Haystack onion rings are the crispy-licious BOMB on a grassfed burger, on homemade green bean casserole or even just for a tasty snack.
You could also dip them into my ancho-chile lime mayo!
The idea came from Tonya, but as usual I adapted the recipe and made it with yummy real food ingredients. 🙂
More pictures are below and be sure to read all the way to the end for the BEST way to enjoy these if you have any leftover!
Crispy Haystack Onion Rings
Ingredients
- 1 whole onion sliced very thin — I like sweet onions
- 2 eggs pastured eggs are best of course
- 1/4 cup flour I used einkorn flour, but you could also use sprouted flour, or your favorite gluten-free flour like a gluten-free flour blend (probably the first one I'd try if it was me), almond flour, or arrowroot flour (I haven't tried any of those though, so let me know how it is if you try them — update: Nandi in the comments tells us the arrowroot flour was delicious!)
- Healthy fat for frying — our favorite is beef tallow from pastured cows OR you could also use the unflavored coconut oil. We use deep fryers for this since it's the least messy — read more about deep frying here: Deep Fried Heaven. Or read more about healthy fats here.
- Real sea salt for the top
Instructions
- Beat the eggs well and stir in the sliced onions. Sprinkle the flour over the top and stir it all together to coat the onions. Drop small batches at a time into the frying oil and fry until they're golden brown. Remove with a large slatted spatula and drain on a paper towel until your burgers are ready. Sprinkle with sea salt. Good luck staying out of them before it's time to assemble your burgers! We make extra so we can snack on them as they come out.
Here's where to find healthy grassfed meat if you don't have a good local source.
I made mine into a burger salad, read more here about all the yummy options for a delicious grassfed bunless burger bonanza!
One more thing…
Having any of these leftover will be rare, but if you are so lucky, here's a knock-your-socks off way to enjoy them the next day: I had a small amount left so I threw them into a cast iron pan and fried the onions until they were crispy again, then I cracked an egg in and scrambled it around. Oh. My. Gosh, it was SO good guys. Best scrambled egg EVER. 🙂
Love onion rings made with batter? Then you'll love my Homemade Beer Batter recipe! So good with chicken, fish, shrimp and onion rings.
Nandi says
Hi there! I made these tonight for Father’s day along with a big buffalo burger and they were a hit! I used arrowroot powder and grassfed lard. They were light and airy and had a satisfying crunch.
Thanks again!
Nandi
KitchenKop says
Yay!! Thanks so much for letting us know that the GF version is good, too!! I’ll have to edit the post to include your info. 🙂
Kel
Beth says
Oh, this sounds sooo much easier than regular onion rings. I made them once and it was too tedious for me to make again.
This week we shared a buffalo burger at Fuddruckers (I hoped the buffalo would be a safer choice than beef!) and I immediately put onion rings on my piece. Can’t wait to try this recipe.
KitchenKop says
You’re right, Beth, they are SUPER easy and fast to make. 🙂
Kel
Beth says
Okay, updating my comment… Tried it, loved it, will make again :).
We served it with some nitrate free polish sausage and organic BBQ chips on some hot dog buns from the HFStore; organic beans on the side. Yum!