Welcome to my flourless crunchy onion rings in the air fryer recipe. Here is an air fryer owners dream come true. These are my crunchy onion rings that are completely gluten free and will have you begging for more.
I should start by saying that I have always had and always will have an onion rings addiction. I have always loved them. It started as a nice side to have when you went out for burger and chips, then I became addicted to them at KFC and it has gone on from there.
I actually remember having them in KFC as a child with some fries and coleslaw. Though this was more because my parents loved KFC and when you were a vegetarian there in the 80’s that was where the food choice started and ended! There was no such thing as a veggie burger then 🙂
Well a couple of days ago we were at our local burger bar having a meal. I had a burger meal deal with some onion rings, along with fries and a drink. Plus it wouldn’t be a burger bar without finishing the meal with a sundae.
Then a couple of days later we started putting this flourless onion rings recipe together and I had a realisation…….
I really couldn’t tell the difference between this airfryer recipe and the deep fried version. This in my world is very odd as deep fried vs healthy often tastes very different and these were so good I couldn’t believe that they hadn’t come out of a takeaway, talk about a food mega moment!
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Flourless Crunchy Onion Rings In The Air Fryer
Ingredients
- Philips Airfryer
- 1 Cup Gluten Free Oats
- 1 Medium Onion
- 1 Large Egg beaten
- Salt & Pepper
Instructions
- Preheat your air fryer to 180c.
- Place your beaten egg in a little bowl.
- Using a food processor or blender blitz your oats into fine breadcrumbs so that they are like a thick flour. Place them into a bowl.
- Slice your onion into whole slices like you imagine the inside of an onion ring to be.
- Push out the rings onto your chopping board and then dip in the oats, then in the egg and then back into the oats.
- Place in the air fryer for 8 minutes on 180c.
- Serve.
Notes
Nutrition
Dawn says
This looks amazing. Just wondering if you think this would work with oat bran in exchange of the oats?
Samantha and Dominic says
Hi Dawn
The reason this recipe works so well is because we are using gluten free oats. So if you want to substitute you need something that is also gluten free.
Regards
Sam & Dom
Ann says
What are gluten free oats? Where do I find them? I never heard of gluten free oats.
Samantha and Dominic says
Hi Ann,
Have you heard of porridge oats you use to make porridge? If you have then gluten free oats are just porridge oats but without the gluten 🙂
Hope you find some!
Brook says
We tried this recipe tonight. The batter would not stay on the onions. Any suggestions?
Samantha and Dominic says
Hi Brook
Thank you for your comment.
We had this problem and how we rectified it was to really push the onion rings into the oats and make sure it was very firm then re dip them into the egg and then add them to the oats again. Make sure you push them really hard so the oats and egg grip around the onion ring.
Hope this helps.
Regards
Sam & Dom
Leann says
Looks wonderful!! I’m low carb so I plan to try almond flour, I hope it works because these sound amazing.
Samantha and Dominic says
Hi Leann
The almond flour should be fine to use, but just a not of caution we use 180c which works out at 360f. We have had some confused people not realising that it is 180c and not Fahrenheit.
Hope they turn out good for you.
Thanks.
Sam & Dom
Jackie says
Hi could you just use the egg whites? Do you have any substitution for the egg at all? Thank you
Samantha and Dominic says
Hi Jackie,
I like eggs because they help to stick it really well. But as a Plan B use some extra virgin olive oil instead or I have also tried it with coconut butter.
Kind regards
Sam
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Jason says
This didn’t work at all. Followed the recipe exactly. They just came out like onions dipped in dry flour. Had to spray them with coconut oil non stick spray to get them to brown slightly. Any suggestions?
Samantha and Dominic says
Hi jason
Sorry they did not work out for you. We put some olive oil on ours and it gave them a good crisp taste but not too dry. I would suggest doing what you did with the coconut spray and cook them with that on and see if it makes them a bit more moist.
Kind Regards
Sam
Stephanie says
Me too!!! I did not like the results! Mine did not even come close to the picture. It may be the difference in sir flyers. I will keep trying to find what works with mine
Kay says
Can we use instead oats?
Samantha and Dominic says
Hi Kay,
Yes you can use oats instead.
Kind regards
Sam
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Jin says
Me too! Looks like onions dipped in dry flour. All other recipes calls for oil, will try next.