{"id":5344,"date":"2026-05-22T12:39:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T12:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=5344"},"modified":"2026-05-22T12:39:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T12:39:39","slug":"air-fryer-blooming-onion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/air-fryer-blooming-onion\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Fryer Blooming Onion"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\u00a0Air Fryer Blooming Onion<\/h2>\n<h3>\u00a0Ingredients<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>1 large sweet onion<\/li>\n<li>2 eggs<\/li>\n<li>1 cup milk<\/li>\n<li>1 cup flour<\/li>\n<li>1 cup breadcrumbs<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon paprika<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon garlic powder<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon onion powder<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd teaspoon black pepper<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>Cooking spray or a little oil<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00a0Dipping Sauce<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00bd cup mayonnaise<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons ketchup<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon mustard<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd teaspoon paprika<\/li>\n<li>Pinch of garlic powder<\/li>\n<li>Few drops hot sauce (optional)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00a0Instructions<\/h3>\n<h4>1. Cut the Onion<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Peel the onion and cut about 1 cm from the top.<\/li>\n<li>Leave the root intact.<\/li>\n<li>Place the onion root-side down and make cuts from top to bottom into 4 sections, then cut each section again until you have many \u201cpetals.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Gently spread the onion open with your hands.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>2. Prepare the Coating<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>In one bowl mix flour and spices.<\/li>\n<li>In another bowl whisk eggs with milk.<\/li>\n<li>Dip the onion first in flour mixture, then egg mixture, then breadcrumbs.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure the coating gets between the petals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>3. Air Fry<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Spray with cooking oil.<\/li>\n<li>Place in the air fryer basket.<\/li>\n<li>Cook at 180\u00b0C (350\u00b0F) for 18\u201320 minutes until golden and crispy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00a0Make the Sauce<\/h3>\n<p>Mix all sauce ingredients together and serve with the blooming onion.<\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0Tips<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Use a large sweet onion for best results.<\/li>\n<li>Spray enough oil so it becomes crispy.<\/li>\n<li>Serve immediately while hot and crunchy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Air Fryer Blooming Onion \u00a0Ingredients 1 large sweet onion 2 eggs 1 cup milk 1 cup flour 1 cup breadcrumbs&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5344"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5346,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5344\/revisions\/5346"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}