Fried Onion Strips with Dipping Sauce

I like these Fried onion strips with dipping sauce more than I like regular ole onion rings. They’re dangerously addicting, with a light batter coating and the perfect dipping shape and size.

Course Appetizer

Cuisine American

Keyword deep-fried, dipping sauce, onion

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Total Time 30

Servings

Calories 402kcal

Author Based on a recipe from Sunny Anderson

Equipment

Ingredients

For the onion strips

vegetable oil for frying
½ cup buttermilk
1 egg
1 teaspoon hot sauce or more
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper or more
1 teaspoon kosher salt
½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 sweet onions sliced into 1/2-inch thick strips

For the dipping sauce

½ cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon ketchup
2 tablespoons prepared horseradish
⅓ teaspoon paprika
¼ teaspoon kosher salt
⅛ teaspoon dried oregano
1 pinch freshly ground black pepper
⅓ teaspoon cayenne pepper or more

Instructions

For the onion strips

Heat oil to 375 F in a deep fryer or Dutch oven.
Whisk together buttermilk, egg and hot sauce in a large bowl.
Combine flour, cayenne, salt, and pepper in a medium bowl and pour into a 1 gallon re-sealable baggie.
Add onion slices to the buttermilk mixture and stir gently to coat.
Shake off excess buttermilk and add onion slices to flour mixture. Seal and gently shake to coat.
Working in batches, fry onions until golden brown. Remove to a paper towel-lined plate to drain.
Serve with dipping sauce.

For the dipping sauce

Whisk together all ingredients.

Notes

These are also great dipped in Ranch dressing.

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