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.

Course Appetiser

Cuisine American

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 10

Total Time 30

Servings people

Calories 172kcal

Author Charla

Ingredients

For soaking the onions

2 medium sized onions
2 cups almond milk
1 tablespoon vinegar or lemon works too

To make the flour blend/coating

½ cup brown rice flour
¼ cup oat bran rice bran works too
¼ cup amaranth flour sorghum works too
2 tablespoon tapioca starch
1 teaspoon paprika
¼ teaspoon black pepper
¼ teaspoon pink salt

Instructions

To soak the onions

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.

To make the flour blend and air fry

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.
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

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.
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.

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