Categories: Sides

Ingredients

• Onion Rings:
• (3-4 cups vegetable oil in a medium pot)
• 1 large Vidalia onion (try to pick one that is long, not wide)
• 1 cup whole milk
• 2 Tbsp bacon drippings
• 3 crispy bacon strips, finely minced
• 1 heaping cup all purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp paprika
• Salt
• Bacon Ranch Dipping Sauce:
• ⅓ cup buttermilk
• 1/4 cup sour cream
• 2 Tbsp mayo
• 2 garlic cloves, pressed
• 1 Tbsp bacon drippings
• 2 bacon strips, finely minced
• 1 Tbsp minced fresh dill weed
• 1 Tbsp minced fresh parsley
• Salt and fresh cracked black pepper

Directions

1. Preheat oil in a pot, over medium heat.
2. Peel and slice whole onion to create rings. Peel off the little, clear membrane that is in between the onion rings.
3. In a medium mixing bowl whisk milk, bacon drippings, flour, baking powder, paprika and salt together until smooth.
4. Crumble crispy bacon strips and then mince them as finely as possible with a knife. Add minced bacon bits into the batter and mix until evenly incorporated.
5. Dip a few onion rings into the batter, covering it completely, and gently add them to the heated oil, once at a time. Cook onion rings in batches until deep golden. You will want to cook over medium heat that way batter doesn’t get dark too fast, leaving you with a raw onion inside. Cooking it on medium heat for a longer period of time will cook the onion inside.
6. For dipping sauce: whisk all ingredients together in a small bowl, until all incorporated. Make sure to use the same method for mincing bacon as you did for onion rings.

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