{"id":4619,"date":"2018-05-30T16:24:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T16:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog2.pittmandavis.com\/recipe\/tex-mex-baked-blooming-onion-recipe\/"},"modified":"2025-04-28T16:13:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T16:13:27","slug":"tex-mex-baked-blooming-onion-recipe","status":"publish","type":"cuisine-recipe","link":"https:\/\/blog2.pittmandavis.com\/recipe\/tex-mex-baked-blooming-onion-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Tex Mex Baked Blooming Onion Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tex-Mex cuisine are fascinating and ever-evolving food creations created by Tejanos (Texans of Mexican heritage who lived in Texas before it became established as a republic). These dishes are Americanized Mexican food that is characterized by ingredients easily available in the US but scarcely used in Mexico \u2013 flour tortillas, beef\/pork, shredded cheese, beans, and spices like cumin, chili powder and pepper.<\/p>\n

The term Tex-Mex did not start out as a culinary term. The term is a hyphenated name for the Texas Mexican Railway that was chartered in Southern Texas in 1875. Newspapers in the 19th<\/sup> century published the abbreviated names of railroads in train schedules section.<\/p>\n

How to make a Tex Mex Baked Blooming Onion<\/a><\/h3>\n

Prep Time: 15 mins<\/p>\n

Cook Time: 15 mins<\/p>\n

Ready in: 30 mins<\/p>\n

Yields: 8 to 10 servings<\/p>\n

Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n

For the blooming onion:<\/p>\n

1 large Pittman & Davis Sweet Onion<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00be cup plain Panko breadcrumbs<\/p>\n

1 tablespoon Old El Paso\u00ae original taco seasoning<\/p>\n

2 eggs, beaten<\/p>\n

For the garlic-adobo dip:<\/p>\n

\u2153 cup sour cream<\/p>\n

2 tablespoons milk<\/p>\n

2 teaspoons adobo sauce<\/p>\n

\u00bd teaspoon minced garlic<\/p>\n

For the creamy avocado-ranch dip:<\/p>\n

1 small avocado, mashed<\/p>\n

\u00bd cup ranch dressing<\/p>\n

Directions<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. To make garlic-adobo and avocado-ranch dips, mix ingredients for each in separate bowls and stir until well combined.<\/li>\n
  2. Preheat oven to 400\u00baF. Meanwhile line a baking sheet with parchment paper then set aside for later.<\/li>\n
  3. Cut \u00bd inch off the top (stem side) of the onion and then remove the outermost layer while keeping the root intact.<\/li>\n
  4. Create the sections that will form the petals by slicing the onion from the top going down to about 1\/8 of an inch from the root and create 16 equal sections. Once done creating 16 sections spread them apart until they start looking like flower petals.<\/li>\n
  5. Transfer sectioned onion on prepped baking sheet. Using a small bowl, mix Panko breadcrumbs with taco seasoning. Liberally brush a petal with beaten eggs then sprinkle breadcrumbs immediately right after. Repeat process until all sections and petals are well coated.<\/li>\n
  6. Cover baking sheet with domed aluminum foil and bake for 5 minutes. Once done, remove cover and bake for another 10 minutes or until onion is somewhat crispy at the edges.<\/li>\n
  7. Remove from oven and serve with dipping sauces.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4620,"menu_order":0,"template":"","tags":[338,339],"cuisine-recipe-category":[53],"cuisine-recipe-course":[],"cuisine-recipe-cuisine":[],"class_list":["post-4619","cuisine-recipe","type-cuisine-recipe","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-onions","tag-texas-1015-onions","cuisine-recipe-category-snacks-and-sides"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog2.pittmandavis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cuisine-recipe\/4619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog2.pittmandavis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cuisine-recipe"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog2.pittmandavis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cuisine-recipe"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.pittmandavis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.pittmandavis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog2.pittmandavis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.pittmandavis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4619"},{"taxonomy":"cuisine-recipe-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.pittmandavis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cuisine-recipe-category?post=4619"},{"taxonomy":"cuisine-recipe-course","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.pittmandavis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cuisine-recipe-course?post=4619"},{"taxonomy":"cuisine-recipe-cuisine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.pittmandavis.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cuisine-recipe-cuisine?post=4619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}