Recipe - Tobacco Onions

5 cup Peanut oil
3 cup Flour
1 One half teaspoon Cayenne pepper
1 tablespoon Paprika
Salt; to taste
Freshly ground black pepper;
to taste
1 lg Spanish onion; peeled and
cut or sliced up into very thin rings
1 Red onion; peeled and cut or sliced up
into very thin rings

Heat oil in deep saucepan to 350 degrees. In a large mixing bowl, blend
flour, cayenne, paprika, salt, and pepper. Separate onion rings and dredge
in the flour, shaking off the excess. Carefully place onion rings in the
hot oil in small batches, making sure the rings don't stick together. Fry
for 3 to 5 minutes or until golden brown. Remove with a slotted spoon,
drain briefly on paper towel and place on a warm platter. Repeat until all
onions are fried. Keep warm.

Used as ingredient in East Texas Onion Pudding, see recipe

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Recipe by: Dean Fearing

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #820 by Holly Butman
butma001@acpub.duke.edu on Sep 29, 1997