Time: 75 minutes, Serves 2
Difficulty:

What you need

  • Onion Rings:
  • 2 ½ cups Pauls Buttermilk
  • 2 brown onions
  • 3 cups plain flour
  • Salt and pepper, to season
  • 4 tbsp chili flakes
  • 4 cups vegetable oil
  • Buttermilk Ranch Sauce:
  • 1 cup Pauls Sour Cream
  • 1 cup Pauls Buttermilk
  • 2 tsp fresh continental parsley, finely chopped
  • 2 tsp fresh dill, finely chopped
  • ¾ cup mayonnaise
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • Salt and pepper, to taste

How To Make It

  1. Prepare onion rings by taking the skin off the onion and carefully cutting into even rings. Pour buttermilk into a large bowl and place onion in the buttermilk. Leave to coat for an hour.
  2. Pour flour and all of the spices into a large bowl. After an hour, take the onion rings out of the buttermilk, drain and dredge in the flour mixture to coat.
  3. In a large heavy based saucepan, heat vegetable oil to 175 degrees (best to use a thermometer to reach and maintain this temperature).
  4. Cook onion rings in small batches until golden brown and crispy.
  5. To make the ranch sauce, add all of the ingredients in a blender and blitz until combined and smooth.
  6. Place sauce in a small container on a plate with onion rings. Serve immediately.

What you need

  • Onion Rings:
  • 2 ½ cups Pauls Buttermilk
  • 2 brown onions
  • 3 cups plain flour
  • Salt and pepper, to season
  • 4 tbsp chili flakes
  • 4 cups vegetable oil
  • Buttermilk Ranch Sauce:
  • 1 cup Pauls Sour Cream
  • 1 cup Pauls Buttermilk
  • 2 tsp fresh continental parsley, finely chopped
  • 2 tsp fresh dill, finely chopped
  • ¾ cup mayonnaise
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • Salt and pepper, to taste

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