Like Cheddar's Onion Rings

We don't eat out near as much as we used to, but one of our favorite restaurants is Cheddar's.  The flakiness and crispiness reminds my husband of eating their onion rings.  I know we would've had more to eat for dinner, if there wasn't as much "testing" while making them.

Ingredients:

2 large onions

Buttermilk
1 cup milk
1/2 cup water
1 tsp lemon juice

Breading
4 cups flour
2 tbs garlic salt
2 tbs chili powder

vegetable oil

Slice your onions real thin, and no crying.  Let soak in bowl of buttermilk for about 5 minutes.  Heat oil in a saucepan on medium heat.

Grabbing the onions from the buttermilk, coat them in the flour mixture; then, quickly dunk the onions back into the buttermilk and then to the flour, to get a double coat.  (My fingers get real goopy doing this.)  Gently, place a few rings at a time in hot oil; it should be bubbly.  Turn down the temperature if the oil gets too hot.  Cook until the onions are golden brown, 2-4 minutes, or when stiff to the touch, with tongs.

Let dry on paper towels.   My oil only lasted for the two large onions, barely.

*If you want to do a smaller batch, just slice one onion, and half the rest of the ingredients.