Beer-Battered Onion Rings with Jalapeño Dipping Sauce

Name: Beer-Battered Onion Rings with Jalapeño Dipping Sauce
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: ½ cup, mayonnaise; 3 tablespoons, ketchup; 2 tablespoons minced jarred, jalapeño chiles plus 1 tablespoon brine; ½ teaspoon, granulated sugar; ¼ teaspoon, cayenne; 2 quarts, vegetable oil for frying; 1 tablespoon, confectioners' sugar; 2 teaspoons plus 3 tablespoons, cornstarch, divided; 1½ teaspoons, table salt; 1 teaspoon, onion powder; 2 , large yellow onions, peeled; 2 cups (10 ounces), all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons, baking powder; 2 cups cold, beer

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 2023

Appetizers

Vegetables

These golden onion rings fry up delicately crisp and run circles around restaurant versions.

SERVES6

TIME1¼ hours

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For crisp, flavorful onion rings we started by adding a bit of flavor to the onions themselves by coating them lightly with a mixture of confectioners' sugar, salt, and onion powder. A bit of cornstarch helped absorb any moisture the salt d...

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