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International · Snack · 35 min

Beer-Battered Onion Rings

Thick onion rings in a light beer batter, crisp and golden outside, soft and sweet inside.

As of: 11 October 2026

Beer-Battered Onion Rings

Ingredients

servings

Onions

  • 500 gonions (2 large, peeled)

Batter

  • 350 gplain flour
  • 2 tspbaking powder
  • ½ tspsalt
  • —pepper (freshly ground)
  • 2eggs
  • 175 mlmilk
  • 175 mllager

For frying

  • 750 mloil (for deep-frying)
Time
30 min active · 35 min total
Difficulty
easy

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Preparation

  1. Peel the onions and cut into fairly thick rings, about 1 cm thick.
  2. Mix the flour, baking powder, salt and pepper in a bowl, add the eggs, milk and beer and whisk into a smooth, thick batter.
  3. Heat the oil in a pan. To test it, drop in a little batter: if it sizzles and turns golden, the temperature is right.
  4. Dip the onion rings one at a time into the batter and deep-fry in batches in the hot oil until golden brown.
  5. Drain on kitchen paper and serve hot.

Drink with it

  • Pale lager · excellent match

    Helles or Pilsner, cold

    Hoppy bitterness and carbonation cut the frying fat, and the malt picks up the beer in the batter and the sweetness of the onion.

    Pils or Helles: What's the Difference? ↗

  • Sparkling wine · excellent match

    Sekt or Crémant, brut

    Carbonation and acidity cut the frying fat, so the palate feels clean again after every bite and the onion sweetness stays fresh.

    Sparkling wine, Champagne, and Prosecco: what's the difference? ↗

  • Wheat beer · good match

    Hefeweizen

    Soft fruit and yeast notes round off the sweetness of the onion, and the carbonation carries the fat.

    Wheat Beer: Where Do Banana and Clove Come From? ↗

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