Do you use flour and bread crumbs to make onionrings?

Answer 1

Yes. You don't need to use all those ingredients either.

Make a batter by beating the eggs, then adding the flour and then the milk. Stir in sliced onion (in rings).

Fry individual rings on each side in medium-hot oil or butter till browned and the onion softened.

You can add to the flour any herbs or spices you think will go well with the onion.

Answer 2

Different recipes will use one or both. Typically one of two methods is used to batter items for deep frying.

One uses an different wet and dry mixes. A beaten egg mixture, seasoned flour and or seasoned bread crumbs. First the onions are dipped into the egg mixture as an adhesive for a flour or crumb mix. They are then coated. Some recipes use only one coating. Others will first coat in egg, then flour, then egg, and last a bread crumb mix for extra crispness.

Other methods use a liquid batter to flavor and coat the onions in one step.

The batter my family uses: 1 cup flour, 1/2 cup dried Parmesan cheese, 1/2 tsp baking powder, salt and pepper, a bottle of your favorite beer

Optional: 1/2 tsp cayenne, or dried parsley, 1/2 panko bread crumbs and another 1/4 beer.

Mix dry ingredients together, add enough beer to form a thick batter. Dip onions into mixture, fry right away.