Grilled Rib-eyes And Fried Onion Rings

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 cups buttermilk
• 2 onions, thinly sliced and seperated into rings
• 3 cups flour
• 3 tablespoons onion powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons garlic salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons pepper
• 4 cups canola oil (for frying)
• 6 thick rib eye steaks (1 1/2 - 2 1/2 inch)
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• garlic salt
• onion powder
• pepper

Recipe

• 1 pour the buttermilk into a large bowl. add onion rings, toss to coat. let stand one hour, tossing occassionally. drain.
• 2 mix flour, onion powder, garlic salt and pepper in a large bowl.
• 3 add onion rings and toss to coat.
• 4 preheat oven to 350-degrees f.
• 5 prepare grill.
• 6 brush steaks with oil and sprinkle with garlic salt, onion powder and pepper.
• 7 pour oil in cast iron skillet to a depth of 2-3 inches and heat oil over medium high heat until oil is about 350-degrees f.
• 8 working with a few onion rings at a time, fry onion rings for 2-3 minutes.
• 9 drain on paper towels and then put on cookie sheet to keep warm in the preheated oven.
• 10 repeat until all are fried and drained and kept warm in oven.
• 11 while cooking onion rings grill steaks to desired doneness (about 10 minutes per side depending on the thickness of the steaks).