Outback Bloomin' Onion

Total Time: 23 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 3 mins

Ingredients

• 20 eggs
• 2 gallons milk
• 4 vidalia onions (4 to 6 inch diameter) or 4 texas sweet onions (4 to 6 inch diameter)
• 2 cups flour
• 4 teaspoons paprika
• 2 teaspoons garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne
• 1 pint mayonnaise
• 1 pint sour cream
• 1/2 cup tomato chili sauce
• 1/2 tablespoon cayenne

Recipe

• 1 mix cornstarch, flour and seasonings until well blended.
• 2 add beer, mix well.
• 3 cut about 3/4" off top of onion and peel.
• 4 at "outback" they soak them cutside down in water to spread them out before "breading" them!
• 5 cut into onion 12-16 vertical wedges but do not cut through bottom root end.
• 6 remove about 1" of petals from center of onion.
• 7 dip onion in seasoned flour and remove excess by shaking.
• 8 separate petals to coat thoroughly with batter.
• 9 gently place in fryer basket and deep-fry at 375-400 for 1-1/2 minutes.
• 10 turn over and fry 1-1/2 minutes longer or until golden brown.
• 11 drain on paper towels.
• 12 place onion upright in shallow bowl and remove center core with circular cutter or apple corer.
• 13 serve hot with creamy chili sauce.