Fried Onion Dippers with Balsamic Ketchup

Name: Fried Onion Dippers with Balsamic Ketchup
Prep time: 5 h
Cook time: 5 h
Total time: 5 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 79 milliliters balsamic vinegar; 0 teaspoons cayenne pepper (optional); 296 milliliters club soda; 2 Tbsps packed dark brown sugar; 1 teaspoon dry mustard; 296 milliliters all-purpose flour; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 0 teaspoons ground allspice; 0 teaspoons ground cloves; 473 milliliters ketchup; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 1 teaspoons salt plus more for sprinkling; 946 milliliters vegetable oil; 567 grams sweet onion such as Vidalia

Need a vegan side dish? Fried Onion Dippers with Balsamic Ketchup could be a great recipe to try. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains about 3g of protein, 120g of fat, and a total of 1215 calories. This recipe serves 8. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 5 hours. A mixture of salt, cayenne pepper, jumbo onion such as vidalia, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful.

Instructions

Cook garlic in oil in a 2- to 3-quart heavy saucepan over medium heat, stirring, until golden, about 1 minute.

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Garlic

Cooking Oil

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Sauce Pan

Add vinegar and boil over medium heat until slightly thickened, about 2 minutes.

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Vinegar

Stir in ketchup, sugar, mustard, cloves, allspice, cayenne (if using), and salt and bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes, until it's thick and well blended.

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Allspice

Ground Cayenne Pepper

Ketchup

Mustard

Clove

Sugar

Salt

Transfer to a bowl and let cool to room temperature.

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Bowl

Heat oven to 200°F.

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Oven

Whisk together flour, club soda, and salt in a bowl until smooth. Trim both ends of onion and then peel it. Halve onion lengthwise, then cut lengthwise into 3/4-inch-wide wedges. Separate wedges into pieces.

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Sparkling Water

All Purpose Flour

Onion

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

Heat 2 inches oil in a 4- to 5-quart heavy pot over medium heat until it registers 365°F on thermometer.

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Cooking Oil

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Kitchen Thermometer

Pot

Working in batches of about 8, toss onion wedges in batter until coated. Lift onion pieces out of batter one at a time, letting excess batter drip off, and carefully transfer to hot oil. Fry onion dippers, turning with a slotted spoon, until golden, about 2 minutes, then transfer with slotted spoon to paper towels to drain. (Return oil to 365°F between batches.)

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Onion

Cooking Oil

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Slotted Spoon

Paper Towels

Sprinkle dippers with salt while still hot and keep warm on a rimmed baking sheet in oven until all onions have been fried.

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Onion

Salt

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Baking Sheet

Oven

•The balsamic ketchup keeps chilled in an airtight container indefinitely. It can be used in place of regular ketchup.•Like all fried foods, the onions are best when eaten soon after frying, but leftovers can be cooled completely, then arranged in one layer in disposable pans lined with several layers of paper towels, and loosely covered with foil. Chill overnight, then arrange dippers in single layers on large baking sheets and bake in a 350°F oven until hot and crisp, about 15 minutes.

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Ketchup

Onion

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Baking Sheet

Paper Towels

Oven

Aluminum Foil