blooming onios

original post:http://greedygirlcooks.blogspot.com/2015/06/blooming-onions-fried-not-baked.html

Ingredients

3 small onions

2 tablespoon Salt

3 teaspoon Sugar

2 cups Flour

1 cup Cornmeal

2 tablespoon Onion powder

1 tablespoon smoked paprika

1 ½ cup milk

2 eggs

Instructions

• Preheat your oil to 375 degrees
• In a dish combine the dry ingredients, salt, sugar, flour, onion powder paprika and cornmeal mix completely
• In another dish combine the wet the eggs and milk, beat thoroughly
• Remove the stem part of the onion and peel completely
• You may or may not cut off the little bump at the base of the onion. I would say keep it on because it holds all the “leaves” together.
• Slice the onion into 4 and then 8, for lager onions you could go to 16, fluff the “leaves” slightly
• Completely coat the onion in the flour mixture turn upside down and hit it to remove excess
• Dip the onion in the wet mixture and then back into the flour to coat again
• Remove the excess flour and place in a fryer (leaves side down) and fry for 45 seconds to a minute
• Flip over and fry on the bottom half
• Remove when golden brown and set aside to cool
• Serve with honey mustard sauce or Vidalia onion dressing

Greedy tips

• I tested several sizes of onions to see if a mini version could be made. The smaller the onion the less cuts you can safely make without it falling apart. The larger the onion the more cuts you can make and the more it blooms while frying. Both sizes do work, however if your doing mini versions for individual persons make sure to use a very sharp knife and take care when slicing the leaves, and definitely do not remove the bump at the bottom.