Recipe - French Fried Golden Onion Rings

INGREDIENTS
3 lg Onions, Sweet
1 cup Flour; sifted
1 One half teaspoon Baking Powder
1 Egg; slightly beaten
2/3 cup water
One half tablespoon Lemon Juice
1 tablespoon Margarine, melted
Oil for deep frying

=========================== Directions ==========================

Peel onions, cut into One fourth inch slices; separate into rings.

Sift flour, baking powder and salt into medium size bowl. Stir in egg,
water, lemon juice and melted margarine just until blended.

Dip onion rings in batter, a few at a time; fry in oil heated to 375
degrees (a cube of dayold bread will brown in 1 minute) about 2 minutes on
each side.

Drain the golden rings on absorbent paper. Keep hot in a low temperature
oven (325 degrees) until all are cooked.

========================= Notes and Credits ========================

The batter forms a crisp puffy envelope for this popular vegetable. There
is archaeological evidence that onions (lily family) were cultivated more
than 4,000 years ago. Onions, radishes and garlic were consumed in quantity
by the laborers who built the Great Pyramid in Egypt.

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