Bloomin' Onion

[warpig1]

I was in the USA a few years ago in a restaurant called the Outback and we had a starter called 'Bloomin Onion'. basically it was an large onion cut (but keeping the root intact), it kinda looked like an opening flower and was deep fried in something, would anyone have a recipe for this, it was delicious.

[888sally888]

I dont have a recipe but Outback restaurants have opened here now - theres one in Stevenage but its not a patch on USA ones!!

[warpig1]

Sally ,have seen an Outback just outside Aldershot but haven't been in it and wasn't sure if they were the same franchise, have you been in one over here and if so did they do the 'Bloomin' Onion'

[BBWCHATT]

I found this on the internet for you:

Blooming Onion

120 ml mayonnaise
10 ml ketchup
30 ml cream-style horseradish sauce
0.6 g paprika
2 g salt
1 g ground black pepper
0.2 g cayenne pepper
1 egg
235 ml milk
125 g all-purpose flour
9 g salt
3 g cayenne pepper
1 g ground black pepper
1 g garlic powder
0.4 g dried thyme
0.4 g dried oregano
0.3 g ground cumin
1 large onion
1890 ml vegetable oil for deep-frying

Make the dipping sauce: Combine mayonnaise, ketchup, horseradish, paprika, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1 dash black pepper, and 1 dash cayenne pepper in a small bowl and refrigerate it until needed.
Beat egg and combine it with milk in a bowl large enough to hold the onion. In another bowl, combine flour, salt, cayenne pepper, black pepper, garlic powder, thyme, oregano, and cumin.
Prepare the onion: cut approximately 3/4 to 1 inch off of the top and bottom of the onion, remove skin. Remove the 1-inch diameter core from the middle of the onion. Using a large, sharp knife, slice down the center of the onion about 3/4 of the way down, turn 90 degrees and slice again. Keep slicing the sections in half, being careful not to cut to the bottom, until you have 16 sections. Spread the petals apart to make coating easier.
Dip the onion in the milk, then coat well with the flour mixture. Separate the petals again and sprinkle the flour mixture between them. Once you have coated all of the petals well, dip it into the milk and into the flour mixture again. Place in the refrigerator for at least 15 minutes while you preheat the oil.
Pour enough oil to cover the onion into a deep fryer or deep pot. Preheat the oil to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Fry the onion right side up in the oil for 10 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oil and let drain in a

[Clanad]

You might try this one warpig1 :
Bloomin Onion
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

~ 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 - 400 degrees F 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 paprika, 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.

The horseradish is important, in my opinion, for the dipping sauce to have the right "bite"... (Thanks to The Recipe Gal )

[Eve]

Current Steakhouses in the UK are:

Wandsworth, Dolphin House, Smugglers Way, Wandsworth, London SW181EG

The Brewery, Loading Dock 1, Unit FR8 Romford, Essex RM1 1AG

Southbury Road, Enfield, Middlesex, EN1 1YQ

Their Uk site is here..
http://www.outbackpom.com/index.cfm

It has the Blooming Onion on too :)

Yardley Business Park, Miles Gray Road, Basildon, Essex, SS14 3GN

Thames Edge, 15 - 18 Clarence Street, Staines, TW18 4BU

Stevenage Leisure Park, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 2UA

[warpig1]

Thank you all, am salavating (sp) as I type, my only problem is where I am going to get an onion big enough! Sadly the onions over here , even the biggest ones, are not that big but I will have a look around.

thanks once again
warpig1

[drchasuble]

Isn't there a film where the couple break up but they meet up again at some place that does these onion flower thingies and they get back together or did I just make that up?

[BBWCHATT]

warpig - the smaller onions will work - just make more of them:) Also, you can cut them into pieces or rings and do the same thing with them. Can you give me a call when you get them ready please? :)

[warpig1]

No problem BBW but they might be cold or, more probably ,eaten by the time you get here!

[warpig1]

drchasuble, sorry don't know the film, have you been on the vino perhaps!!!!

[BBWCHATT]

War surely you would save me SOME of them!!!! But I guess I could bring my own onion - you know like a "bring your own bottle - byob" party from back in my younger days :)

[drchasuble]

Ah Warpig, I wish I had been on the vino. Alas I have just been on the aqua.
I was just in the middle of typing "I'm not crackers or drunk or nuffink honest" and it just came to me. It was an episode of Will & Grace. I think they fall out and they both turn up at the onion flower place and make up. I think.

[warpig1]

Ok folks, it a 'bring your own onion' party at my place! Dates and times to be arranged!!!!

[BBWCHATT]

lol War - I will save my biggest onion. We await our assignments,

[Gef]

BBWCHATT - how do you weigh out 0.2g cayenne pepper, 0.6g paprika etc? My kitchen scales can't.

[BBWCHATT]

Gef - I wouldn't weigh them at all honey - I live in the USA - I have a set of measuring spoons - one of them measures 1/4 of a teaspoon and one of them measures 1 and 1/2 teaspoons - then I put them in the dishwasher and use them again the next time:) I can tell you that the 1/4 teaspoon of paprika would just be a pinch or two, but I can't help you with the cayenne - I guess just put it in a little at a time and taste it - when it gets as hot and spicy as you want it to be stop adding it.

1/4 teaspoon paprika
1 1/2 teaspoons cayenne pepper

[yolande]

This is on the menu at Chillis in Reading (this is part of a chain). V nice

[Gef]

Thanks BBWCHATT I was just intrigued by the quantities. I have electronic balances in my lab that can weigh such small quantities but they cost several hundred pounds each.

Anyway, I never weigh things for recipes, just chuck it in until it tastes "right".

[princess-nix]

You can buy a Steakhouse Onion Bloomer from Lakeland that segments the onion perfectly for you. I imagine it has a recipe with it too. here's a link: http://www.lakelandlimited.co.uk/product.aspx/ !10378