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This air fryer blooming onion looks difficult to make, but it really isn\u2019t. Once you learn how to cut the onion you can make this fun appetizer and amaze your family and friends! Make this restaurant quality appetizer at home.<\/p>\n
Blooming onions are a popular deep fried appetizer! They are crispy and salty and a delicious take on fried onions.<\/p>\n
But right now they aren\u2019t that easy to get. Restaurants are mostly doing take out, and a blooming onion isn\u2019t going to travel well.<\/p>\n
Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 large sweet onion Instructions<\/strong><\/p>\n Slice the onion to make it bloom. Start by cutting off 1\/2 inch from the top of the onion, then peel the outer skin from the onion. This air fryer blooming onion looks difficult to make, but it really isn\u2019t. Once you learn how to cut the onion you can make this fun appetizer and amaze your family and friends! Make this restaurant quality appetizer at home. Blooming onions are a popular deep fried appetizer! They are crispy and salty and a delicious take on fried onions. But right now they aren\u2019t that easy to get. Restaurants are mostly doing take out, and a blooming onion isn\u2019t going to travel well. Ingredients 1 large sweet onion 2 \u00bd cups all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon paprika 1 teaspoon <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1451,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/airfryer-tips.us\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/airfryer-tips.us\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/airfryer-tips.us\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airfryer-tips.us\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airfryer-tips.us\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1450"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/airfryer-tips.us\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1452,"href":"https:\/\/airfryer-tips.us\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1450\/revisions\/1452"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airfryer-tips.us\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/airfryer-tips.us\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airfryer-tips.us\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airfryer-tips.us\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n2 \u00bd cups all-purpose flour
\n1 tablespoon paprika
\n1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
\n\u00bd teaspoon ground cumin
\n\u00bd teaspoon dried thyme
\n\u00bd teaspoon dried oregano
\n2 large eggs
\n1 cup milk
\nSalt and pepper to taste
\nOil in a spray bottle<\/p>\n
\nPlace the onion cut-side down. Starting about 1\/2 inch from the root, make a downward cut all the way through to the cutting board.
\nRepeat to make four evenly spaced cuts around the onion. Make 3 additional cuts between each section until you have 16 evenly spaced cuts.
\nTurn the onion over and set aside for 5 minutes to allow the petals to relax.
\nPrior to breading use your fingers to gently separate the outer pieces.
\nWhisk the flour, paprika, cayenne, cumin, thyme and oregano in a large bowl. In a medium deep bowl, whisk the eggs, milk, and 1 cup water.
\nPlace the onion in a clean bowl, cut-side up, and pour the flour mixture on top. Using a large spoon to coat the onion with the flour mixture, especially between the onion petals. Turn the onion over and pat off the excess flour. Reserve the bowl of flour.
\nPut the onion in the egg mixture and coat evenly. Remove and let the excess drip off.
\nThen transfer the onion back into the reserved flour mixture and repeat the flouring process. Be sure you gently tap off extra flour. There will be leftover flour in the bowl when you are done.
\nPlace the onion in the refrigerator.
\nPreheat the air fryer for 10 minutes to 350\u00baF.
\nRemove the onion from the refrigerator and spray generously with vegetable oil from a spray bottle.
\nAfter making a sling from a sheet of aluminum foil transfer the onion cut side up into the fryer basket.
\nSet the timer for 25 minutes and cook. Spray the onion with the cooking oil 2-3 times as you cook it. If any spots still have visible flour spray them with the oil.
\nAfter 25 minutes remove onion using the aluminum foil sling and season with salt and pepper.
\nServe with the blooming onion dip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"