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Cajun Onion Bloomers

Paula Deen

Recipe courtesy Paula Deen

Show: Paula's Home CookingEpisode: Ball Game

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (27)

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Times:

Prep
20 min
Inactive Prep
2 hr 0 min
Cook
18 min
Total:
2 hr 38 min
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Ingredients

  • Peanut oil, for frying
  • 4 large onions
  • Beer Batter, recipe follows
  • Cajun seasoning, optional
  • Ranch dressing, optional

Directions

Fill a large cast iron Dutch oven with enough peanut oil to completely cover an onion by 1-inch. Heat the oil to 350 degrees F over medium heat. Slice top tip of onions off, but do not disturb the root end and gently peel off outer skin. With a paring knife, starting 1/2- inch from the bottom of the onion, slice down to top of onion and continue at 1/4-inch intervals until onion is sliced all the way around (like a mum flower). Gently shake each onion to open the "petals" more. Gently pick up onion and spoon batter onto onion ensuring every part is coated, then gently allow to drain slightly. Carefully place onion root side down into the pan of hot oil and allow it to cook until light brown in color, about 5 to 8 minutes. Remove onion with a slotted spoon and use a knife to pull apart petals that are stuck together. Place onion back into the oil but this time top side down. When the onion turns golden brown, about 5 minutes, remove it with a slotted spoon to paper towels to drain. Repeat with remaining onions. Shake onions with Cajun seasoning and serve with ranch dressing as a dipping sauce.

Beer Batter

2 1/2 cups beer

2 cups all-purpose flour

Pinch Cajun seasoning

Pinch salt

Whisk together beer, flour and seasonings; let sit on the counter for several hours.

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  • recipe Cajun Onion Bloomers
    Rochelle Bottineau, ND 06-17-2007

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    my dadd's fav

    Rated: 5 stars out of 5
    i tried them today for the first time on father's day. my dad couldn't get enough!
  • recipe Cajun Onion Bloomers
    DAN gilbert, AZ 05-16-2007

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    onion batter

    Rated: 5 stars out of 5
    this is also great for deep frying mushrooms or any other veg.
  • recipe Cajun Onion Bloomers
    Anonymous 02-26-2007

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    Wish it was better

    Rated: 1 stars out of 5
    I followed the recipe and yet it didn;t turn out like I had hoped. Sorry but this wasn't the best I've done with Paula.
  • recipe Cajun Onion Bloomers
    Anonymous 02-09-2007

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    sorry paula

    Rated: 1 stars out of 5
    this was a terrible recipe, the batter was too thin, had almost no taste, and the way she has you cut up the onion makes it... incredibly difficult to coat the inside of the slices as well as the outside, mine was essentially a ball of flavorless mush; found another recipe at top secret recipes for outback steakhouse bloomin onion, worked perfectly, had tricks to get the onion to open so the batter would get everywhere, and fantastic flavor. Sorry Paula I love you and every single recipe I have made of yours (with the exception of this one) were absolutely to die for!Read more
  • recipe Cajun Onion Bloomers
    Anonymous 02-06-2007

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    bad

    Rated: 1 stars out of 5
    bad
  • recipe Cajun Onion Bloomers
    Anonymous 01-27-2007

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    wonderful

    Rated: 5 stars out of 5
    i thought it looked good
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