Baked Onion Rings

My Moms Group is thinking about joining a local CSA.  The farm kindly sent our organizer a free sample box of produce to try out, and she, in turn, kindly shared some of it with me.  One of the items I got was a giant Maui onion.  If you've never had a Maui onion before, let me tell you this sucker is SWEET!  It's great for sauteeing to put on top of steaks, and it's great as onion rings.

But of course we all know that deep frying is not SBD-approved.  So baking it is.  This recipe yields crunchy, sweet-savory onion rings.  We ate it all straight up with dinner, no ketchup or mustard needed.  Even the toddler had seconds (and thirds).

The key is the whole wheat panko bread crumbs.  Japanese panko style crumbs make it extra crunchy. 

Baked Onion Rings

Ingredients:

• PAM
• 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
• 1/2 cup EggBeaters
• 1 cup whole wheat panko bread crumbs
• Tastefully Simple Seasoned Salt (or your favorite fry seasoning such as Old Bay, etc.)
• A Maui onion, sliced into rings, 1/3" thick (I had a giant one, so only used 1/2 of it)

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Spray a baking sheet with PAM.  Set aside.
• Place the flour, EggBeaters and panko bread crumbs each in their own separate shallow bowls.  Add some seasoned salt to the panko bread crumbs and mix together.
• Dip an onion ring into the flour, then the EggBeaters, then the seasoned bread crumbs.  Place onto baking sheet in a single layer.
• Bake for 20 minutes until onion is soft and coating is golden brown and crunchy.