Grain Free Onion Rings

by Gina Grad
Grain Free Comfort Food

Keto air fryer onion rings are the new obsession in our house.

Two things I would absolutely recommend in order to get the best rings possible are:

1. Use sweet onions!! This will ensure they have that wonderful sweet flavor of restaurant onion rings. If you can’t get your hands on sweet then yellow is your next best bet.

2. Let them cool on a rack or cookie sheet instead of a plate! This will keep them from getting soggy on the bottom and losing all their crispness!


Ingredients
2 large sweet onions (Vidalia, etc.)
1 ½ cups pork panko (see recipe below)
½ cup grated Parmesan (optional)
½ cup all coconut flour (or almond flour)*
3 eggs, beaten
1 splash of milk (a little less than ¼ cup)
Salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, paprika to taste

* - You won’t really be using a half cup of flour—just a little for dusting! But it’s easier to do when there’s enough in the bowl to swirl around.

Directions
1. Pre-heat air fryer at 370 for 3-5 minutes.

2. Slice onion into ¼ inch slices.

3. Separate the rings and place in a pile.

4. Whisk eggs and milk together.

5. Take each ring and dredge, in order, the flour then the egg/milk mix and finally the panko/parm seasoning mix.

6. Place rings in air fryer so they’re spread out (but you can place little ones inside big ones).

7. Cook at 370°F for 6 minutes.

8. Continue cooking in batches and serve with ranch or your favorite dipping sauce!

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Home-made Pork Panko

The latest in grain-free alternatives and keto friendly coatings is pork panko which, as the name suggests, in a panko-looking breading coating that is made from pork rinds rather than wheat.
You can buy commercially made pork panko but it is very simple to make at home.

For ingredients all you need is a bag of pork rinds.

Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 300°F

2. Spread a bag of pork rinds evenly over a baking sheet

3. Bake in the oven for 10 minutes to reduce the residual water content in the rinds

4. Remove and let cool on a rack

5. Put rinds in a large ziplock bag and pound with a meat tenderer (flat side) to brek up into small pieces

6. Put the porke rinds into your food processor

7. Pulse to break the rinds down into smaller pieces, then run processor continuously to powder them to panko-like consistency

8.Remove from the food processor and use as breading immediately or put in a ziplock bag or jar and freeze for later use