Oven Baked Onion Rings – Baked, not fried! Serve them up with a spicy dipping sauce for the perfect party appetizer or game day snack!
My first-favorite side option for a hamburger is french fries, hands down. I just love them soooo much! Slathered in fry sauce ideally. (If you don’t know what fry sauce is, you are really missing out and need to visit Utah. No, it is not ketchup. Ketchup is ketchup. Fry sauce is fry sauce)
Ha, speaking of fry sauce… when my husband I were first married we traveled for about six weeks for his work. We stayed in Chicago Illinois, Dallas Texas, and Washington D.C. and I embarrassed my brand-new husband by asking for fry sauce in every single state. They had no idea what I was talking about. How do you people live without fry sauce???? Seriously.
So, french fries are my first-favorite hamburger-side dish (or really my favorite side dish for any dish, ever) but, onion rings are probably second or third on the list. If they are made right. If they are crunchy and seasoned properly (meaning, seasoned at all because sometimes they just have breadcrumbs and no seasoning which is not acceptable) and they must have a rockin dipping sauce. Ketchup will not do. I must have something more.
Thus far, I have never fried in my house. Crazy right? I just don’t fry. But sometimes a girl’s gotta have onion rings. Especially around football time. The oven is often very underestimated in its ability to do more than produce a batch of cookies or a cheesy breakfast casserole. Ovens can also deliver the most delicious, crispy baked-not-fried onion rings. These ones are perfect! Just enough crunch, but there’s still onion in there you know? I’ve ordered onion rings a few times that came so deep-fried that there was only the empty shell left, the onion had disintegrated. True story. But these crispy Oven Baked Onion Rings come out with a crunchy outside and a juicy onion inside. So good! And the dipping sauce? Heaven. So simple yet so amazing! These Oven Baked Onion Rings are game day approved so plan on making a batch pronto!
What people are saying about these Oven Baked Onion Rings
“Made Them, Loved Them, Ate Them ALL! And they’re baked, can’t get better than that!” – Ana
“These were great!!! I’m not sure if you changed the instructions by now or not, but I wasn’t confused at all. I made them gluten and dairy free and they were amazing!!! I think I’ll omit the cayenne next time though lol, not because I didn’t like it, but my little siblings are weird with “spicy” things. I’ll make this again though for sure, they were WAY better than the fried onion rings I’ve tried to make” – Jen
“Made these tonight. Used panko instead of regular bread crumbs. Oh.My.Goodness.These.Are.So.Yummy. They were gone in minutes. Thanks 
” – Kitten
“Great recipe and I love the Thousand Island dressing recipe you included. This is also good with fried green tomatoes. They could be made according to this recipe too. Thanks!” – Fortuna
Oven Baked Onion Rings
Ingredients
- 1 large white or yellow onion - peeled, sliced, and separated into rings
- 2 egg whites
- 2 tablespoons milk
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 2 cups bread crumbs
- ⅓ cup flour
- salt + pepper - to taste
- cooking spray
Sauce
- ⅓ cup mayo
- ¼ cup ketchup
- 1 teaspoon Sriracha
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450. Line a baking sheet with foil and spray heavily with cooking spray.
- In a bowl whisk together egg whites and milk. Place breadcrumbs in a second bowl. Add flour, salt and pepper to taste, cayenne pepper, and garlic powder in a large zip lock bag, seal and shake to mix seasonings.
- Open the bag and add the onion rings. Seal and shake to coat the rings well. Take onion rings out and one at a time, dip into egg-milk mixture making sure to coat all sides, then into the breadcrumbs, also coating all sides.
- Place rings in a single layer on prepared baking sheet. Spray heavily with cooking spray. Bake 20-25 minutes (depending on how crispy you want them).
- While onion rings are baking, prepare the dipping sauce. Mix together mayo, ketchup, and hot chili sauce. Chill until ready to serve.
Notes
Nutrition
If you like these Baked Onion Rings, you’ll love my Roasted Garlic Artichoke Bread, Slow Cooker Mozzarella Stuffed Meatballs, Baked Avocado Fries, Pretzel-wrapped Hot Dogs, Grilled Sweet Potato “Fries”.
How did you get them to have the fried-look? Sort of like a bread crumb shell? Mine came out very small and compact…
Hey! I just made these and I am a little upset because the directions were worded in such a way that I did not know that the breadcrumbs and flour were a separate mixture. I read them over and over again, knowing something sounded weird, especially since the onions weren’t coating well. My uusband says the fry sauce is delicious, but we haven’t tasted the rings yet.
I am an English teacher and newspaper editor, and I would be glad to help with the wording of recipes so they are consistent and accurate. Let me know!
Hi Sara! Gee, I’m so sorry that you found the directions confusing – I’ve had that happen to me before and found it immensely frustrating! I’ve had great feedback on these onion rings in the past but I feel terrible that you were disappointed – I’ll definitely take a closer look at the directions and see if I can spruce em up a bit to make the process more clear. If I do need help, you’ll be the first person I ask! 🙂
I can understand a number of the commentors being confused over some of the initial steps. It took me a bit to figure it out too. I think this is what you meant…
1. Preheat oven to 450. Line a baking sheet with foil and spray heavily with cooking spray.
2. In a bowl whisk together egg whites and milk.
3. Place breadcrumbs in a second bowl.
4. Combine in a large zip lock bag: flour, salt and pepper to taste, cayenne pepper, and garlic powder. Seal the bag and shake to mix seasonings.
5. Open the bag and add the onion rings. Seal and shake to coat the rings well.
6. Take onion rings out and dip one at a time into egg-milk mixture making sure to coat all sides, then into the breadcrumbs, also coating all sides.
7. Place rings in a single layer on prepared baking sheet. Spray heavily with cooking spray. Bake 20-25 minutes (depending on how crispy you want them).
8. While onion rings are baking, prepare the dipping sauce. Mix together mayo, ketchup, and hot chili sauce. Chill until ready to serve.
I’m looking forward to making this recipe!
I made this recipe yesterday and I loved them. The directions were fine, but I skimmed too quickly and made the mistake of combining all the spices with the flour in one bowl. I guess I was just too excited 🙂 I dipped the onions in the egg mixture and then the dry ingredients. They still turned out great but were not as well coated as the pictures shown. I will definitely make them again and follow the directions carefully. I think they’re are just as good as fried ones. Actually, I like them better because you don’t have that greasy feeling afterwards. This is definitely a keeper!
I’ll give these a try thing evening–cant wait to try them with Fry sauce!! Thank You for sharing!! 🙂