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[Maret Turner]

A recipe to share;

Roasted Onion Strings(ReallyHealthy Onion Strings!)
When you roast Vidalia onions they bring up a really nice sweetness. When
you're on a diet traditional onion strings are out of the question unless
they are like these. Close your eyes while you eat them and you might not
even notice that the breading is gone.
A one ingredient side dish or starter thats a real treat. (For me sprays
and seasoning don't count as ingredients).

Serves 2 and can be doubled. If you double this use a large cookie sheet to
spread out the rings.

1 large Vidalia onion
Olive oil spray
Sea salt is optional


Preheat oven at 400 degrees. If you have a convection oven use the
convection setting.

Peel and slice the Vidalia onion into thin rings. I use my mandolin slicer
and put it on level 2 or 3. That makes thin rings. If you are doing them by
hand just try to have them be about 1/8 thick. A few thicker ones are okay.


Separate the slices into the individual rings. Spray a 9 by 13 oven proof
pan with a light coat of olive oil spray. Scatter the onion ring slices
across the surface. Don't worry that they are over lapping each other. Space
underneath is good for getting the crispiness you want. If you want them
salty grate sea salt on top before they go into the oven. The salt will
penetrate and roast into the rings.

Hugs,
maret

Roast the onions in the middle of the oven for approximately 25 to 35
minutes. (The lower end time is for convection ovens). You will watch them
toward the end. You want some deep brown edges and even a bit of blackening
is okay. The darker they are the crispier and sweeter they are almost like
an onion-potato-chip-ring. Some of the onions will still be moist and
stringy. Those are the ones that most remind you of the inside of regular
onion strings. The crispy bits give you a nice crunch sensation and the
darker deeper flavor.

My husband thought I was a bit off my rocker the first time he saw me make
these that is until he put a few in his mouth. His eyes lit up and for the
next few days he asked for those onion strings about every other meal.

Feel free to dip them in ketchup or barbecue sauce if you must. That will blow
the diet though and plain is just fine-tasting.

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