BBQ chicken platter
Roast or barbecue these BBQ chicken pieces then serve on a platter with onion rings, coleslaw and mac ‘n’ cheese for an all-American banquet
Easy pickled onion rings
Serves 6
Easy
Prep:
Cook:
plus cooling
Feast on these lager-battered pickled onion rings as a snack, or serve as part of an American-themed spread, with BBQ chicken pieces and mac ‘n’ cheese
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- 175ml distilled malt vinegar
- 75g golden caster sugar
- 2 large onionscut into 1cm-thick rings
- oilfor deep-frying
- 100g plain flour
- ½ tsp cayenne pepper
- ½ tsp ground coriander
- smoked paprikato serve
For the batter
- 100g cornflour
- 100g plain flour
- ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 300ml lager
Nutrition: Per serving
- kcal316
- fat10g
- saturates1g
- carbs47g
- sugars6g
- fibre3g
- protein5g
- salt1.3g
Method
step 1
Tip the vinegar, sugar, 50ml water and 1 tsp salt into a pan, bring to the boil, then remove from the heat. Add the onions to the pan, cover and leave to cool and pickle. Will keep for 24 hrs.
step 2
Pour the oil into a large pan until it's no more than a third full and heat to 180C. Mix the flour, cayenne pepper, ground coriander and 1 tsp salt together in a bowl and set aside.
step 3
To make the batter, combine the flours and bicarbonate of soda in a bowl, then slowly whisk in the lager. Drain the pickled onion rings and coat in the spiced flour mixture. Carefully dip them, one at a time, into the batter, then fry in the hot oil for 2-3 mins until golden and crisp. Drain on kitchen paper and season with the paprika and some sea salt.
