Chili's Awesome Blossom

JustaQT's Note:

This is similar to Chili's Awesome Blossom. From Copykat.com (http://www.copykat.com)

• Total Time: 45 mins
• Prep Time: 35 mins
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 1 Large O ...

• 1 prepared onion
• 2 ½ cups flour
• 2 teaspoons mccormick seasoning salt
• ½ teaspoon fresh coarse ground black pepper
• ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 cup buttermilk

Dipping Sauce

• ½ cup sour cream
• 2 tablespoons catsup
• ½ teaspoon mccormick seasoning salt
• 1⁄8; teaspoon red pepper
• 1 ½ teaspoons fresh horseradish
• ¼ teaspoon paprika

Directions:

1. Mix all dry ingredients together.
2. Onion may be sliced like a blossom by cutting the top 1/4 off, the top has the stem.
3. Then peel and be very careful to leave the root intact.
4. Carefully slice from the top of the onion down but stop about 1/2" before you get to the root, taking care not to cut through the root.
5. Slice the rest of the onion like a pie into many servings.
6. When complete, soak onion in cold ice water for 1/2 hr.
7. so the onion's petals will start to open up and bloom.
8. Drain onion and dip in flour mixture and dust well.
9. Dip onion then in buttermilk and back in flour mixture.
10. Place in hot oil and fry until golden.
11. Oil should cover onion.
12. When done drain well and place on plate and cut center out of onion so the petals may easily be removed.
13. Dipping Sauce: Mix all together and serve in the middle of the onion blossom.
14. Garnish with paprika and just a dash of red pepper.

Reviews

[Kate57]

I used a favorite packaged seasoned flour blend for blossoms that we really like and made this dipping sauce recipe to serve with it. I haven't had Chili's dipping sauce so I can't attest to how close this is to their's, but we thought this was a great sauce - and liked it with our other vegtables too. I only added a couple of shakes of red pepper as DH isn't a fan of anything past mild heat. Pretty sure anytime I serve onion blossoms I'll be making this sauce as well. Thank-you for sharing!

[Chef #523659]

Didn't make this as I could never eat an awesome blossom. However, I work at Chili's and that's not even close to blossom sauce. It contains mayo, NOT sour cream for one.

[Chef #564343]

It really didn't taste like the dip at all