"Fried Onion Rings"

By Greywolf

This recipe cuts the carbs and of course fat and calories for the traditional fried onion rings so it is ideal for diabetics.

Ingredients

• Nonstick cooking spray
• 1/4 cup refrigerated or frozen egg product, thawed
• 2 Tbsps buttermilk
• 3/4 cup panko (Japanese-style bread crumbs)
• 1/4 tsp cajun seasoning, blackened seasoning or BBQ seasoning
• 1 large sweet onion (such as Vidala or Walla Walla)

Details

Servings 6
Preparation time 25mins
Cooking time 40mins
Adapted from diabeticlivingonline.com

Preparation

Step 1

1) Preheat oven to 450 F. Lightly coat an extra-large baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray; set aside. Cut the onion into 1/4-inch thick slices and separated into rings.

2) In a shallow dish, combine egg and buttermilk. In a small bowl, combine panko and seasoning being used. Transfer about 1/3 of the panko mixture to a shallow dis.

3) Dip the onion rings, one at a time, in buttermilk mixture, turning to coat and allowing excess to drip off. Dip onion rings in panko mixture, turning to coat. Place onion rings in a single layer on the prepared baking sheet (you can place smaller onion rings inside larger ones as long as they don't touch). Add more of the panko mixture to the shallow dish as needed.**

4) Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until the onions are tender and the coating is crisp and golden.

** Once the crumbs become wet, they do not cling to the onions as well so use only part of the panko mixture at a time.

Nutrional Facts per serving
53 calories
3 gm protein
10 gm carbohydrate
1 gm dietary fibre
3 gm sugar
146 iu vitamin A
3 mg vitamin C
0 mg thiamin
0 mg riboflaving
0 mg niacin
0 mg pyridoxine (vitamin B6)
24 ug folate
0 ug cobalamin (vitamin B12)
58 mg sodium
89 mg potassium
20% calcium
0% iron
Diabetic exchanges 1 starch