Air Fryer French Fried Onions (Vegan)

Kiss goodbye to store bought French fried onions and make your very own from scratch. They are air fried, meaning no deep fat frying is involved making them so much more healthy, free from gluten and vegan friendly. Perfect for a green bean casserole or use for any type of topping.

Similar to crispy onions rings, French fried onions are just as tasty and equally as additive.

But if you're a vegan, health conscious or gluten free then store bought French fried onions can present themselves as not being the best option.

The last thing you need especially with the holidays coming up is the stress of finding a substitute or worse still an alternative.

I got you with this air fried version that tastes just as good, if not better since it doesn't contain any palm oil, fillers i.e dextrose and isn't deep fat fried.

That sounds like a winner to me, so you can go ahead an prep that green bean casserole for thanksgiving because the wait is over!!

Ingredients you need

• Onion - you can use whatever onion you want to, yellow, white even red or Spanish onions, it doesn't matter nor will it have an impact on the taste or results.
• Almond milk and vinegar - two essential vegan friendly ingredients for making some plant based buttermilk.
• Oat bran - This is the outer layer of the oat groat, just before the hull (the inedible part). This helps to form the coating for the onions, I recommend it!
• Gluten free flours/starch - I used a combination of flours, brown rice, amaranth and tapioca starch. These are essential for forming the flour blend and will act as a coat.
• Seasoning - Use what you like but I like to keep it simple with some paprika, black pepper and pink salt.

The steps

• Preheat the air fryer.
• Add the onions to a medium sized bowl.
• Mix together the milk with the vinegar and leave for 5 minutes.
• Pour the milk over the onions and leave to soak for about 10 minutes.

• Meanwhile, in another bowl, add the brown rice flour, amaranth flour, tapioca starch, oat bran, paprika the black pepper and pink salt.
• Whisk and combine the flour, seasoning and starch.
• Use a slotted spoon to remove the onions from the milk and toss them in the flour.
• Use a large spoon to completely coat the onions with the flour blend (you may find it easier to put the flour and onions in a zip lock bag and shake it instead).
• Lightly spray or coat the air fryer basket with oil.
• Use a slotted spoon to carefully add the onions to the basket, you may need to do this in batches.
• Air fry the onions at 375F/180C for 8-12 minutes, after 3 minutes stop and shake the basket then lightly spray the tops of the onion with oil.
• Resume air frying stopping and shaking the basket every few minutes.
• Once cooked allow to cool before using accordingly.

Notes and tips

• If you plan on doubling the recipe I suggest making 2 separate batches.
• Once the onions have completely cooled. Store them in an air tight container.
• The onions should last (unused) for up to 4 days if stored correctly, however I do recommend using within the first 24 hours of making them for best results.
• If the onions start to loose their crispiness, simply re-heat them in your air fryer for a few minutes, preheat your fryer first (spray some oil on them) and they should crisp up again.
• Feel free to use a ziplock bag instead of putting the flour in a bowl and simply add the onions to the bag, secure and shake it.
• Don't slice the onions too thick nor should you slice them too thin, you want them sliced somewhere in between.
• I do not recommend freezing these onions.
• Feel free to use this recipe for your green bean casseroles or even a burger topping.
• The air fryer cooking time may vary depending on what model you have.
• You can use another type of plant based milk if you wish i.e Cashew Milk
• It's very important to use a slotted spoon to remove the onions from the milk as this will prevent excess deposits of milk dripping into the flour blend.
• Feel free to add additional herbs or spices if you want to.

Other thanksgiving recipes to try

• Sweet Dairy Free Cornbread
• Stove Top Candied Yams
• Mashed Potato Stuffing
• Sweet Potato Casserole Without Marshmallows
• Air Fryer Chestnuts
• Vegan Nut Roast
• Vegan Sweet Potato Mac and Cheese

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