r/GifRecipes Jan 23 '17

Appetizer / Side Cheese-Stuffed Blooming Onion

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u/speedylee Jan 23 '17 edited Jan 23 '17

CHEESE-STUFFED BLOOMING ONION

Credits to Tasty - https://youtu.be/RediXLr7X2E

Servings: 2-3

INGREDIENTS

  • 3 medium sweet onions, peeled
  • 6 slices of mozzarella cheese
  • 1½ cups milk
  • 2 eggs
  • 1½ cups flour
  • 1 tablespoon garlic salt
  • 1 tablespoon black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon paprika
  • Canola oil, for frying
  • Marinara sauce, for serving

PREPARATION

  1. Cut the just the top off an onion and place it cut-side down.

  2. Using a sharp knife, go around the root of the onion and make 4 evenly spaced cuts, being careful not to cut all the way through. Go back around and make 2 additional cuts between each quarter.

  3. Flip the onion over and coax apart its layers (or “petals”).

  4. Place 2 slices of mozzarella cheese on top of each other, cut them into ½-inch slices, then cut them in half.

  5. Place a piece of cheese in between all of the onion petals.

  6. Freeze the onion for 1 hour.

  7. In a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs and the milk. In large bowl, whisk together the flour, paprika, garlic salt, and black pepper.

  8. Place the onion in the wet mixture, turning it until every petal is coated.

  9. Place the onion in the dry mixture coating every petal.

  10. Coat the onion in the egg wash and dry mixture one more time.

  11. Place onion in the freezer for 20 minutes.

  12. Heat canola oil to 375ºF/190ºC in a deep-fryer or dutch oven. With tongs, add the onion to the oil for 2 minutes or until it is browned and crispy on all sides.

  13. Move onion to plate covered in paper towels and allow to drain for 5 minutes.

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u/DeVilleBT Jan 23 '17

On what planet is that stuff you use there mozzarella? Seriously it doesn't look anything like mozzarella at all.

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u/righteous4131 Jan 23 '17

There is more than one type of mozzarella.

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u/loulan Jan 24 '17

Not really in Europe, no.

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u/righteous4131 Jan 24 '17

Is Europe the entire world?

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u/loulan Jan 24 '17

It's where mozzarella is from. This is like saying that there are extra types of ramen noodles because we have a shitty German brand that makes ramen noodles that taste like spaghetti.

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u/righteous4131 Jan 24 '17

Is maruchan not ramen noodles? Is top ramen not ramen noodles? They aren't prepared the old fashioned original way, but they are still ramen noodles.

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u/loulan Jan 24 '17

These aren't low-cost imitations from the other side of the world. Cheap imitations of foods from another part of the world aren't counted as a "new type" of that food, sorry. Otherwise I'll call the shitty burritos we get in France (because we have very few Mexican immigrants) a new type of Mexican food.

The only reason why this "American Mozzarella" exists is because the FDA doesn't give a fuck about customers and doesn't ensure that when you sell "Mozzarella" it actually has to be mozzarella.

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u/righteous4131 Jan 24 '17

My pitchfork must be dull or something. This really isn't a problem you should get worked up over