Onion Rings

Ingredients

• 0.7 cup beer 
• 0.5 teaspoon pepper black freshly ground
• 2 large egg whites lightly beaten
• 1.3 cups flour all-purpose
• 3 tablespoons oil 
• 1.5 pounds onions peeled
• 0.5 teaspoon paprika 
• 0.5 teaspoon salt 

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• oven

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 40
2. Cut onion crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick slices, and separate into rings. Use 16 of the largest rings; reserve remaining onion for another use.
3. Combine flour and next 3 ingredients (through pepper) in a medium bowl. Stir in beer and egg white (batter will be thick).
4. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Dip 5 onion rings in batter, letting excess drip off.
5. Add onion rings to pan; cook 2 minutes on each side or until golden.
6. Place onion rings on a jelly-roll pan. Repeat procedure of dipping onion rings in batter and cooking in remaining oil twice, ending with 6 rings. Coat onion rings with cooking spray.
7. Bake at 400 for 10 minutes or until crisp.
8. Serve rings with ketchup, if desired.