Chili's Awesome Blossom
"This is similar to Chili's Awesome Blossom. From Copykat.com (http://www.copykat.com)"
photo by Tastings by CeCe
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
-
1 Large Onion
ingredients
- 1 prepared onion
- 2 1⁄2 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons mccormick seasoning salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon fresh coarse ground black pepper
- 1⁄4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 cup buttermilk
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Dipping Sauce
- 1⁄2 cup sour cream
- 2 tablespoons catsup
- 1⁄2 teaspoon mccormick seasoning salt
- 1⁄8 teaspoon red pepper
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons fresh horseradish
- 1⁄4 teaspoon paprika
directions
- Mix all dry ingredients together.
- Onion may be sliced like a blossom by cutting the top 1/4 off, the top has the stem.
- Then peel and be very careful to leave the root intact.
- 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.
- Slice the rest of the onion like a pie into many servings.
- When complete, soak onion in cold ice water for 1/2 hr.
- so the onion's petals will start to open up and bloom.
- Drain onion and dip in flour mixture and dust well.
- Dip onion then in buttermilk and back in flour mixture.
- Place in hot oil and fry until golden.
- Oil should cover onion.
- When done drain well and place on plate and cut center out of onion so the petals may easily be removed.
- Dipping Sauce: Mix all together and serve in the middle of the onion blossom.
- Garnish with paprika and just a dash of red pepper.
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Reviews
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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. -
Using my own spices, but I do like this version. Thx for the tips, also.
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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! -
It really didn't taste like the dip at all
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
JustaQT
Camdenton, MO
In Memory of Maxie, a beloved pet who we love and miss so very much. Our sweet Maxie was a black lab who wss put to sleep because of stomache cancer. 1997 - October 31, 2007
In Memory of Cheech, a beloved pet who we love and miss so much. March 1996 - July 9, 2005
In memory of Tanner, a beloved pet I love and miss you. July 15, 1999 - February 14, 2004
I live in Missouri, USA.
I am a stay at home mom to 2 boys. Chance - January 1999 and Blake April 2005.
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