Blooming Onion and Dipping Sauce Recipe

Posted by
Rate It!
Blooming Onion and Dipping Sauce
Add your photo!
Ingredients
22
Count
Nutrition
540
Calories
Comments Print recipe

Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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).
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
Kitchen-Friendly View

Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 540.32 Kcal (2262 kJ)
Calories from fat 280.65 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 31.18g 48%
Cholesterol 56.66mg 19%
Sodium 1391.01mg 58%
Potassium 546.82mg 12%
Total Carbs 55.91g 19%
Sugars 8.36g 33%
Dietary Fiber 4.33g 17%
Protein 9.61g 19%
Vitamin C 8.3mg 14%
Iron 1.4mg 8%
Calcium 122mg 12%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 197.2 Kcal (826 kJ)
Calories from fat 102.43 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 11.38g 48%
Cholesterol 20.68mg 19%
Sodium 507.68mg 58%
Potassium 199.57mg 12%
Total Carbs 20.4g 19%
Sugars 3.05g 33%
Dietary Fiber 1.58g 17%
Protein 3.51g 19%
Vitamin C 3mg 14%
Iron 0.5mg 8%
Calcium 44.5mg 12%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
Search recipes
by ingredients
Search
Construct & Analyze
Your Recipe
Analyze

Try this similar recipes

View More

Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 12.6
    Points
  • 15
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

Also Try

Share Recipe

Recipes▼
Search
Get Your Recipe of Health!
Follow RecipeOfHealth on Facebook!
Scroll to top