Sit back and enjoy this Easy Air Fryer Onion Rings Recipe, plus they can be made gluten free too.
Easy Air Fryer Onion Rings are a delight especially paired with a delicious cut of your favorite smoked meats. We actually paired this with Smoked Bologna.
It was a great pairing, these are delicious and perfect as a side item. I adapted my Air Fryer Fried Pickles Recipe to make these.
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This same method can actually be used for a variety of foods like zucchini, squash, green tomatoes, and more. If you want that breaded taste, try this method.
We make ours with gluten-free all-purpose flour, but you can easily make these with regular flour too if you prefer.
It will work and taste fabulous!
It’s very easy to make onion rings in the air fryer.
I am now using a Ninja Foodi Air Fryer; however, you can check out a variety of different air fryers in my post on, How to Choose the Right Air Fryer.
Now, let’s get to these Air Fryer Onion Rings!
Easy Air Fryer Onion Rings Recipe
Easy Air Fryer Onion Rings RecipeWhat do you need for Air Fryer Onion Rings?
- Air Fryer
- White Onion
- Buttermilk
- Breadcrumbs or Gluten Free Breadcrumbs
- Flour
- Eggs
- Salt
- Cooking Spray
- Foil
The main thing is that you really need to slice the onions as you would expect onion rings to be sized, then soak them well in the buttermilk.
This really enhances the flavor, plus the way the breading adheres to it.
I also like to foil line my Air Fryer just to help avoid a mess after. I used a Midea 3.7L to make these and did it in 3 batches for 1 large White Onion.
This is a great size for a family of 4; however, I would definitely suggest a larger one if you cook more like I do. I typically do recipes for at least 6, so larger would be better.
I’m hoping to upgrade to a larger one soon too.
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Air Fryer Onion Rings
Ingredients
- 1 Large White Onion Sliced about 1/4 inch slices.
- 1 Cup Buttermilk
- 2 Cups Gluten-Free All Purpose Flour or Regular Flour
- 2 Eggs Beaten
- 2 Cups Gluten-Free Breadcrumbs or Regular Bread Crumbs
- Salt to Taste
Instructions
- Place the onions in a shallow bowl or dish and pour the buttermilk over them.
- Let them sit and soak for 1-2 hours.
- Prepare a bowl for the flour, a separate bowl for beaten eggs, and another bowl for the breadcrumbs.
- Add a dash of salt to the breadcrumbs.
- Dip the onions in the flour, dust off any excess.
- Dip them in the eggs, let the excess drip off.
- Coat with the breadcrumbs.
- Place evenly in the Air Fryer.
- At this point, you can add some salt to them or salt them after they are done.
- Fry them in the Air Fryer on 390* for about 5 minutes on each side or until they are crispy.
- If you prefer, spray with some cooking spray to get them a little bit more brown in color.
- Serve.
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Comments & Reviews
This dish I tried. Very delicious and nutritious. I like it.
This onion cake is very delicious and attractive, I will save make my children.
I tried this recipe ‘cuz I Love onion rings, but mine came out awful. The onion didn’t even taste cooked clear thru, it was like biting into a regular onion, and the batter was brown enough, so cooking longer would cook batter too much. I used a sweet onion. I followed the recipe exactly, but obviously I did something wrong! Help!
That’s interesting, if the batter was brown they should have been done inside, the onions don’t take long to cook. Did you soak them first? What type of air fryer did you use? The next idea would be to do them at a lower temperature so you can cook them longer. We make these regularly cooking them for 10 minutes at 390 degrees without any issues. My main thought would be the heat temperature of the air fryer since they all tend to heat differently but it is odd that the breading would be brown and the onion isn’t soft. Makes me wonder if using a sweet onion would have made a difference from a white onion.
Mine also! No good at all. With or without breadcrumbs. Garbage.
Curious if you followed the recipe exactly? I’m happy to help troubleshoot, this is a recipe we make regularly.
I had a similar issue, mine turned out brown too, but I was using toasted bread crumbs for some reason. Will re visit this weekend. I m not sure that the buttermilk turned out right.
For the buttermilk, it should just be a soak to take some of that tang out of the onions a bit. The model of air fryer plays a big role in the heat distribution, if they are coming out brown but not done in the middle, try your air fryer at 375 degrees and do it a little longer of cook time but at a lower temperature and see if that makes a difference for you. I wonder if it has to do with heat distribution.
Great recipe, the flour and egg ratio was a little off for me, I ended up using 1 cup of flour, 2 cups of breading and 3 eggs. I had to make it dairy free as well so I ended mixing 1/2 cup of butter to 1/2 cup oat milk and worked out great! Put all the onion slices in the bowl and covered it with plastic wrap and sloshed around the mixture and put it in the refrigerator for 1 hour to get the mixture to stick better at the 30 min mark I sloshed the mixture around again to get it to stick more. For the breading I mixed in Himalayan salt, black pepper and garlic seasoning to give it some extra flavor. They turned out awesome! Another tip air frying in smaller batches seemed to work out good for me, the breading process took a little while so I had small batches going as I was bred I the next batch. Thank you for recipe!
Can I soak the onions in regular milk? I don’t have buttermilk.
It can be soaked in regular milk if you have a bit of vinegar to add to the milk it gives it will work like buttermilk.
Two for two on mommyhatescooking! 🙂 My girlfriend LOOOOOOVES onion rings, but hasn’t had a decent one since she developed her gluten intolerance… the pre-packaged GF ones we’ve tried (and they’re tough to find) have been across the board awful. THESE came out perfect!
Thanks for another great recipe. Now that I’ve discovered the key to these I’ll never have to worry about my girl leaving me… maybe we should rename this recipe to “Proposal Onion Rings”? 🙂
That’s too funny!! I’m so glad you all enjoyed them, if you ever have questions just let me know. I cook gluten-free all the time. 🙂
I was recently diagnosed with celiac and needed assistance how to make GF onion rings. I don’t have buttermilk but I do have milk and lemon juice/vinegar to make some. For the bread crumbs, I crush rice cheese if that’s ok. Thank you!
Maria L.
Could you please tell me how many rings in a serving. I see the nutritional information but it does not state how many equals one serving
Just updated the nutritional info – I did this as 20 onion rings out of 1 onion, then the nutritional facts would be for 1 onion ring of the 20. Hopefully, that makes sense.
Do the onion rings sit and soak in refrigerator?
They can soak covered in the fridge or on the counter at room temp.