How to make a blooming onion?!


Question:

How to make a blooming onion?

I want to make a blooming onion like you can get at Outback Steakhouse or similar restaraunts. I need very detailed info on how to make one. Thanks for the help!


Answers:

What this requires is a sharp knife and a steady hand. Use a LARGE onion, it is easier. Peel the onion, and slice enough off of one end so that it will stay upright by itself. Now, slice the onion vertically in a series of 1/4 - 3/8" parallel slices, stopping 1/2" shy of the bottom. Rotate the onion 90 degrees, and repeat. Place the onion in ice water, and let sit for at least 1 hour. (This causes the 'bloom' to open up.) Mix 1/4 c flour with one egg and 1 T milk. Remove the onion from the ice water and drain very well. Coat with the batter, and fry in very hot oil until golden brown.

Bloomin Onion II
I found this isn the AOL Cookbook, Someone named EBBWATERS posted it. They have some terrific recipes in their cookbook..
Bloomin Onion
3 cups cornstarch
1 1/2 cups flour
2 tsps garlic salt
2 tsp paprika
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
24 ozs beer
4 - 6 collosal onions 4" dia or larger
seasoned flour, as needed
1 quart Creamy chili sauce

~ Mix cornstarch, flour and seasonings until well blended; add beeer, mix well.
~ Cut about 3/4" off top of onion, peel onion.
~ Cut into onion 12 - 16 vertical wedges, but do not cut through bottom [root end]. Remove about 1" of "petals" from center of onion. ~ Dip cut onion in seasoned flour and remove excess by shaking; dip in batter and remove excess by gently shaking.
~ Separate petals to coat thoroughly with batter; mix batter after standing to blend ingredients.
~ Gently place onion in fryer basket and deep fry at 375 - 400o for 1 1/2 minutes; turn over and fry a 1 - 1` 1/2 minutes longer or until golden brown.
~ Drain on paper towels. Place onion upright in shallow bowl and remove center core with circular cutter or apple corer; serve hot with sauce. **Seasoned flour: combine 2 cups flour, 4 tsps paprike, 2 tsps garlic power, 1/2 tsp pepper, and 1/4 tsp caynne pepper; mix well.
**Creamy chili sauce: combine 1 pint each mayonnaise and sour cream, 1/2 cup chili sauce and 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper. Optionally add 1/4 C horseradish.




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