If Outback Steakhouse's Blooming Onion is one of Your Favorite Appetizers, You will LOVE making it at Home with our Easy Recipe.
Photo by Mack Male
Outback Steakhouse's Blooming Onion
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Outback Steakhouse's Blooming Onion
The blooming onion is a dish consisting of one large Vidalia onion which is cut to resemble a flower, breaded and deep fried. It is served as an appetizer at Outback Steakhouses and they claim it is the most popular appetizer in America.
The name of the dish comes from its menu name at Outback Steakhouse (“Bloomin’ Onion”), which claims to be the dish’s inventor. The owners of Scotty's Steak House in Springfield, New Jersey also claim to have invented this dish in the 1970s. The dish was a charter feature of the Outback Steakhouse restaurant chain when it opened in 1988, and remains prominent on its menu. Its popularity has led to its adoption as an appetizer at various other restaurant chains, most notably Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon, where it is best known as the “Texas Rose.” The blooming onion is usually served with a restaurant-specific signature dipping sauce.
Despite the implied association with Australian cuisine due to Outback Steakhouse’s branding, the dish is unknown in Australia and rarely served outside of the United States.
Outback Steakhouse's Blooming Onion Recipe
If Outback Steakhouse's Blooming Onion is one of Your Favorite Appetizers, You will LOVE making it at Home with our Easy Recipe.
Ingredients
- Large Vidalia or Texas Sweet Onion
- Vegetable Oil, to deep fry
- Outback Steakhouse's Blooming Onion Creamy Chili Dipping Sauce (See Box Below for this Recipe)
- 1/3 cup Cornstarch
- 1 1/2 cup Flour
- 2 teaspoons Garlic, minced
- 2 teaspoons Paprika
- 1 teaspoon Salt, to taste
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground Black Pepper, to taste
- 24 ounces Good Beer
- 2 cup Flour
- 4 teaspoons Paprika
- 2 teaspoons Garlic Powder
- 1/2 teaspoon Black Pepper
- 1/4 teaspoons Cayenne Pepper
Instructions
- Prepare Outback Steakhouse's Blooming Onion Creamy Chili Dipping Sauce according to recipe below. Set aside.
- To a large bowl add all ingredients, except beer. Mix well. Add beer. Mix well. Set aside.
- In another large bowl, add all ingredients. Mix well. Set aside.
- Cut about 3/4 inch off top of onion and peel.
- Cut into onion 12 to 16 vertical wedges, but do not cut through bottom root end.
- Remove about 1 inch of petals from center of onion.
- Dip onion in seasoned flour and remove excess by shaking.
- With your hand, separate petals. Then dip onion into batter to coat thoroughly.
- Gently place in fryer basket and deep-fry at 375 - 400°F for 1 1/2 minutes. Turn over and fry an additional 1 1/2 minutes.
- When done to a golden brown, remove from oil and drain on paper towels.
- Place onion upright in shallow bowl and remove center core with circular cutter or apple corer.Serve hot with Creamy Chili Sauce placed in center of onion (Recipe Below).
Outback Steakhouse's Blooming Onion Creamy Chili Dipping Sauce Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 pint Mayonnaise
- 1 pint Sour Cream
- 1/2 cup Chili Sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon Cayenne Pepper
- Mix well.
- Pour into a serving cup small enough to fit into center of onion.
- Reserve excess to replenish serving cup. ;) (I wish Outback did this!)
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