Why NOT to Deep Fry an Onion Blossom at Home
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This video demonstrates how to make Awesome Blossom Onion Bites, a home-friendly alternative to deep-fried onion blossoms. The recipe includes a creamy dipping sauce and a crispy fried onion batter, with clear step-by-step instructions.
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[00:00]
Sauce Preparation
Mix sour cream, mayo, horseradish, ketchup, and optional cayenne to create the Awesome Blossom sauce.
[00:26]
Onion Prep
Dice one onion, mix with 1.5 tsp kosher salt, let sit for 15 minutes, then rinse thoroughly under cold water.
[00:51]
Batter Ingredients
Combine salt, black pepper, garlic powder, cornmeal, all-purpose flour, and baking powder, then add milk to form a thick batter.
[01:03]
Frying Process
Heat oil in a skillet, drop rounded tablespoons of batter, fry for about 3 minutes per side until golden and crispy.
[01:18]
Serving
Remove bites after about 6 minutes total, serve with sauce garnished with extra cayenne.
These Awesome Blossom Onion Bites offer a practical, delicious alternative to deep-fried onion blossoms, with a simple batter and flavorful sauce that deliver restaurant-quality taste at home.
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Combine salt, pepper, garlic powder, cornmeal, flour, and baking powder; add milk to form a thick batter.
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What ingredients are used to make the Awesome Blossom sauce?
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What ingredients are used to make the Awesome Blossom sauce?
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Sour cream, mayo, horseradish, ketchup, and optional cayenne.
How long should the diced onions sit with salt before rinsing?
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How long should the diced onions sit with salt before rinsing?
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About 15 minutes.
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What dry ingredients are used in the batter?
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What dry ingredients are used in the batter?
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Salt, black pepper, garlic powder, cornmeal, all-purpose flour, and baking powder.
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How long should each side of the onion bites be fried?
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How long should each side of the onion bites be fried?
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About 3 minutes per side.
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What is the total frying time for the onion bites?
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What is the total frying time for the onion bites?
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About 6 minutes total.
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💡 Key Takeaways
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Homemade Alternative
Provides a practical solution to the mess and health concerns of deep-frying an onion blossom at home.
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Salting Technique
Salting and rinsing onions reduces their sharpness and improves texture, a key step for flavor.
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Batter Consistency
The thick batter ensures crispy, golden bites, demonstrating the importance of ingredient ratios.
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Extra Awesome Touch
Adding a garnish of cayenne enhances flavor, showing how small tweaks elevate a dish.
01:18Full Transcript
[00:00] Awesome Blossom Onion Bites! Trying to deep fry an onion blossom at home is not a great idea, nor is eating at the strip mall too often. To get started, we'll mix together our awesome blossom sauce, which starts with some sour cream,
[00:13] to which we will add a little bit of mayo, and then we are definitely gonna wanna include a nice big spoon of horseradish, and then we'll finish up with a little bit of ketchup, and then we'll take a spoon and give this a thorough mixing. But I really wanted it to taste extra awesome, so I decided to add a few shakes of cayenne,
[00:26] and then I gave it another mix and another taste, and then we'll move on to the only actual prep we have to do, which is dicing one onion. What we'll do is transfer two cups of these diced onions into a mixing bowl. Sprinkle over a teaspoon and a half of kosher salt. Mix this salt in and then let it
[00:38] sit for about 15 minutes. So what we'll do is transfer those onions into a strainer and we will rinse those very very thoroughly under cold running water. What we'll do is let that drain for a couple minutes, beginning with a nice big pinch of salt, as well as some freshly ground black pepper,
[00:51] followed by garlic powder, and then we'll finish up the dry ingredients with a little bit of cornmeal, followed by some all-purpose flour, some baking powder. So I'm going to stir all that together first and then add the milk at this point and then we'll continue stirring until we formed a very
[01:03] thick batter it should look like this while we heat up some oil in a skillet and once our oil's hot we can start transferring in rounded tablespoon portions of the batter for about three minutes we'll go ahead and flip those over give the other side about three minutes or so or until these are beautifully brown and nice and crispy around the edges once our awesome blossom bites have fried
[01:18] for about six minutes total we will remove those from the oil and we'll go ahead and serve those up to our awesome blossom sauce which i'm going to garnish with another shake of cayenne we want these to be extra awesome, which I'm happy to report they were.
