Taste Test: Going For the Gold With Alexia Onion Rings
A hot, crispy, golden brown onion ring is a beautiful thing.
When I agreed to do a taste test with Alexia, I was hoping for two things. First, I hoped I would get some onion rings in the batch of random frozen goodies that they were sending*. And second, I hoped that those onions rings – should I be blessed to receive them – would turn out to be golden brown and crispy right out of the oven.
Alexia's Onion Rings: Lightly Breaded in Panko Crumbs and Seasoned with Sea Salt.
I’m glad to say that I did get some onion rings and that they passed the test. These rings were golden brown and crispy just like I hoped!
Getting these rings started was easy. I heated the oven, dumped them on a pan, and baked ’em for about twenty minutes, turning them half way through the cooking time.
Hot and Fresh Onion Rings, Just Out of the Oven.
The crumbs are good enough to cook too. Waste not, want not!
The scent of these lightly breaded onions while they baked was intoxicating. Everyone in the house was coming to the kitchen to see what was cooking. That worked out perfectly since I wanted their opinions for my taste test anyway.
The prefect plating for onion rings: a chili dog and homemade slaw.
I wanted the onion rings to feel at home during the taste test so I paired them with homemade slaw (thanks, Nicole) and chili dogs. I captured a few comments while we crunched and munched on our entrée:
- These smell so good cooking!
- The bag says there are only 4.5 servings. Do you think we can make it?
- Crunchy. No need to deep fry; They’re good baked.
Alexia has it right with these o-rings. The panko breading adds just the right amount of crunch to the sweet onion underneath. It was also nice to be able to bake the rings, as opposed to frying them in grease, and still get a nice texture. The flavor of the sea salt mentioned on the package was present but not over powering.
My only nag is wishing the bags were bigger! The serving size is 6 rings and the package contains about 4.5 servings. Feeding my hungry family of four would probably take two bags.
Go to Alexia’s website to learn more about these onion rings, including nutrition information.
- Alexia Onion Rings
http://www.alexiafoods.com/products/appetizers/onion-rings-panko-breaded
| While I’m mentioning Alexia products, I have to give a shout out to my good friends Chrystal and Amir, better known as the Duo Dishes (http://duodishes.com). They’ve been selected by Alexia to develop what could be the next flavor for one of their frozen food products. You can help them win! Follow this link to the Alexia Facebook page to vote for the flavor crafted by Chrystal and Amir, Herbs de Provence and Garlic Sweet Potato Julienne Fries. You can vote once a day so vote early and vote often! |
* Samples were provided on a complimentary basis for the purpose of this review.
Dec 15th, 2011 at 6:05 am
Thank you sooooooooooooooo much for that shout out! So appreciated! We gotta bring our votes up! ha These onion rings are definitely really good. It’s always nice to have the option of crunchy baked side dishes instead of having to fry them.
Dec 15th, 2011 at 9:02 am
You know you are welcome! I’ve been trying to make voting for you guys part of my daily routine. 😀 And yes, rings like this would have me asking for baked o-rings more often than French fries.
May 13th, 2012 at 6:30 am
i do not like wimpy onion rings and normally don’t even bother trying them anymore but ordered these while shopping cause they were on sale. OMG pure heaven in a bag! The best onion ring I have ever had in my 54 yrs of life.