Life is sweet! And I mean sweet by Walla Wall Sweet Onion Rings! Today Jeff and I  just fried up a batch of homemade onion rings using northwest grown Walla Walla onions. The Walla Walla sweet onion is unlike any other onion, they are SWEET and mild when other onions such as the white or green have a strong distinctive flavor and aroma. As the Walla Walla cooks it only gets sweeter and more delicious!

I got this recipie and sweet idea to fry up some rings from my best friend Ashley B! Ashley’s Grandma (Nana) is from Walla Walla Washington where theses delicious onions grow by the plenty! Nana makes a trip up to her hometown of Walla Walla each year to get dozens of these onions we all crave.

Until now I have been getting my fix of sweet Walla Walla onion rings at Burgerville. Burgerville is a fast food burger restaurant only in the Northwest (Washington,Oregon,California) that serves not only fast diner drive-thru style food, but uses the freshest ingredients found locally including the Walla Walla onions!

Nana’s Onion Ring Batter

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Ingredients:

• 1 Egg
• 3/4 Cup Flour
• 1/2 tsp. Salt
• 1/2 Cup Milk (can be substituted for beer)
• 1 Quart Canola Oil
• 1 Tbsp. seasoning of choice (optional)
• 1-2 Walla Walla Sweet Onions

Directions:

(To Prepare Batter)

1. Beat egg in a medium sized bowl

2. Add milk/beer

3. Add other dry ingredients

4. Mix all ingredients well to the consistency of pancake batter

(To Prepare Onions)

1. Slice and peel off outer layer of onions

2. Slice width 1 inch apart, you want the onion slices to be thick

(Frying Instructions)

1. Heat Canola oil in a large stove top pot. If you have an at home fryer those work best.

2. Dip onion slice in the batter, swish around a few times to coat generously

3. Place battered ring into pot/fryer

4. Cook each ring 1-3 minutes depending on size

5. Continually turn the onions in the pot so they will not burn