Simple Recipes For Hot Dogs

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Homemade hot dogsaren't as difficult to make as you might think. After all, frankfurters arenothing more than ground meat with seasonings. In just an hour, you can whip up some delicious hot dogs in your kitchen.

Easy Homemade Hot Dog Buns

The great thing about making your own hot dogs is that you can control what goes into them. Make your dogs all beef, all pork, or a combination, and tailor the seasonings to your liking. Don't forget to make time to find the casings—they can usually be found at the butcher shop.

This recipe comes from Home Sausage Making by Charles G. Reavis (Storey Books). The resulting frankfurters can be boiled, pan-fried, broiled, or grilled.

While you're at it, make your own hot dog buns, grab your favorite sides, such as homemade french fries, and of course, condiments like mustard, relish, and ketchup.

Mexican Style Hot Dogs Recipe

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Here are a few simple tips before I list our four extremely tasty creations. First, we’ve crafted this post so that the ideas will work with all tastes. Feel free to use traditional pork, all-beef, chicken or vegetarian wieners. You can also grill up your favourite sausages too; any and all will taste divine.

Best Easy Hot Dog Chili {video}

The same thing goes for the buns. Cradle your gourmet hot dogs in fluffy sesame- or poppy seed-studded white buns. You can also substitute with whole wheat, Kaiser subs or a gluten-free variation. Nice Buns!

We discovered a new trick while creating this story and we know you’ll love it as much as our test team did. Ready? Place your dressed hot dogs into a casserole dish and bake them in a 250°F oven for 10-15 minutes before you garnish and serve. The cheese melts, the buns get warm and toasty and you take hot dog making to a whole new level.

Finally, some of the BEST HOT DOG RECIPES come together by using toppings already on hand, while others call for things like COLESLAW, CHILI, SLOPPY JOES and MAC AND CHEESE. Although we haven’t detailed the step-by-step instructions on how to make these, you can find them by simply clicking the highlighted links.

Mexican Style Hot Dogs

It’s also vegetarian-friendly when made with a veggie dog. The freshly made corn salsa still has bite when we top it with Monterey Jack cheese. The grilled jalapeño slices give this sandwich a welcome bit of heat while the lime-cilantro mayo keeps it ultra-cool.

We’ve included some award-worthy flavours like crunchy pickles, hearty beef chili, sharp Canadian cheddar and the classic condiment trio of ketchup, mustard and relish. Don’t have BEEF CHILI handy? Try this recipe using our SLOPPY JOES. Fair warning: eating this hot dog might get a bit messy but it’s so worth it!

A rich tomato pizza sauce gets the treatment with sliced green olives and a sauté of onion, mushrooms and sweet peppers. Topping it off with mozzarella that goes all gooey when baked – pizza meets hot dog is a great idea!

Homemade Corn Dogs Recipe (video)

Lining the bun with rashers of bacon and macaroni and cheese got us excited. Adding the crumbled blue cheese made our mouths water. Then topping it off with creamy coleslaw… this hot dog is gunning for best in show!

We just gave you four of the BEST HOT DOG RECIPES out there, but of course we still have a few additional tricks up our sleeve in terms of perfect pairings. We like serving them with our CLASSIC POTATO SALAD, our WARM BEAN SALAD or our EASY ASIAN SLAW. For dessert, try our PEACH or APRICOT COBBLERS, either one is the perfect ending to this relaxed meal.

The same thing goes for the buns. Cradle your gourmet hot dogs in fluffy sesame- or poppy seed-studded white buns. You can also substitute with whole wheat, Kaiser subs or a gluten-free variation. Nice Buns!

We discovered a new trick while creating this story and we know you’ll love it as much as our test team did. Ready? Place your dressed hot dogs into a casserole dish and bake them in a 250°F oven for 10-15 minutes before you garnish and serve. The cheese melts, the buns get warm and toasty and you take hot dog making to a whole new level.

Finally, some of the BEST HOT DOG RECIPES come together by using toppings already on hand, while others call for things like COLESLAW, CHILI, SLOPPY JOES and MAC AND CHEESE. Although we haven’t detailed the step-by-step instructions on how to make these, you can find them by simply clicking the highlighted links.

Mexican Style Hot Dogs

It’s also vegetarian-friendly when made with a veggie dog. The freshly made corn salsa still has bite when we top it with Monterey Jack cheese. The grilled jalapeño slices give this sandwich a welcome bit of heat while the lime-cilantro mayo keeps it ultra-cool.

We’ve included some award-worthy flavours like crunchy pickles, hearty beef chili, sharp Canadian cheddar and the classic condiment trio of ketchup, mustard and relish. Don’t have BEEF CHILI handy? Try this recipe using our SLOPPY JOES. Fair warning: eating this hot dog might get a bit messy but it’s so worth it!

A rich tomato pizza sauce gets the treatment with sliced green olives and a sauté of onion, mushrooms and sweet peppers. Topping it off with mozzarella that goes all gooey when baked – pizza meets hot dog is a great idea!

Homemade Corn Dogs Recipe (video)

Lining the bun with rashers of bacon and macaroni and cheese got us excited. Adding the crumbled blue cheese made our mouths water. Then topping it off with creamy coleslaw… this hot dog is gunning for best in show!

We just gave you four of the BEST HOT DOG RECIPES out there, but of course we still have a few additional tricks up our sleeve in terms of perfect pairings. We like serving them with our CLASSIC POTATO SALAD, our WARM BEAN SALAD or our EASY ASIAN SLAW. For dessert, try our PEACH or APRICOT COBBLERS, either one is the perfect ending to this relaxed meal.