The tasty treat uses the classic "Bloomin' Onion" as a base with french fries, melted cheese, chopped bacon, spicy bloom sauce, and spicy ranch dressing piled high on top. Additionally, the Australian-themed chain is introducing different cuts of steak, fried chicken, and pork dishes inspired by the Bloomin' Onion.

This looks so good I can't wait to try. It. Oh this is like the mix basket of onion rings and french fries except you have the melted cheese. And the crunchy salty bits of bacon.

Get all the ingredients together: mayonnaise, creamy horseradish, ketchup, paprika, cayenne pepper, dried oregano, salt, and ground black pepper. Add everything to a medium bowl and then whisk well to combine. Place the mixture covered in the ridge for at least 3 hours to let the flavors meld together.

1988 For the uninitiated, a blooming onion is a huge onion cut so that the slivers unfurl like a blossoming flower when battered and deep fried. It was popularized and trademarked by Outback Steakhouse in 1988 when it appeared on its opening menu and has been a mainstay at the chain for 34 years now.

But it's still impressive how much gluttony outback is able to pack into a simple vegetable the bloomin onion contains. 1 350 calories over half of one's daily. Recommended.

One such appetizer, Outback Steakhouse's Bloomin' Onion, has more than 800 calories, 58 grams of fat and 22 grams of saturated fat, plus 1,520 milligrams of sodium. These numbers don't include the dipping sauce, which is also loaded with fat, calories, and sodium.

When the Loaded Bloomin' Onion came out, news outlets reported that the appetizer was meant to serve six people. The onion has 1,950 calories, so you probably don't want to eat one on your own anyway, but one onion for six people doesn't sound like a whole lot, either.

In a medium bowl, combine 1/2 cup of mayonnaise, 1 tablespoon of ketchup, 2 tablespoons of cream-style horseradish sauce, 1/3 teaspoon of paprika, 1/4 teaspoon of salt, 1/8 teaspoon of oregano, a dash of ground black pepper and 1/34 teaspoon of cayenne pepper; mix well. Keep sauce covered in refrigerator until needed.

So those cuts have created a grid so that every single petal is even so I'm going to make three incisions. Between each of these original. Cuts.

Bloomin' Onions are made from super-colossal onions, which can grow to twice the size of a medium-sized onion at around 4 1/2 inches or larger. Outback uses more than 14 million pounds of super-colossal onions per year to make this fan-favorite app.

One Bloomin' Onion consists of a staggering 1,954 calories and 122 grams of carbs. It also contains 154 grams of fat, including more than 7 grams of trans fat, the type you should seek to avoid completely (20).

One such appetizer, Outback Steakhouse's Bloomin' Onion, has more than 800 calories, 58 grams of fat and 22 grams of saturated fat, plus 1,520 milligrams of sodium. These numbers don't include the dipping sauce, which is also loaded with fat, calories, and sodium.

A blooming onion, also called onion bloom, onion blossom, onion flower, bloomin' onion, Australian onion or onion mum, is a dish consisting of one large onion, cut to resemble a flower (after it has expanded while soaking in ice water), battered, and deep-fried, often served with dipping sauce.

Reaction. Whole onions are great but their problem is a very low surface area to volume. Ratio. This is an issue for a crispy fried appetizer.

The Loaded Bloomin' Onion has 2,960 calories - but who dines out to eat healthy? Can't relate. In good, gluttonous fashion, Outback has also introduced four new "bloom-ified" dishes including a Bloom-Crusted Center-Cut Sirloin and Bloom-Crusted Fillet.

At 3,080 calories, the company claims it's meant to be for six people. That's cute. Just like the serving size on a pack of Thin Mints is "four cookies" and not "one sleeve."