This Is Great... Root Beer Battered Onion Rings.

I have a special place in my heart for onion rings and I've been craving them. Being from the south everything is deep fried but again I went the healthy route and baked these. Also the recipe calls for beer again but I had some root beer left over from the other day, the rings turned out crunchy, tasty and light. Oh yeah. Onion rings always go great with a dipping sauce too, veganized BK recipe is included for a tasty sauce.  

Root Beer Battered Onion Rings

3 onions sliced in circles

2 Tablespoon flax seed

3 Tablespoon water

1/2 cup root beer

4 Tablespoon wholewheat flour

3 Tablespoon chickpea flour

2 Tablespoon nutritional yeast

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon paprika

3/4 cup panko breadcrumbs

Olive oil spray

First grind your flax seeds as fine as possible. Now place them in a small mixing bowl with the water and leave for 10 minutes or until the water become sticky. When flax is ready combine with root beer and gradually add wheat flour while stirring. In a separate mixing bowl combine breadcrumbs, nutritional yeast, salt and paprika. And in another big mixing bowl place white flour or chickpea flour. Place onion rings in the bowl with the chickpea or white flour and toss to cover them. Now one by one dip onion rings in the beer batter, lift with a fork and toss it in the breadcrumb mix to cover it completely. Oil a baking dish and place onion rings inside one next to the other. Spray with more oil over onion rings. Preheat oven at 375 F and bake for 30 min or until golden brown and crispy.  

 

BK Onion Ring Sauce
 
1/2 cup vegenaise
1 1/2 teaspoons ketchup  
1 1/2 teaspoons horseradish 
1/2 teaspoon cane sugar
1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Mix and chill.