Healthy Raw Onion Rings
I love converting unhealthy recipes to healthy raw food recipes. Onion rings were always one of my favorite treats, but I refuse to eat the deep fried variety anymore. They are soaked with oil and breaded with nothing that is health promoting. I still love them and wanted to find a healthy way to enjoy them.
I have seen a few onion ring recipes but I wanted something that was similar to the traditional way of making them. Using the technique of soaking the onions, I employed almond milk. You will use the almond milk for soaking and also for breading for the rings. Once you make the milk, you save the nut pulp, dehydrate it and combine it with spices and a little flax. One warning…you really need to use a mild or sweet onion for this recipe or the onion flavor will be too strong.
Onion Rings
Almond Milk
- 1 cup soaked almonds
- 4 cups water
- Combine soaked almonds and water in blender.
- Strain through nutmilk bag. Save the pulp and dehydrate it.
Onion rings
- 1 large sweet onion
- 4 cups almond milk
- 3/4 cup almond milk pulp
- 1 cup ground flax (3/4 cup before grinding)
- 1 tablespoon smoked paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon ground chipotle
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Slice onions and place in zip lock bag with almond milk. Soak while pulp is dehydrating.
- When pulp is done dehydrating, place in food processor with flax, spices and salt.
- Separate into two batches. If you use all of it at once, a lot of it will be come saturated and too wet to use. Splitting it into separate batches protects against waste.
- Drain onion rings, RESERVING milk. Dip onion ring in the milk, then in the almond flax mixture, dip in milk once again and then in almond flax mixture again to get a heavier coating.
- Dehydrate for 6 to 8 hours until almost dry. You want the onions to retain a little moisture, the breading should be dry.
Annette wrote on April 17, 2014
Hi Susan,
I was just browsing the internet and I saw a picture of your onion rings and I thought hmm I wonder how close to the real deal they tast and I clicked on the pic thinking it would go to your site but instead it when to another site and it said – listing a few recipes that inspired the blogger well I new it was your recipe because I remember the pic last year so I came to your blog and noticed it was the same pic.
Hmm well I made a comment about that, not sure if it was just an error on her part putting the wrong blog. Either way I let her know and I just wanted to let you know as well. I signed it A Rawmazing Fan.
The link below to that blog is listed below.
http://www.healthybursts.com/2013/07/30/inspiration-to-get-your-raw-on/#comment-2921
Sincerely,
Annette
Gail wrote on July 7, 2013
My sister and I tried these, hey were super yummy but we had problems getting the batter to stick to the onions, maybe we didn’t dry the pulp long enough?
Susan wrote on July 7, 2013
The pulp needs to be completely dry. Cheers!
Julian wrote on April 17, 2012
I am a brand new baby vegan and I am doing tons of research and it all is so interesting but this really surprised me…dehydrating food is considered raw? Wow. I wonder where I can buy one and if they are expensive.
Susan wrote on April 17, 2012
Yes…as long as you keep the food temperature under 115 degrees! Cheers!
Susan wrote on April 9, 2012
Sweet onions work best for this recipe.
Julie wrote on April 9, 2012
@Diana, If you cut your onion rings and just leave them out in the fridge overnight they will oxidize a bit and loose some of that burny flavor.
NaturallyMariam wrote on March 7, 2012
Yum, making a similar version, didnt have almond milk so I’m using pumpkin seed milk