06/08/2026
Chive Blossoms are a seasonal favorite — light, crunchy, and bursting with a delicate onion flavor. We love sharing these every year by frying them up for our Guests! 🧅🪻✨
These crunchy and satisfying little bites are so surprisingly easy you‘ll be planting more and more chives just to keep these flowers on hand. The taste is like an onion ring in a compact puff ball. The secret is in the technique! 👨🏽🍳👇🏻
Here's our recipe to inspire your own foodie adventures:
𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗽𝘆 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗺𝘀
Ingredients:
3⁄4 c. cornstarch
1⁄4 c. flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1⁄4 tsp. salt
1⁄4 tsp. pepper
1⁄2 c. favorite light beer or ice water
1 ½ c. chive blossoms
First, harvest your flowers when you have a couple handfuls to work with. The onion family shoots are called Scapes — they can be picked with closed buds, a long edible stem and cooked like asparagus. But for this recipe, we want the buds fully opened to utilize the whole flower.
Next rinse the blossoms; allow to dry while you mix your batter. Prepare a frying station with oil of your choice.
In a medium bowl combine ingredients. Divide into two bowls. Add the cold beer or water to one bowl and whisk into wet batter. Avoid over-mixing.
The secret step is seasoning the blossoms with a pinch of salt and pepper, and a spritz of lemon/lime juice to give a really nice flavor boost. If you want to add a spicy kick you could also dust them with a little cayenne or chili powder.
Using a fork coat each flower dry mix, then batter and drop into oil to fry. Turn manually if they don't flip while cooking. Use a spider or slotted spoon to transfer to a paper towel station when they are golden brown. Lightly salt immediately. Fry in batches — fast, 'cause they won't last!
Enjoy warm!
Fun right ?!
I’ve been using my chives in a cheddar chive loaf 🍞 lately , but soon I’ll let them blossom !
