Steakhouse Style Bloomin’ Vidalia Onion
Made just like your favorite steakhouse restaurant, our bloomin' Vidalia onion will not disappoint!
Ingredients
- ⅓ c. Cornstarch
- 1½ c. flour
- 2 tsp. Garlic, minced
- 2 tsp. Paprika
- 1 tsp. Salt
- 2 tsp. Pepper
- 1 c. Beer
- 4 RealSweet® Vidalia onions
Seasoned Flour Ingredients:
- 2 c. Flour
- 4 tsp. Paprika
- 2 tsp. Garlic powder
- ½ tsp. Pepper
- ½ tsp. Cayenne pepper
Instructions
- Mix cornstarch, flour, and seasonings until well blended. Add beer and mix well.
- Cut about 3/4-inch off of the top of the onion and peel.
- Cut onion into 12 to 16 vertical wedges but do not cut through bottom root end.
- Remove about 1 inch of petals from center of onion.
- You may want to separate the onion petals slightly, do not do this too much as you will destroy the onion.
- Dip onion in seasoned flour and remove excess by shaking.
- Separate petals to coat thoroughly with batter.
- Dip in batter. Dip in flour mixture again.
- Gently place in fryer basket and deep-fry at 375 to 400 degrees for 1-1/2 minutes.
- Turn over and fry an additional 1-1/2 minutes.
- Drain on paper towels.
- Place onion upright in shallow bowl and remove center core with circular cutter or apple corer.
- Serve with favorite dipping sauce.
Prep Time
20 minutes
Cook Time
3 minutes
Yield
6