Category: Sides

3 Large Onions
1/2 cup Flour
1/2 cup Corn Muffin Mix
1/2 cup Bread Crumbs
1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder
1 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Pepper
1 teaspoon Chili Powder
2 Eggs
1 cup Milk
Oil for frying

Wash and peel onions, cut into 1/4-inch thick rounds.
Separate rounds into rings.

In a bowl, combine flour, corn muffin mix, bread crumbs, seasonings, and baking powder.
In a cup, whisk together eggs and milk.
Add milk mixture to dry ingredients, blending well.

Dip onion rings into batter, then drop into frying pan with about 1/4 inch of hot oil.
Fry until golden brown, turning to brown both sides.
Remove to paper towels to drain thoroughly.

Note: You can make Pepper Rings too!

3 Firm Plantains
3 TBSP Butter
1 TBSP Sugar
1 tsp Cinnamon
Cooking Oil

Peel Plantains and slice sideways into three or four lenghtwise strips each.

In a pan with about 1/2 inch of hot oil, fry plantains for three to four minutes per side, or until golden brown.

Remove plantains to a paper towel covered plate.
Put another paper towel on top and then another plate on top.
Pound down on the top plate to smash the plantains to about half their thickness.

Add Butter, Sugar, and Cinnamon to the hot oil in the pan and refry the plantains about one minute per side.

Drain on paper towels and serve.