Recipe: Yummy Crispy tobacco onions

Crispy tobacco onions. The story behind crispy tobacco onions: I live with a man who used to hate onions. He hated them so much that for a time I was banned from eating them myself, lest my breath should smell of the hateful stuff. It is now maintained that the anecdote is a complete fabrication and myth, nevertheless - he was a veritable onion hater.

Thinly slice onion into rings or simple slices (half moon shapes). Toss onion well in the Cayenne pepper and salt mixture, shake off excess and deep fry until golden brown (tobacco coloured). Drain well and serve as a side dish or a tasty salad garnish. You can Have Crispy tobacco onions using 7 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Crispy tobacco onions

1. What You needis of an onion (or two, or four), halved and sliced very thinly.
2. What You needis of cayenne pepper.
3. Lets Go Prepare of sweet paprika.
4. It's of garlic granules.
5. Lets Go Prepare of Old Bay Seasoning – optional.
6. Lets Go Prepare of plain flour.
7. Lets Go Prepare of groundnut or sunflower oil for deep frying.

Make sure onion is coated well in the pepper mix for a lovely crunchy result. Video Crispy Tobacco Onions "Tobacco onions are called 'tobacco' due to their colour and curly appearance similar to dried tobacco leaves. I first had them a couple of years ago in a lovely restaurant in New Forest, England. Tobacco onions are deep fried onion rings which are spiced with cayenne.

Crispy tobacco onions instructions

1. Feel free to experiment with spices. If you like more kick, add some chilli powder. There should be enough of it altogether to colour the coated onions, at least 1-2 tsp of each..
2. Put the sliced onions into a bowl and sprinkle with salt, separating into feathers. Leave for a few minutes so that they soften. In another bowl mix flour with the spices. Heat the oil to 200C in a deep fat fryer or a pan large enough to contain your amount of onions..
3. Toss the onions in the flour mix so that they are all well coated. When the oil is hot enough, fry them until dark brown and really crisp – you might have to do it in batches..
4. Drain on paper towels, serve and watch them disappear….

When cooked they look like shredded tobacco. Very flavourful and a great snack or si. We tried the tobacco onions over the weekend and they are delicious. Forget the mess of onion rings. And not all the work like making onion rings.