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Fried Onion Blooms

Fried Onion Blooms — a vegetable recipe, 5 ingredients.

Vegetable

contains glutencontains dairycontains alcohol

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Ingredients

Units: US Metric
Scale: ½× – 4× with Plus →
  • 2 huge onions, at least 4 inches (10 cm) across
  • Oil for frying
  • Beer batter
  • Seasoned flour
  • Sour cream chili sauce
Make it lactose-friendly
  • Sour cream chili sauce → lactose-free sour cream or coconut yogurt

Swaps are suggestions, not medical advice. Check labels if lactose is a serious issue for you.

Steps

  1. Preheat deep fryer to 375°F (190°C).
  2. Put each onion on cutting board, root end down, and cut ¾ inch (2 cm) off the top.
  3. Peel onion.
  4. Cut vertically through the center, from the top to the root, without cutting through.
  5. Repeat cuts radially (across the center, like a clock face) for a total of 6 or 8 cuts.
  6. Remove about 1 inch (2.5 cm) of the onion center.
  7. Soak in ice water 15 minutes.
  8. Cut a little deeper if an onion isn't bloomed enough.
  9. Dip in seasoned flour and shake gently to remove excess.
  10. Dip in beer batter and shake gently to remove excess. You may have to separate layers to get a good coating.
  11. Handling carefully, lower into fryer using a fryer basket. Fry about a minute and a half.
  12. Remove basket from fryer, turn onions over, and return to fryer. Fry until golden, about another minute and a half.
  13. Drain on towel.
  14. Serve hot.

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Source

Wikibooks Cookbook — adapted under CC BY-SA 3.0