Fried Green Beans And Shallot Rings

• Vegetable oil for frying
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup rice flour
• 1/2 cup cornmeal
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• About 1 tsp. salt
• 1 3/4 cups club soda
• 1 pound green beans, ends trimmed
• 2 large shallots, sliced 1/4 in. thick and broken into rings
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
• 2 teaspoons chili powder

1. Preheat oven to 250u0b0. Fill a deep pot with 2 in. oil, insert a deep-fry thermometer, and heat to 375u0b0 over medium-high heat.
2. Mix together flours, cornmeal, baking soda, and 1 tsp. salt in a medium bowl. Slowly whisk in club soda until blended.
3. Dip a large handful of green beans into batter. Using tongs, lift beans from batter, letting a little of excess drain, and lower a portion at a time into oil. Fry until golden brown, about 1 minute. Transfer to a large baking sheet lined with paper towels, salt to taste, and put in oven to keep warm. Repeat with remaining beans and the shallots; keep oil between 375u0b0 and 385u0b0.
4. Stir together mayonnaise with chili powder in a small bowl for dipping.
5. Note: Nutritional analysis is per serving.
6. The beans will cook tender-crisp in the same time it takes to brown the coating.

vegetable oil, flour, rice flour, cornmeal, baking soda, salt, club soda, green beans, shallots, mayonnaise, chili powder

Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/fried-green-beans-shallot-rings (may not work)