Blooming Onion and Dipping Sauce

Name: Blooming Onion and Dipping Sauce
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons cayenne pepper; 0 teaspoons dried thyme; 1 egg; 237 milliliters all-purpose flour; 0 teaspoons ground cumin; 1 teaspoons ground black pepper; 2 Tbsps cream-style horseradish sauce; 1 Tbsp ketchup; 118 milliliters mayonnaise; 237 milliliters milk; 0 teaspoons dried oregano; 1 teaspoon paprika; 2 teaspoons salt; 1 large sweet onion; 177 milliliters vegetable oil for frying

Blooming Onion and Dipping Sauce might be just the hor d'oeuvre you are searching for. This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains approximately 8g of protein, 29g of fat, and a total of 432 calories. Head to the store and pick up vegetable oil, flour, salt, and a few other things to make it today. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for The Super Bowl. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Blooming Onion and Dipping Sauce, Blooming Onion, and Baked Blooming Onion.

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.

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Ground Black Pepper

Cayenne Pepper

Horseradish

Mayonnaise

Ketchup

Oregano

Paprika

Sauce

Salt

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Bowl

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.

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Ground Black Pepper

Cayenne Pepper

Oregano

Paprika

Cumin

All Purpose Flour

Thyme

Milk

Salt

Egg

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Bowl

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 down the center to create 'petals': First slice through the center of the onion to about three-fourths of the way down. Turn the onion 90 degrees and slice it again in an X across the first slice. Keep slicing the sections in half, very carefully until the onion has been cut 16 times. Do not cut down to the bottom of the onion. (The last 8 slices will be difficult, be careful).

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Onion

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Knife

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.

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Spread

Onion

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.

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All Purpose Flour

Onion

Milk

Dip

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.

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French Fries

Onion

Cooking Oil

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Deep Fryer

Pot

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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Dipping Sauce

Onion

Cooking Oil

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Paper Towels