# Blooming Onion

This Blooming Onion recipe features a crispiest vegan batter, served with vegan garlic aioli, pickled onion gel, and topped with fresh chives.

- Cuisine: American
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- onions
- semolina
- flour
- paprika
- baking powder
- blended chickpeas
- aquafaba
- dry dredge
- cheese and onion seasoning
- garlic aioli
- pickled onion fluid gel
- chives
- chive flowers

## Instructions

1. Cut the onions using the Bloomator 2000.
2. Steam the cut onions until cooked through but still holding their shape.
3. Create the dry dredge using semolina, flour, paprika, and baking powder.
4. Prepare the wet dredge by blending chickpeas, aquafaba, and some of the dry dredge.
5. Apply the dry-wet-dry dredging method to coat the onions.
6. Fry the dredged onions until beautifully golden.
7. Give the onions one final fry to crisp them up just before serving.
8. Cover the blooming onion with cheese and onion seasoning.
9. Pipe garlic aioli into the middle of the blooming onion.
10. Cover with pickled onion fluid gel.
11. Garnish with fresh chives and chive flowers.
12. Dust with additional seasoning.

## Equipment

- Bloomator 2000
- steamer
- deep fryer
- tongs

## Tips

- The blooming onion is a vegan dish.
- They developed a vegan batter that delivered on both crunch and flavor.
- They use a dry-wet-dry dredging method.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/p/C66cL2Po8VN/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/0418c90d-943d-4a4e-ab39-06cc70786e0c
- Extracted: 2025-09-09

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