Crunchy, crispy, and barbecue-y! These BBQ and Buttermilk Onion Rings are easily made at home with just a few simple ingredients and in only minutes! It's time to get your fingers dirty {and by that, I mean... covered in flour!}.
This post was first published on July 31, 2015 and last updated on March 28, 2020.
Oh my goodness do I have something good for y'all on this marvelous Saturday!
I haven't had an onion ring in FOREVER {girl got the craving!}. It's hard to find a gluten-free onion ring in these parts to scarf down, a delicious one is non-existent in Atlanta. But that's not a problem now that this hella' good recipe is here!
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Flavors of These Onion Rings:
The little bit of barbecue sauce that is in the recipe just adds a touch of the taste to each crispy ring. It's a fantastic twist really. Add a side dipper of extra barbecue sauce if your taste buds are screaming for more of the barbecue flavor!
Onion Ring Ingredients:
- 1 ½ cups white rice flour
- 1 egg, beaten1 cup buttermilk
- 2 tablespoon BBQ sauce
- 2 inch onions cut into rings ½ thick
- 2 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 teaspoon granulated garlic or garlic salt
- oil for frying
- salt to taste
Buttermilk Onion Ring Directions:
These BBQ + Buttermilk Onion Rings are pretty simple. Ya just dunk sweet onion slices in the buttermilk mixture {and then the fun and slightly messy part}, then into the flour mixture, fry them up for a few minutes, and you are left with a barbecue-y rendition of a classic American favorite!
For a full detailed instruction guide, scroll down to the recipe card!
- Heat a large skillet over medium heat with ½-1 inch of oil.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, salt and pepper, cayenne, paprika, and garlic together. In another mixing bowl, combine the egg, buttermilk, and barbecue sauce.
- Place each onion ring in the liquid egg mixture, dredging it, allowing excess to drip off of it, and then directly placing it in the flour mixture, being sure to coat the entire ring.
- Quickly place each ring in the hot oil and allow to turn a golden brown (approx. 1-3 minutes each side). Once golden, flip the onion ring over and allow the second side to brown.
- Carefully remove the onion ring from the skillet and place on a paper towel-lined baking sheet.
- Allow to sufficiently cool before enjoying!
BBQ + Buttermilk Onion Rings
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups white rice flour
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 tablespoon BBQ sauce
- 2 inch onions cut into rings ½ thick
- 2 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 teaspoon granulated garlic or garlic salt
- oil for frying
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Heat a large skillet over medium heat with ½-1 inch of oil.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, salt and pepper, cayenne, paprika, and garlic together. In another mixing bowl, combine the egg, buttermilk, and barbecue sauce.
- Place each onion ring in the liquid egg mixture, dredging it, allowing excess to drip off of it, and then directly placing it in the flour mixture, being sure to coat the entire ring.
- Quickly place each ring in the hot oil and allow to turn a golden brown (approx. 1-3 minutes each side). Once golden, flip the onion ring over and allow the second side to brown.
- Carefully remove the onion ring from the skillet and place on a paper towel-lined baking sheet.
- Allow to sufficiently cool before enjoying!
If this recipe won't covert me to eating onion rings then I'll give up. This looks perfect and I am willing to try !
Haha! Be careful! You may just get addicted!
Gosh I can almost hear the crunch. We use rice flour a lot and mix it with all purpose flour for the extra crunch. I'm definitely trying out these rings. They look fantastic!
They are crispy and crunchy for sure! I hope you enjoy them as much as my family does!
These look unbelievably delicious. I'm definitely going to give these a try!!
They are really easy to make too. I hope ya like them as much as we did!
These look absolutely divine! I must give them a go next weekend
I have always wanted to try to make my own onion rings. Yours look so good!!
Crispy onion rings are my weakness! These look so amazingly delicious and I guarantee that they would have tasted even better.
These look absolutely amazing!! I love me some onion rings 🙂 Yum yum yum! ~ and I see you got that Sweet Baby Rays!! We keep some in our fridge too!
We always keep "Mr. Ray" close by in our fridge. He is always there when we need him! 🙂
Oh my J - these do look amazing to the tenth degree! Must try these and make my family happy. (Me too.)
If you do decide to make these for your fam (and yourself), let me know what ya think of them 🙂
Never ever tried to make onion rings, even though I like them a lot! Your recipe looks easy to make, but allow me to exclude BBQ sauce. Was thinking to replace it with plain tomato pulp....
You should definitely try making your own onion rings, they are easier to make than you think! And if you aren't a BBQ fan, by all means, take it out completely, or yes, the tomato pulp sounds like it may be really good with it too! Great idea!
Wow, what a cool idea to add some extra flavor! Could you make these with regular AP flour, too?
Yes, you sure could Erin. I used the white rice flour because of my food allergies. All-purpose flour would work the exact same here 🙂
Awesome recipe! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for stopping in Derek and being so sweet!
I love a good onion ring. These look so good, I am considering pulling out the fryer and making some this weekend now!
Somedays, there's nothing better than a good onion ring.... I get it. I'm right there with ya!
I LOVE onion rings! These look delicious! I've never made onion rings, but I'm going to now!
Oh you really should try making them yourself Renee! You would be surprised how easy they are to make!
My husband would love these. He dips everything fried in BBQ sauce, I bet he would love if I put the BBQ in the mix!
My hubby is the same way. "More BBQ sauce please!" And these onion rings definitely help his BBQ craving! 🙂
These looks absolutely delicious! I just may have to whip up a batch this weekend!
It doesn't take long to whip them up either. They could definitely be a last-minute weekend plan 🙂
I love onion rings but have never make them. You have convinced me with this recipe - yum!
Oh good! I'm glad you are considering trying to make them! They are not as hard as people think! 🙂
You're a girl after my own heart... I LOVE dipping my onion rings in bbq sauce. But putting some bbq in the buttermilk... that's just GENIUS!
Haha! Great minds think alike dear! AND...BBQ sauce is amaze! 🙂
Wow they look pretty much perfect, I love onion rings and will have to give this method a try 🙂
Oh they were so so good. If you give this one a try, let me know what ya think!
This really is a very interesting and delicious sounding recipe! Shall try for sure! 🙂
Let me know how they turn out for you! I hope you like them as much as my family did 🙂