Flip the onion over again so that the root is down, and gently spread apart the onion petals to make it bloom. Now that your onion is cut properly, let’s make a low carb blooming onion – you just need the right breading! Make breading. In a large bowl, mix crushed pork rinds, almond flour, paprika, garlic powder, salt, and pepper together.
I don’t know about you, but the Bloomin’ Onion is my favorite thing on the menu at Outback. However, the original version is pretty much a calorie bomb, so it’s not something I eat very often. Instead, we created a Keto Blooming Onion that is baked — there’s only 3 grams of net carbs and 71 calories per serving!
A standard egg wash is made by whisking an egg with a liquid. It's common to use milk, but we learned from Reddit that Outback Steakhouse uses water instead. Now that the batter is made, the only other component needed to make Outback's Bloomin Onion is the onion itself. According to Fox News, Outback doesn't hand-cut their onions anymore.
Dip the onion in flour, this will help make the batter stick. Dip in the batter, then it goes into the fryer. If you feel cutting the blooming onion is too much, then try cutting it petals, or strings, or even onion rings. Be sure to serve it up with plenty of bloomin onion sauce. Love Outback Steakhouse? Try these recipes