This spicy onion ring sauce made with mayo, ketchup, horseradish sauce, paprika, and cayenne is perfect for serving in the center of a blooming onion!
Preparation Time
35 mins
Cooking Time
10 mins
Total Time
45 mins
Calories
290 Calories
Recipe Instructions
Step 1
Make sauce: Mix mayonnaise, horseradish, ketchup, paprika, cayenne, salt, oregano, and black pepper together in a medium bowl until well combined. Cover and store in the refrigerator until needed.
Step 2
Open center of onion wide enough to fit the bowl of dipping sauce and serve.
Step 3
Gather all ingredients.
Step 4
Make coating: Beat milk and egg together in a medium bowl until well combined.
Step 5
Mix flour, salt, cayenne pepper, paprika, black pepper, oregano, thyme, and cumin together in a separate bowl. Set both bowls aside.
Step 6
Prepare onion: Slice 1 inch off of the top and bottom of onion and remove the papery skin.
Step 7
Remove a 1-inch diameter core from middle of onion, leaving the very bottom of the root end intact.
Step 8
Use a large, sharp knife to slice down center of onion about 3/4 of the way down; turn onion 90 degrees and slice again.
Step 9
Keep slicing each section in half until you have 16 sections, being careful not to cut through bottom of onion.
Step 10
Spread "petals" apart. (To help keep them separate, you could plunge onion into boiling water for 1 minute and then into cold water to stop the cooking.)
Step 11
Dip onion into milk mixture and then coat well with seasoned flour mixture, separating the petals and sprinkling the flour mixture between them.
Step 12
Dip onion back into milk mixture, then coat with flour mixture again to ensure all pieces are well coated.
Step 13
Heat oil in a deep fryer or deep pot to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Make sure you use enough oil to completely cover the onion when it fries. Lower onion, cut-side up, into the hot oil and fry until golden brown, about 10 minutes.