Description

Jumbo Onion Rings

Ingredients : flour, beer, large sliced onions , vegetable oil

History of Onion Rings:
June 22nd is National Jumbo Onion Rings Day! Fried Onion Rings is characterized by a ring of onion dipped in batter or bread crumbs and deep fried. Celebrate this day by visiting your favorite establishment that serves Fried Onion Rings, or make these beer battered onion rings at home! Share your onion ring indulgence on social media today by using the hashtags #nationalonionringday, #onionringday and #recipesforholidays. The earliest we are aware of mentioning something similar to onion rings is in John Mollard’s 1802 cookbook, “The Art of Cookery Made Easy and Refined.” There is a recipe in the book for Fried Onions with Parmesan Cheese. That recipe describes cutting onions into rings, dipping them in batter and frying them in boiling lard.
A restaurant in Texas (Kirby’s Pig Stand) claimed fame as being the originator of Fried onion rings in the 1920’s.
In a 1933 advertisement for Crisco in New York Times Magazine, there was a recipe for onions dipped in milk, then flour and then deep fried in Crisco oil.
In the 1960’s A&W Drive In Restaurants made onion rings soar in popularity when they added them to their menu.
The crispy, delicious, slightly sweet, slightly savory finger-food is Jumbo Onion Rings.
Various restaurants claimed to have invented Jumbo Onion Rings, including the Kirby’s Pig Stand restaurant chain, founded in Oak Cliff, Texas in the early 1920s. The earliest we are aware of mentioning something similar to Jumbo Onion Rings is in John Mollard’s 1802 cookbook, “The Art of Cookery Made Easy and Refined.” There is a recipe in the book for Fried Onions with Parmesan Cheese. That recipe describes cutting onions into rings, dipping them in batter and frying them in boiling lard.

Source: https://recipesforholidays.com/beer-battered-onion-rings/