Quick and Easy Gluten Free Vegan Onion Rings Recipe

A classic side dish, appetizer, and a home favorite, these gluten free vegan onion rings are easy to prepare, delicious, and will satisfy your cravings.

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With just a handful of ingredients and spices that can be customized according to your taste, this is a quick recipe you can enjoy.

These gluten free vegan onion rings can also be baked by mixing cornflour and gluten-free flour or by frying with just corn flour.

For these onion rings, I like pairing them with my homemade vegan mayo and a little ketchup for the sauce. Here’s the recipe link for vegan mayo. Soy-based vegan mayonnaise or Soy-free vegan mayo.

WHAT YOU NEED

• 2 small bowls for the batter and milk
• Wok or pan
• Fork or Spatula
• Strainer

WHICH ONION TO USE

This recipe uses yellow onion but you can also use a sweeter variety of onions like Vidalia or use white or red onions whichever is available in your pantry.

SUBSTITUTIONS

This recipe is made gluten-free using cornflour instead of all-purpose flour. Almond flour, chickpea flour, or gluten free flour can also be used.

It is made vegan because of the plant-based milk. Using unsweetened oat milk and you can use any plant-based milk of your choice. 

BENEFITS OF ONION

• It contains vitamin C
• Helps with iron absorption
• It has antioxidants and considered good for the heart
• Helps in controlling blood sugar
• A good source of fiber and prebiotics

GLUTEN FREE VEGAN ONION RINGS

INGREDIENTS

• 1 big yellow onion
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 1 tsp black pepper
• 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 flax egg (optional)
• 120 ml unsweetened soy milk
• 1 cup cornflour
• Cooking oil

INSTRUCTIONS

You can start by preparing two medium-size mixing bowls. Then add all dry ingredients in one bowl and milk in the other bowl.

You can also add a flax egg to the milk by mixing 1 tablespoon of flaxseed and 3 tablespoons of water. This is an optional ingredient only.

Heat pan with cooking oil and once hot, dip onion rings in the milk mixture then cornflour mixture before frying. Fry the onion rings in 1 -2 minutes and set them aside after cooking.

Prepare your choice of sauce before serving.

RECIPE NOTES

• For this recipe I use soy milk. You can use any plant based milk of your choice.
• Flax egg is optional. It’s good to have since it’s also healthy.
• Mix 1 tbsp flaxseed with 2 tbsp of water and let it sit for 5 minutes before adding in the milk.
• For the dip I use my homemade vegan mayo and ketchup.

NUTRITION DETAILS

These onion rings can have 2 servings with 387 calories per serving. Total Fat 17.7g | Saturated Fat 2.5g | Cholesterol 0mg | Sodium 1173mg | Total Carbohydrate 53.3g | Dietary Fiber 6.6g | Total Sugars 3.8g | Protein 7.4g | Vitamin D 0mcg | Calcium 28 mg | Iron 2 mg | Potassium 308mg.

Nutrition calculation is based on using an online calculator (verywellfit) and for reference use only.

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