I find the most wonderful things on the Internet.
Take this gif of a man using a giant onion ring as a hula hoop.
Well I think it’s just great.
It’s the perfect introduction to today’s recipe: pork rind covered onion rings. (Yum.)
These onion rings are baked, so you don’t have to worry about the mess of frying them in a pan.
You just make an assembly line and dip the onions in cream, coconut flour, eggs and then crushed pork rinds. Before you know it, you’ll have a tasty low carb snack.
Perfect if you need a hula hoop or an onion ring rubber band.
Low Carb Keto Onion Rings
Here’s a low carb recipe for onion rings, the perfect game day snack. And each serving has just 4g net carbs per serving.
- Prep Time: 20
- Cook Time: 20
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 5 servings 1x
- Category: Appetizer
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- cooking spray
- 2 large yellow onions, sliced in 1/3″ rings
- 6 tablespoons coconut flour
- 3 eggs, whisked
- 1/2 cup + 1 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
- 1 (3 oz) bag pork rinds, crushed
Instructions
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and spray 2 cookie sheets with cooking spray.
2. Peel the onions and cut them into 1/3 inch rings. Separate each layer of the onion.
3. Get out four bowls. Add the onion rings and 1/2 cup cream to one bowl and mix to coat.
4. Pulse the bag of pork rinds in a blender or food processor until it forms crumbs. Add to one of the bowls.
5. Whisk together eggs and 1 tablespoon cream in another bowl.
6. Add coconut flour to the last bowl.
7. Set up an assembly line where you dip the cream covered onion rings one at a time into the coconut flour, then egg mixture and then pork rinds. Add each finished onion ring to the cookie sheet. Spray all the onions rings with cooking spray to crisp them up as they cook.
8. Bake for 18-20 minutes. Check in on them at minute 18 to make sure they aren’t too browned.
Nutrition
- Calories: 175
- Fat: 11
- Carbohydrates: 6
- Fiber: 2
- Protein: 11
If you liked this appetizer recipe, then you might like my recipes for Bacon Wrapped Onion Rings, Jalapeno Poppers or Mozzarella Cheese Sticks.
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Sonya says
January 26, 2019 at 2:01 pmHow many onion rings in a serving?
EmilyKrill says
January 26, 2019 at 2:32 pmOnions are rather high in carbohydrates so one serving of this recipe is a little less than 1/2 of an onion.
Bonnie says
November 13, 2018 at 9:38 amThis breading was perfect!! I’ve been missing onion rings so much!
★★★★★
EmilyKrill says
November 13, 2018 at 10:18 amMe too!