Anyone make their own deep fried onion rings

[Lodestar]

Originally Posted by NYC refugee

I dream of doing anything fried in a turkey fryer on the driveway. Still some clean-up, but not half the kitchen.

I don't know anything about turkey fryers. I wonder if you can adjust the heat as quickly as you can a flame. Maybe others could manage this but I think I'd need more control of the heat.

Has anyone tried it?

Ideally the heat should be constant and as you add rings your heat will decrease.

But yes, I consider these a labor of love I'm rarely willing to do anymore. Doing them in a home kitchen with little room, four large dipping plates, a draining pan with paper towels and a final pan with no space near the stove is a four-armed feat.

Nothing like a raw dipping batter dripped all over to give your elbow a workout.

[NYC refugee]

Originally Posted by Lodestar

I don't know anything about turkey fryers. I wonder if you can adjust the heat as quickly as you can a flame. Maybe others could manage this but I think I'd need more control of the heat.

Has anyone tried it?

Ideally the heat should be constant and as you add rings your heat will decrease.

But yes, I consider these a labor of love I'm rarely willing to do anymore. Doing them in a home kitchen with little room, four large dipping plates, a draining pan with paper towels and a final pan with no space near the stove is a four-armed feat.

Nothing like a raw dipping batter dripped all over to give your elbow a workout.

Some of them are gas powered, so you could turn the flame up or down. How fast you get a reaction might depend on how much oil you have in it, but you can certainly cook more than a turkey in a turkey fryer. My father fried everything in an electric skillet that controlled its own temperature, which seems like a good idea. Also good to be able to put it where you have space and cover the surface with paper. But we're straying from onion rings a bit. Or maybe not, since frying is an essential part.