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DEEP-FRIED VIDALIA ONION BLOOMS

Makes 2

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Now you can make this classic Outback Steakhouse appetizer at home, Southern style, with sweet Georgia onions and a spicy kick.

2 large Vidalia onions
2½ cups all-purpose flour
3 tablespoons Cajun seasoning
2 large eggs
1 cup whole milk
1 gallon vegetable oil
Spicy Dipping Sauce (recipe follows)

Peel onions, and cut ¼ inch off top of each, making sure to leave root end intact. Place an onion, root end down, in a 4-inch round cookie cutter. Cut onion into quarters, using the cutter as a guide to stop your knife from cutting all the way through. Cut each quarter into 3 sections, creating petals. Remove onion from cutter, and place cut side

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