Re: Blooming Onion Petals in the Air Fryer 4/07/2025

On 2025-04-08, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:

I've been seeing this method on YouTube and
of course their finished product looks delicious.

All the video recipes are pretty
much the same as is the sauce.

I concur. For some reason, I perused a number of
demonstrations of air fryer blooming onion recently.

Tonight was the night I attempted this; followed
the directions to a T.  Oh brother, how unimpressive
the results were and of course a colossal mess.

It does look a mess; this is why I am reluctant to try it.

It will definitely not be a repeat recipe for me
and the sauce was just as bad if not worse.

Sauce would be 'to taste' so I leave it to you to resolve.

However, it seems to me that the taste of the bloom
itself would depend much on the exact cultivar.

The only onions large enough seem to be Spanish or Vidalia,
although I did see some Trump-sized white & red the other day.

I would not attempt the recipe with other than Vidalia.
Which did you use? Also, I would be tempted to pre-mix the
flour & egg and apply at high pressure using an icing bag
or kitchen-dedicated grease-gun, &c.

But then, the possibility of a 'collossal mess' increases.