outbacks blooming onion recipe:) Gluten free of course:)

[superdog]

ok yesterday i was making some burgers and thinking hmmm what will i cook tomorrow, then i had this urge for a huge steak homemade mashed potatoes, corn on the cob and a blooming onion, so i thought well i cant afford the outback so i was coming online to get the original recipe when to my surprise someone had the original recipe and subsituted with gf stuff already, i made it without the proper seasonings(i didnt have all of them and substituted some of my own seasonings and OMG delicious. hubby and kids about fell the to floor and kids said it looks just like the restaurant:) anyhow here is the recipe, i will get up a pic. in a few minutes. i LOVE LOVE LOVE this recipe.

i should have used a bigger onion but i used what i had. heres the pic. and we had already started picking it:) delicious!!!


message from the author....NOT ME!!!

I received a book with some restaurants recipes for these sorts of items. This was one of my favorite things before I went gluten free.
I modified this recipe to be gluten free and it was soooo good so I thought I would post it.

Outback Bloomin' Onion

Dipping sauce:
1/2 cup mayonnaise
2 teaspoons ketchup
2 tablespoons cream style horse radish
1/4 teaspoon paprika
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon dried oregano
dash of ground black pepper
dash cayenne pepper

Onion:
1 egg
1 cup milk
1 cup gluten free all purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
1/8 teaspoon dried thyme
1/8 teaspoon cumin
1 jumbo sweet yellow or white onion(3/4 pound or more)

Vegetable oil for frying

1.Prepare the dipping sauce by combining all of the ingredients in a small bowl. Keep covered in refrigerator until needed

2. Beat the egg and combine it with the milk in a medium bowl big enough to hold an onion

3. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, salt, peppers, paprika, oregano, thyme, and cumin

4. Now it's time to slice the onion(the trickiest step)
First slice off 3/4 of an inch to an inch off the top and bottom of the onion. 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 the petals of the completed onion. First, slice through the center of the onion to about 3/4 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 you've cut the onion 16 times. DO NOT CUT DOWN TO THE BOTTOM. The last 8 slices are a little tricky, just use a steady hand and don't worry if it doesn't look like a perfect flower..it will still taste good.

5. Spread the petals of the onion apart. The onion sections tend to stick together so you'll want to separate them to make coating easier. To help separate the petals put the onion into boiling water for a minute and then into cold water

6. Dip the onion into the milk mixture and then coat it liberally with the dry ingredients. Again, separate the petals and sprinkle the dry coating between them. Once your sure the onion is well coated, dip it back into the wet mixture and into the dry mixture. This double dipping makes sure you have a well coated onion because some of the coating tends to wash off when you fry it. Put the onion in the fridge for at least 15 minutes while you prepare the oil

7. Heat oil in a deep fryer or deep pot to 350 degrees. Make sure you use enough oil to completely cover the onion.

8. Fry the onion right side up in the oil for 10 minutes or until it turns brown

9. When the onion has browned , remove it from the oil and let it drain on a rack or paper towels

10. Open the onion wider from the center so that you can put the dipping sauce in the center.
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[ostrich]

[superdog]

yeah, frying it makes that final touch:) hehehehehe. i made another one last night and my neighbor tried it and asked if she could have dinner at my house, hahahahahahhaha, i laughed so hard. her kids eat over alot though, and her kids as soon as they come in say we are hungry, i said well you live next door go home and eat, they say but we like your cooking how can i not feed them after that???

anyhow this recipe totally rocks, it tastes just like the restaurant!!! even with my little mix of substituted ingredients. i hope you all like it, it is terribly delicious!! i am HOWEVER going to buy some HUGE onions so i can make some big ones:)
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[ostrich]

If you keep making them I believe they actually sell a slicer that creates the "bloom". It's sorta like a large apple corer. I think I saw it at Bed, Bath & Beyond.
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[forinajoy]

WOW...my mouth is watering....I must try this...Ina will go WILD!!!....she has drooled over blooming onions at restaurants before....need to make a trip to the grocery to buy some onions....I will have to make this on Thursday b/c my oldest DD gets a migraine when she smells onions and she is gonna be gone all day on Thursday.....I think I'll just surprise Ina
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[aklap]

Dawg,

That looks really really good!! darool, darool
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“We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love.” Mother Teresa

[superdog]

ostrich, hahahaha, thats all i need is yet another cooking utensil in my house!!! i will keep it in mind when i find some space. since going GF i seem to have run out of space very quickly.

forinajoy, i would love to hear how it turns out for ya!!! i am telling you, i made this 3 nights in a row now.....totally addicted. will try to refrain from making another tonight heheheh, will see.

aklap, (dog throws you a towel to wipe up the darool) dont want to ruin that onion now would we--hehehehehehehhee.
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[The Edifying Conscience]

Your onion flower even made my mouth water! mmmm

She who's not normally tempted by fried food.