Blooming Onion 2 Recipe
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~ 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.
Ingredients
- 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
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