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This copycat recipe tastes just like a Bloomin’ Onion. It isn’t difficult to make at all, but I cut the onion too far down so it fell apart when I fried it resulting in petals instead of a nice bloom. Thankfully my lack of presentation skills didn’t effect the taste. My boys devoured it and asked for more. I have also used this batter for onion rings with very good results.
I am smitten by this recipe, you guys! It is such a blessing that I came across it over on the Joy of Everyday Cooking food blog. Joy, the sweet lady who runs the blog really knows her way around the kitchen! She certainly nailed it when she created this bloomin’ onion recipe recipe. Talk about a real winner! My family ate plate after plate of this delicious entree and I truly believe that yours will, too.
Ingredients
Blooming Onion Petals: –
egg – 1
milk – 1 cup
Gold Medal all-purpose flour – 1 cup
salt – 1 1/2 tsp
cayenne pepper – 1 1/2 tsp
ground black pepper – 1/2 tsp
McCormick dried oregano – 1/3 tsp
dried thyme – 1/8 tsp
ground cumin – 1/8 tsp
sweet onion – 1 large
Wesson vegetable oil – 3/4 cup or enough to cover onion
Dipping Sauce: –
mayo – 1/2 cup
Heinz ketchup – 1 Tbsp
cream-style horseradish sauce – 2 Tbsp
paprika – 1/3 tsp
Morton salt – 1/4 tsp
dried oregano – 1/8 tsp
ground black pepper – pinch
cayenne pepper – 1/3 tsp
Instructions:
To make sauce: In a medium bowl, combine mayonnaise, ketchup, horseradish, 1/3 teaspoon paprika, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/8 teaspoon oregano, a dash ground black pepper and cayenne pepper; mix well. Keep sauce covered in refrigerator until needed.
To make the batter: In a medium bowl, beat egg and add milk. In a separate bowl, combine flour, salt, cayenne pepper, paprika, ground black pepper, oregano, thyme and cumin; mix.
To slice onion: slice 1 inch off of the top and bottom of the onion and remove the papery skin. Use a thin knife to cut a 1 inch diameter core out of the middle of the onion. Now use a very sharp, large knife to slice the onion several times about three-fourths of the way down the center to create ‘petals’: Keep turning and cutting until you have about 16 cuts. Do not cut down to the bottom of the onion.
Spread the ‘petals’ of the onion apart. To help keep them separate you could plunge the onion into boiling water for 1 minute and then into cold water.
Dip the onion into the milk mixture and then coat it liberally with the flour mixture. Again separate the petals and sprinkle the dry coating between them. Once you’re sure the onion is well-coated, dip it back into the wet mixture and into the dry coating again. This double-dipping ensures you have a well-coated onion because some of the coating will wash off when you fry the onion.
Heat oil in a deep fryer or deep pot to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Make sure you use enough oil to completely cover the onion when it fries.
Fry the onion right side up in the oil for 10 minutes or until it turns brown. When the onion has browned, remove it from the oil and let it drain on a rack or paper towels. Open the onion wider from the center so that you can put a small dish of the dipping sauce in the center.
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Quick Tip: This bloomin’ onion makes a great appetizer at parties.
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