Onion Things

[PurgedVoter]

I bought a stainless steel deep fry pot, and used it on a hot plate. This way I didn't need a fryer and I could be sure to avoid aluminum or forever chemical coatings. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DDK7XT87?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_1&th=1

It does fine for small batches so my wife and I used it kind of like a fondue pot. With potatoes sliced like French fries and let to dry with the potato starch left on them, they fried up wonderfully in some fresh peanut oil. I used some HEB black pepper catsup, but my wife enjoyed hers with just a bit of salt.

Then came the real wonder. A large onion chopped into bits like you would put in a salad, and a large garlic clove chopped into thin slices. All this was left to dry a bit. A bit of the onion and garlic was fried bare just to have some nibbles and to flavor the oil. Tasty morsels.

Then the onion and garlic were mixed in with:
2 tsp corn starch
1.5 tsp salt
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp dried minced garlic
1 tsp onion powder

This was left for a bit to bind on the onion bits.

Then I took a cup of all purpose flour and 1 tsp of double acting baking powder. We used HEB brand baking powder because it doesn't have a lot of odd stuff in it, such as sodium aluminum sulfate. We avoid stuff that has aluminum in it. Beer was added and mixed until I got a pancake batter thickness. Then the onions were added and mixed in.
With a spoon I dribbled/dropped lumps into the hot oil to fry.

The result was a simple bit of joy. Crisp, light and tasty. I call them "Onion Things," since it is like an onion ring but chopped up and in a sloppy shaped ball with of course small onion bits that were battered and came loose in the sloppy manufacturing process. Delightful!

I used a spider spoon to manage the cooking. It worked perfectly with the pot. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08QZCJ42N?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_1

Tomorrow I plan to use the onion batter and coat some small chunks of tilapia. That will sit a bit and then get coated with Panko before I fry it. I will give you the results later.

[MLAA]

1. Onion thingies sound delicious!

[PurgedVoter]

2. My better half just asked me to assure you that they were delicious!

She says, "So crunchy, and so good."
I will have to stand strong and tell her we should only have this once a week. Too much fried food is probably not wise. But with fresh oil, it is quite a bit better than anything like it that you can get without cooking it yourself.

[justaprogressive]

3. Rah Onion thingies!

Shows the importance of playing in your kitchen, no matter how basic or tricked-out!

[PurgedVoter]

4. Update with Fish

I used the onion batter and coated some small chunks of tilapia. I had planned to roll the battered tilapia in Panko, but I decided to do a test run with just the onion batter. My wife insisted that we do without the Panko. She was happy with the crunch we already had. Probably a good thing because we both ended up eating way too many fish and chips. Hours later, I feel great, but still bloated.