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Battered Fried Onions

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Ingredients

  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1/3 cup balsamic vinegar
  • 2 cups ketchup
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons packed dark brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon dry mustard
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground allspice
  • 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional
  • )1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/4 cups club soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt plus more for sprinkling
  • 1 (1 1/4-pound) jumbo sweet onion such as Vidalia
  • 1 to 1 1/2 quarts vegetable oil

Details

Preparation

Step 1

Cook garlic in oil in a 2- to 3-quart heavy saucepan over medium heat, stirring, until golden, about 1 minute.
Add vinegar and boil over medium heat until slightly thickened, about 2 minutes.
Stir in ketchup, sugar, mustard, cloves, allspice, cayenne (if using), and salt and bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes, until it's thick and well blended.
Transfer to a bowl and let cool to room temperature.
Heat oven to 200°F.
Whisk together flour, club soda, and salt in a bowl until smooth. Trim both ends of onion and then peel it. Halve onion lengthwise, then cut lengthwise into 3/4-inch-wide wedges. Separate wedges into pieces.
Heat 2 inches oil in a 4- to 5-quart heavy pot over medium heat until it registers 365°F on thermometer.
Working in batches of about 8, toss onion wedges in batter until coated. Lift onion pieces out of batter one at a time, letting excess batter drip off, and carefully transfer to hot oil. Fry onion dippers, turning with a slotted spoon, until golden, about 2 minutes, then transfer with slotted spoon to paper towels to drain. (Return oil to 365°F between batches.)
Sprinkle dippers with salt while still hot and keep warm on a rimmed baking sheet in oven until all onions have been fried.

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