Outback Bloomin’ Onion

Outback Bloomin’ Onion

  • Prep Time: 20 mins
  • Total Time: 23 mins
  • Yield: 4-6 onions

    • About This Recipe

    “i used to work at outback and the only batter they use is a normal egg wash 10 eggs per 1 gal of milk. you dust w/ flour then dip in egg wash and then flour again and fry.”

    Ingredients

  • 20eggs
  • 2gallonsmilk
  • 4 vidalia onions (4 to 6 Inch Diameter) or 4texas sweet onions( 4 to 6 Inch Diameter)

    • Seasoned Flour

  • 2cupsflour
  • 4teaspoonspaprika
  • 2teaspoonsgarlic powder
  • 1/2 teaspoonpepper
  • 1/4 teaspooncayenne

    • Creamy Chili Sauce

  • 1pintmayonnaise
  • 1pintsour cream
  • 1/2 cuptomato chili sauce
  • 1/2 tablespooncayenne

    • Directions

  • Mix cornstarch, flour and seasonings until well blended.
  • Add beer, mix well.
  • Cut about 3/4″ off top of onion and peel.
  • At “Outback” they soak them cutside down in water to spread them out before “breading” them!
  • 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 onion in seasoned flour and remove excess by shaking.
  • Separate petals to coat thoroughly with batter.
  • Gently place in fryer basket and deep-fry at 375-400 for 1-1/2 minutes.
  • Turn over and fry 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 Creamy Chili Sauce.

    • Reviews

  • “Something is wrong with the proportions for the wash. 10 eggs and a gallon of milk is entirely too much for 4 onions or even 6 onions. That is wasteful. The onion part is good, but you need to trim and start soaking the onion 2-3 hours before you make the rest.
    The sauce isn’t right, either. It’s not the right flavor.”

  • “Have made these b/f but not using the same recipe, a tip to cutting your onion, turn onion over so that you see the root of the onion (AFTER cutting the top of the onion off so you have a flat surface) now cut onion into petals, making slices around the onion making sure you cut to the bottom. Another tip in making onion “bloom” let onion sit in ice cold water for about 10-15 minutes b/f coating onion. Onion petals will separate and will be easier to coat and fry better. Hope this helps!”

  • “Recipe was messed up from the beginning. Left out several ingredients and instructions. Cook time was way off. Hope everyone reads reviews BEFORE they waste 2 gallons of milk and 20 eggs.”

  • “This rating is for the creamy chili sauce only. I was looking for the Outback style dip to go with fried zucchini. This did not taste anything like the Outback’s dip. It was just okay, but I won’t be making it again. Plus, the measurements here would make a TON of the stuff. I made a quarter of the recipe and still have quite a bit left over.”

  • “The recipe was good but was confusing how it was written. I had to switch to another recipe.”

  • “I’m sorry I havn’t had a chance to try this yet, but I was just watching fFood Network Unwrapped, where it showed the secret behind the bloomin’ onion. Aparrently, before they had the machine used for cutting them, they would begin cutting at the bottom of the onion. They would cut each “Petal” one thumbnail down and one thumbnail across. I hope this helped with the cutting dilema, and I’ll be sure to try this soon.”

  • “YUM!This was my first attempt at a Bloomin’ onion and I had a little bit of trouble with it, although 100% my fault.First, I cut the onion too far to the base and it started to fall apart and then my fryer was too full so it overflowed a bit but other than that it was great!The flavor was all there and everyone loved it.I will definitely try to make this again and also thought I may just slice into rings and use the same batter and dipping sauce.Thanks for the great recipe!”

  • “Great recipe! It certainly isn’t easy to make, but I was actually able to get it to bloom. You just have to be careful not to cut too deep. As suggested, I put it in ice water for 15 mins and let it bloom, then made the cuts a little deeper where needed (only vertical one way – don’t criss-cross). I dipped in the seasoned flour, then the batter, then the flour again. I had to modify this to be gluten-free (will post), but the hubby absolutely loved it! For the sauce, I made Emeril’s tomato chili sauce and used 1.5 times the amount suggested and doubled the cayenne pepper. Thank you for posting this!”

  • “I have not tried this recipe. My copy of this recipe I got from National Onion Association. The recipe is slightly different. It calls for 3 c cornstarch, 2 tsp garlic salt, 6 onions-colossal. Directions are slightly different. It says to soak the cut onions in ice water for 10-15 minutes. If onion petals do not separate and bloom cut petals slightly deeper. The rest is the same. Thanks for posting. Christine (internetnut)”

  • “I didn’t think that I could bloom the onion quite like outback, so I just made them into rings instead! It came out just as good too! I almost had to buy everything on the list, but it was soooooo worth it!”

  • “Really good!!Did it a little different.Made ours into petals instead of a bloomin onion.And I dipped them in the dry and then shook the excess flour and dipped them in the wet and then breaded them again in the dry before frying.A big hit with DH!”

  • “What a pain in the butt to make, but was REALLY good!We bought 3 of the vidalia onions (they were great, and really sweet) and after the hassle of the first (couldn’t get it to seperate like they can at the Outback) we threw in the towel and made onion rings with the batter… YUM!”

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