Name: Deep-Fried Dandelions Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 3 min
Total time: 18 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 30 dandelion flowers; 1 cup all purpose flour; 1 tsp curry powder; ½ tsp salt; 1 egg; ½ cup lager style beer; 2 cups canola oil

Deep-Fried Dandelions Recipe

Everett Dean Modified: February 18, 2024

How To Make Deep-Fried Dandelions

If you didn’t know that dandelions were edible, then you’re in for a nice surprise. These deep-fried dandelions are pleasantly crispy snacks in beer batter.

Preparation: 15 minutes

Cooking: 3 minutes

Total: 18 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

30dandelion flowers
1cupall purpose flour
1tspcurry powder
½tspsalt
1egg
½cuplager style beer,or more if needed
2cupscanola oil,for frying

Instructions

Wash dandelions under cool running water and dry on paper towels. Remove the green tendrils behind each flower.
Mix flour, curry powder, and salt together in a bowl or measuring cup. Beat egg in a bowl; stir in flour mixture until smooth. Add beer to mixture until batter is similar to runny pancake batter. Add more beer if batter is too thick.
Heat oil in a small saucepan to 375 degrees F or until the oil begins to shimmer.
Dip dandelion flowers in the batter and gently drop in the hot oil, working in batches. Fry flowers for about 3 minutes until golden.
Transfer cooked flowers to crumpled paper towels or on a wire rack; serve warm.