coming across a post on the Pioneer Woman Cooks about onion strings, so we checked that out. Hubby used it as a loose guide in his adventure.

There are very few better ways to spend an afternoon than cooking with hubby in our itty bitty kitchen. Maneuvering, joking, trying each other's food.. it's wonderful. I feel so lucky that he enjoys coming into the kitchen and cooking, that he sees it as the adventure I do. He is (mostly) fearless and very creative. He also likes to goof off as much as I do; no seriousness in the kitchen, only fun! After a day like today, there's no doubt in my mind that I've married the right man.

Mushiness over.. onto the food. Hubby was so happy with his onion strings that he wanted me to post them up here. I love posting his stuff too!


Onion Strings

• 1 onion, thinly sliced (mandolin slicers rock for this. He had it set on 1/16 inch)
• milk to cover the sliced onions *quantity's not important as long as they're covered* (that's what hubby said)
• 2 cups flour
• approximately 1 1/2 tbsp Chachere's
• approximately 1 quart vegetable oil for frying
  

Place the onions in a bowl or baking dish and cover with milk. Let sit 1 hour.

In a large bowl, combine flour and Chachere's. Mix well.

In a big pot, heat the oil to 375F.

Grab a cluster of onion rings and dredge in the flour. Shake off the excess and drop into the hot oil. Hubby used a metal spoon to keep the onion cluster completely submerged, ensuring they stayed together and fried both top and bottom. Fry until golden brown.

Remove cluster and place on a papertowel lined plate or baking sheet.

Repeat with the rest of the onions.


Hubby also tried frying up some mushrooms, but this particular method didn't work too well. Most of the breading came off.