ONION RINGS with a TWIST

I was watching NHK TV when I saw this in one of their shows.  So Intried it today!  It’s onion rings that can be a full lunch in itself!  They used it for their segment BENTO! 

Today, I decided to have it for lunch.

INGREDIENTS:

1 Large onion (preferably sweet like Vidalia onion

10 strips of bacon thin pork belly

1/2 c flour

1 egg beaten

1/2 c or more of panko

1/2 cup safflower oil for frying

2TB ketchup, 1 TB Worcestershire sauce and 1 tsp soy sauce 

Peel and slice onion.  Slice about 1/4 to 1/3 inch thick circles.  Remove some lose onion out if the circle to look like a ring.

Thread the bacon through going around the ring of onion wrapping it around covering the onion well with the pork belly.

In separate bowls, put the flour in one of the bowls, beat eggs in the other bowl, and panko on the third ball.

Coat onion ring wrapped with pork in flour first, and then egg? And last in panko.  Make sure it is well coated around.

Heat oil in a small pan .  Once it’s hot, drop the prepared onion rings 2 at a fine.  Fry 3 minutes in each side.  Drain on rack.

Serve with sauce above made with Ketchup, Worcestershire sauce and soy sauce.

Also can be served with cauliflower rice.

STEAMERS

https://youtu.be/BfjuD9jLrxM

I did this video a while back and for some reason arrived in my email box.

Since it is still summer, I hope you will be able to find this delicacy I love.  I find this in the East Coast mostly in New York.  

If you find fresh ones,  they are easy to prepare.

In a big pot to hold your 1lb or 2 lbs of steamers, add about 2-3 cups of water depending on the amount of steamers you want to cook.  If you have a colander in your pot (steamers pot), put your steamers in that.  Cover and boil for about 5-10 minutes until the clams open.

Remove the steamers to a bowl.  Reserve the broth in a separate bowl.  Pour the broth in separate 1 cup bowls.

Melt half a stick of butter for a pound of steamers and pour the oily part in a small container or dipping bowls.  (In other words only take the clarified butter). 

To serve:  watch the video how to eat it.  Dip the peeled steamer first in the broth to clean of some sand it may have, and then dip it in butter.

I love this in the summer with freshly boiled bi-color corn.  Those are usually sweet!

Have a great appetizer or main meal.  Don’t forget your salad!