Snacks · Chips, popcorn & trail mix
Onion ring chips
Thin onion rings turned into crisps in the air fryer with nothing but egg white and parmesan — no batter, no deep-frying. A whole plate of them costs about what a small handful of crisps does, which is the entire reason it went round the internet.
- Time
- 25 min (10 prep + 15 cook)
- Servings
- 2
- Per serving
- 157 kcal
- Protein
- 9 g
Both directions are legitimate — the score measures fullness per calorie, not virtue. Every version is the same dish, rebalanced.
Ingredients
- 2 large onions yellow onions, sliced into thin rings300 g
- 1 egg white liquid egg white35 g
- 1/2 cup grated parmesan40 g
- 1 tsp paprika2 g
- 3/4 tsp garlic powder2 g
- 1/2 tsp black pepper1 g
- a pinch salt1 g
Every ingredient links to its food page — same data, same score, same formula.
Steps
- Separate the onion slices into rings and toss them with the egg white until every ring is slicked — use your hands, a spoon won't get there.
- Mix the parmesan, paprika, garlic powder, pepper and salt, and toss the rings through it.
- Air-fry at 180°C (350°F) in a single layer, 12–15 minutes, shaking twice. Crowd the basket and they steam instead of crisping, so work in batches.
- They crisp fully as they cool — give them five minutes on a rack before deciding they aren't done.
No air fryer?
Oven at 200°C (400°F) on a rack over a tray, 20–25 minutes. Slightly less shattering, same idea.
Why this score
moderately fillingNo single route carries this one — a moderate amount of protein, volume and fiber.
Three routes to fullness — one is enough
What pulls it down
Computed on the finished dish, not an average of the parts: 314 kcal goes into the pot, 381 g of ingredients comes out as ~200 g of food → 157 kcal per 100 g. Cooking moves water, and energy density is the score's biggest lever — so we show the math. Full formula here.
Per 100 g
- Calories
- 157
- Protein
- (24%)
- 9 g
- Fat
- (33%)
- 6 g
- Carbohydrates
- (43%)
- 17 g
- of which sugar
- 9 g
- Fiber
- 3 g
- Sodium
- 572 mg
Percentages are the share of calories from each macronutrient.
Computed from the ingredients' USDA data — nothing typed by hand. Every number is traceable, every score recomputable.
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Photo: AI-generated. Nutrition and score are computed from the ingredients with the published formula — this recipe hasn't been kitchen-tested by us yet.