2 tablespoons flat-leaf parsley, chopped, for garnish
For the Bacon Mac ‘N Cheese:
8 rashers bacon, cooked
1 cup macaroni and cheese, warmed
½ cup crumbled blue cheese
1 cup creamy coleslaw, for garnish
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serves 4.
Instructions
Prepare the hot dogs: Preheat grill to 500°F. Using a pairing knife, cut small 45° slits along the length of the wieners, marking every half-inch and going about halfway deep. Transfer the wieners onto the hot grill and cook for about 5 minutes, turning occasionally to ensure they’re uniformly cooked. Use wieners in one or more of the following ways:
For the Tex Mex: Open buns on work surface and spoon equal amounts of corn salsa onto each, spreading it out evenly. Place one cooked wiener onto each bun. Sprinkle with Monterey Jack then add slices of grilled jalapeños. Place prepared hot dogs into an oven-safe casserole or rectangular baking pan. Transfer to preheated 250°F oven and bake for 10-15 minutes or until cheese has melted and bun is toasted. Combine mayo, lime juice and cilantro and add to hot dogs as garnish. Serve immediately.
For the County Fare: Open buns on work surface and line each side with pickle slices. Place one cooked wiener onto each bun. Add a helping of chili on top of each, spreading it across the hot dog. Sprinkle with cheese. Place prepared hot dogs into an oven-safe casserole or rectangular baking pan. Transfer to preheated 250°F oven and bake for 10-15 minutes or until cheese has melted and bun is toasted. Garnish with ketchup, mustard and relish. Serve immediately.
For the Pizza Dog: Open buns on work surface. Add a helping of pizza sauce onto each, spreading it across. Place one cooked wiener onto each bun. Sprinkle a small handful of olives on one side of hot dog. Add some of the sautéed vegetables across the other. Sprinkle with cheese. Place prepared hot dogs into an oven-safe casserole or rectangular baking pan. Transfer to preheated 250°F oven and bake for 10-15 minutes or until cheese has melted and bun is toasted. Garnish with chopped parsley. Serve immediately.
For the Bacon Mac ‘N Cheese: Open buns on work surface and line each side with a rasher of bacon. Add a helping of macaroni and cheese onto each, spreading it across. Place one cooked wiener onto each bun. Sprinkle with cheese. Place prepared hot dogs into an oven-safe casserole or rectangular baking pan. Transfer to preheated 250°F oven and bake for 10-15 minutes or until cheese has melted and bun is toasted. Garnish with a generous helping of coleslaw, distributing it across the hot dog. Serve immediately.
Best Hot Dog Recipes
Ingredients
For all four variations:
4 hot dog wieners
4 hot dog or sausage buns
For the Tex Mex:
1 cup corn salsa
1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese
2 jalapeño peppers, sliced and grilled
For the lime-cilantro mayonnaise:
½ cup mayonnaise
juice of ½ a lime
1 tablespoon cilantro, chopped
For the Chili Dogs:
4 pickles, sliced lengthwise
1 cup beef chili, warmed
1 cup shredded sharp Canadian cheddar
ketchup, prepared mustard and relish for garnish
For the Pizza Dog:
1 cup tomato pizza sauce
1 cup sautéed onions, mushrooms and peppers
½ cup sliced green olives
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
2 tablespoons flat-leaf parsley, chopped, for garnish
For the Bacon Mac ‘N Cheese:
8 rashers bacon, cooked
1 cup macaroni and cheese, warmed
½ cup crumbled blue cheese
1 cup creamy coleslaw, for garnish
Directions
Prepare the hot dogs: Preheat grill to 500°F. Using a pairing knife, cut small 45° slits along the length of the wieners, marking every half-inch and going about halfway deep. Transfer the wieners onto the hot grill and cook for about 5 minutes, turning occasionally to ensure they’re uniformly cooked. Use wieners in one or more of the following ways:
For the Tex Mex: Open buns on work surface and spoon equal amounts of corn salsa onto each, spreading it out evenly. Place one cooked wiener onto each bun. Sprinkle with Monterey Jack then add slices of grilled jalapeños. Place prepared hot dogs into an oven-safe casserole or rectangular baking pan. Transfer to preheated 250°F oven and bake for 10-15 minutes or until cheese has melted and bun is toasted. Combine mayo, lime juice and cilantro and add to hot dogs as garnish. Serve immediately.
For the County Fare: Open buns on work surface and line each side with pickle slices. Place one cooked wiener onto each bun. Add a helping of chili on top of each, spreading it across the hot dog. Sprinkle with cheese. Place prepared hot dogs into an oven-safe casserole or rectangular baking pan. Transfer to preheated 250°F oven and bake for 10-15 minutes or until cheese has melted and bun is toasted. Garnish with ketchup, mustard and relish. Serve immediately.
For the Pizza Dog: Open buns on work surface. Add a helping of pizza sauce onto each, spreading it across. Place one cooked wiener onto each bun. Sprinkle a small handful of olives on one side of hot dog. Add some of the sautéed vegetables across the other. Sprinkle with cheese. Place prepared hot dogs into an oven-safe casserole or rectangular baking pan. Transfer to preheated 250°F oven and bake for 10-15 minutes or until cheese has melted and bun is toasted. Garnish with chopped parsley. Serve immediately.
For the Bacon Mac ‘N Cheese: Open buns on work surface and line each side with a rasher of bacon. Add a helping of macaroni and cheese onto each, spreading it across. Place one cooked wiener onto each bun. Sprinkle with cheese. Place prepared hot dogs into an oven-safe casserole or rectangular baking pan. Transfer to preheated 250°F oven and bake for 10-15 minutes or until cheese has melted and bun is toasted. Garnish with a generous helping of coleslaw, distributing it across the hot dog. Serve immediately.
Best Hot Dog Recipes
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You’re going to love these BEST HOT DOG RECIPES, and when you serve them, everyone else will love them too!
You’re going to love these BEST HOT DOG RECIPES and so will everyone you serve them to!
We’re often asked for simple meal ideas that can be whipped up in no time; seems like everyone needs a go-to, never-fail, always-quick-and-easy recipe that delivers delicious flavours with minimal effort. Hot dogs are a good choice, but it’s time to teach that old dog some new tricks. Wait until you try our BEST HOT DOG RECIPES!
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 to all tastes. Feel free to use traditional pork, all-beef, chicken or vegetarian wieners. You can also cook up your favourite sausages complete with sauerkraut, Swiss cheese, and caramelized onions too! Any and all will taste divine.
When it comes to cooking up the hot dogs, we did them on the grill, but they can be steamed, boiled or baked too. Air fryer hot dogs are also a thing, so prepare yours to your liking.
The same thing goes for the buns. Cradle your gourmet creations in hot dog buns studded with sesame seeds or poppy seeds. You can also substitute white hot dog buns with whole wheat, Kaiser subs, or a gluten-free variation. Nice buns!
Ready for a new trick we discovered while creating this story? You’ll love it as much as our test team did. Place your dressed hot dogs into a casserole dish and bake them in a 250°F oven for 10-15 minutes before adding garnishes and serving. The cheese melts, the buns get warm and toasty, and your hot dogs are taken to a whole new level.
Finally, some of the BEST HOT DOG RECIPES come together using toppings already on hand, while others call for prepared ingredients like COLESLAW, CHILI, SLOPPY JOES and MAC AND CHEESE. You can find detailed step-by-step instructions on making those by simply clicking the highlighted links.
Ready for some seriously haute dogs? Here are our BEST HOT DOG RECIPES!
TEX MEX
This recipe gets top marks for both flavour and appearance.
It’s also vegetarian-friendly when made with a veggie dog. The freshly made corn salsa maintains its 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.
CHILI DOGS
The inspiration for this hot dog chili recipe combines the classic foods you’d expect to see at a county fair.
We’ve included some award-worthy flavours like crunchy pickles, hearty beef chili, sharp Canadian cheddar cheese, and the classic condiment trio of ketchup, yellow mustard and pickle relish. Some like it hot, so keep Sriracha at the ready too. Don’t have homemade chili handy? Try this classic hot dog recipe using store-bought chili or the filling for these SLOPPY JOES. Fair warning: eating this might get a bit messy, but it’s so worth it!
PIZZA DOGS
Here’s another hot dog that works for the veggie lovers in your midst, and kids especially love them too.
A rich tomato pizza sauce gets the deluxe 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! Pro tip: turn this into Hawaiian hot dogs by adding pineapple, ham and hot peppers. So delicious!
BACON MAC ‘N CHEESE
We simply couldn’t miss the chance to concoct something decidedly decadent.
Lining the bun with both bacon and macaroni and cheese got us excited. Adding the crumbled blue cheese made our mouths water. Then topping it off or serving it with creamy coleslaw… this hot dog is gunning for best in show!
UPDATE!
Since posting this story, we received a few comments suggesting we make Chicago Hot Dogs. They sure sound delicious; all-beef hot dogs nestled in poppy seed buns topped with yellow mustard, pickle relish, chopped white onions, tomato wedges, a dill pickle spear, sport peppers, and celery salt. Sign us up!
We’re giving you four of the BEST HOT DOG RECIPES out there, but of course we still have a few more 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. That said, sometimes is best to keep things super simple serving them with potato chips, fries and pickle spears. For dessert, try our PEACH or APRICOT COBBLERS, either one is a perfect ending to this relaxed meal.
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Ingredients
For all four variations:
4 hot dog wieners
4 hot dog or sausage buns
For the Tex Mex:
1 cup corn salsa
1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese
2 jalapeño peppers, sliced and grilled
For the lime-cilantro mayonnaise:
½ cup mayonnaise
juice of ½ a lime
1 tablespoon cilantro, chopped
For the Chili Dogs:
4 pickles, sliced lengthwise
1 cup beef chili, warmed
1 cup shredded sharp Canadian cheddar
ketchup, prepared mustard and relish for garnish
For the Pizza Dog:
1 cup tomato pizza sauce
1 cup sautéed onions, mushrooms and peppers
½ cup sliced green olives
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
2 tablespoons flat-leaf parsley, chopped, for garnish
For the Bacon Mac ‘N Cheese:
8 rashers bacon, cooked
1 cup macaroni and cheese, warmed
½ cup crumbled blue cheese
1 cup creamy coleslaw, for garnish
Directions
Prepare the hot dogs: Preheat grill to 500°F. Using a pairing knife, cut small 45° slits along the length of the wieners, marking every half-inch and going about halfway deep. Transfer the wieners onto the hot grill and cook for about 5 minutes, turning occasionally to ensure they’re uniformly cooked. Use wieners in one or more of the following ways:
For the Tex Mex: Open buns on work surface and spoon equal amounts of corn salsa onto each, spreading it out evenly. Place one cooked wiener onto each bun. Sprinkle with Monterey Jack then add slices of grilled jalapeños. Place prepared hot dogs into an oven-safe casserole or rectangular baking pan. Transfer to preheated 250°F oven and bake for 10-15 minutes or until cheese has melted and bun is toasted. Combine mayo, lime juice and cilantro and add to hot dogs as garnish. Serve immediately.
For the County Fare: Open buns on work surface and line each side with pickle slices. Place one cooked wiener onto each bun. Add a helping of chili on top of each, spreading it across the hot dog. Sprinkle with cheese. Place prepared hot dogs into an oven-safe casserole or rectangular baking pan. Transfer to preheated 250°F oven and bake for 10-15 minutes or until cheese has melted and bun is toasted. Garnish with ketchup, mustard and relish. Serve immediately.
For the Pizza Dog: Open buns on work surface. Add a helping of pizza sauce onto each, spreading it across. Place one cooked wiener onto each bun. Sprinkle a small handful of olives on one side of hot dog. Add some of the sautéed vegetables across the other. Sprinkle with cheese. Place prepared hot dogs into an oven-safe casserole or rectangular baking pan. Transfer to preheated 250°F oven and bake for 10-15 minutes or until cheese has melted and bun is toasted. Garnish with chopped parsley. Serve immediately.
For the Bacon Mac ‘N Cheese: Open buns on work surface and line each side with a rasher of bacon. Add a helping of macaroni and cheese onto each, spreading it across. Place one cooked wiener onto each bun. Sprinkle with cheese. Place prepared hot dogs into an oven-safe casserole or rectangular baking pan. Transfer to preheated 250°F oven and bake for 10-15 minutes or until cheese has melted and bun is toasted. Garnish with a generous helping of coleslaw, distributing it across the hot dog. Serve immediately.
