Let’s get the elephant in the room out of the way–I’m Kate and could probably be classified as a foodie. And I like hot dogs.
People are always surprised when I tell them I like hot dogs. It started when I was a teenager and people would be like, “Ew, you’re eating that??” And it’s true, some hot dogs are super gross (we shan’t talk about those bright red specimens), but there are really delicious hot dogs out there. If there’s ever a food product to spend a little extra money on, this is it. All-beef hot dogs are a great start, and kosher is even better. If you’re gonna do the dogs, I recommend Hebrew National, Nathan’s, or Oscar Mayer Selects Angus Hot Dogs.
These Food Truck Hot Dogs are old school, like something your grandma would make, but in a good way, not like in a Meat Jello Mold kind of way. They remind me a lot of J-Dawgs in Utah. If you’re feeding a crowd, this is an easy way to feed a ton of people–you can pop them in a Crock Pot and have them ready for a party later or you can simmer these in less than 30 minutes for a quick dinner on the run (plus you can add 2-3 more packages of hot dogs to one batch of sauce than the recipe calls for). I once had a party where I made these for the kids and Pepperoncini Beef Sandwiches (which are always a huge hit) for the grown-ups, Guess what everybody ate? The hot dogs.
The awesome news is that these are super easy. For the sauce, you’ll need apple juice, an onion, garlic, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, and brown sugar.
See this chili sauce?
That’s what you want–it’s usually near the ketchup in the grocery store; it’s not spicy at all. Yes, people have emailed us before and said that they’ve used Sriracha or other Asian chili sauces in recipes that call for this kind of chili sauce. And they were sad.
instructions
In a large skillet, fry the bacon over medium heat until the bacon is crisp. Drain the bacon on a paper towel, leaving the drippings in the pan. Add the onion and garlicto the drippings and saute until the onions are tender and fragrant. Side note: onions and garlic cooking in bacon drippings is one of the most swoon-worthy smells ever.
Place the chili sauce, brown sugar, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, crumbled bacon, and apple juice in the pan and bring to a boil. Add the hot dogs and cook for 5-10 minutes until the sauce is thickened and the hot dogs are hot. Either serve immediately or transfer to a slow cooker set to the low setting. Serve with shredded cheese and chopped onions, drizzled with extra sauce..
Food Truck Hot Dogs
Equipment
Ingredients
- 3 slices bacon
- 1 onion, medium minced
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 bottle chili sauce like Heinz, not like Sriracha
- ¼ cup dark brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon yellow mustard
- 1 ½ tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- ½ cup apple juice
- 1 8-pack high-quality beef hot dogs like Hebrew National I also recommend Nathan's, or Oscar Mayer Angus Selects. You can actually add up to 2-3 packages without altering the sauce at all!
- 8 hot dog buns or more if you are adding more hot dogs
- desired toppings like shredded cheese, chopped onions, and the sauce the hot dogs cook in
Instructions
- In a large skillet, fry the bacon over medium heat until the bacon is crisp. Drain the bacon on a paper towel, leaving the drippings in the pan.
- Add the onion and garlic to the drippings and saute until the onions are tender and fragrant. Add the chili sauce, brown sugar, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, crumbled bacon, and apple juice and bring to a boil.
- Add the hot dogs, reduce heat, and cook for 5-10 minutes until the sauce is thickened and the hot dogs are hot.
- Either serve immediately or transfer to a slow cooker set to the low setting. Serve with shredded cheese and chopped onions.
Notes
- To make this even quicker, plan to make these hot dogs with another recipe that calls for bacon earlier in the week. Reserve the drippings and 3 slices of bacon for use in this recipe.
- Nutritional information does not include use of toppings.
Nutrition
Questions & Reviews
I’m having issues with this blog too. All I can see is the hot dog recipe. I just came to check on the comments to make sure I’m not the only one having problems seeing new posts. 🙁 Help!!!
Check out my response to #29 🙂
Am I the only one whose feed is still showing this a week later? All last week’s “updates” just kept showing the hot dogs and no new recipes, even though it says there are supposed to be new recipes. What’s happening??!!!
Try clearing your cache and hitting the refresh button. If that doesn’t work, try another browser. If THAT doesn’t work, let us know. 🙂
These look so good! I’m making them right now with our caribou hot dogs. Can’t wait to try them. 🙂
Our Halloween tradition has been mummy fingers (hot dog wrapped in half a tortilla with cheese in it to keep it together, end of hot dog cut to look like a finger nail, and baked) and chili on the side. Sad thing is we don’t even have kids, we just love holidays and goofy foods and eat this after all the happy little trick or treaters have come and gone! This sounds really good though and kind of similar to something else I make. Will definitely have to try it, yum! Must be good if people chose it over Peperoncini Beef, which is a favorite of ours.
Saw this recipe and knew I had to make it. Of course being the type that I am, I added to it, to make it more of a chili dog as that is what I have been craving for a LONG time. You can see my adaptation of this recipe here: http://pinterest911.blogspot.ca/2012/10/now-those-are-some-cheeky-chili-dogs.html
Thank you for sharing this recipe…it will be used for years to come!
Count me in! And thanks for introducing those commercials–I had never seen them before and they were good for a laugh. I think I’ll buy their hot dogs just because they made me chuckle. 🙂 The dad in skinny jeans, oh man…
We don’t trick-or-treat, but I can think of a ton of other reasons to make this. Thank you for giving permission to feed this to grown-ups by the way. 🙂
FYI: Costco no longer sells the Jumbo Kosher dogs, but they do sell “regular” sized ones.
I just bought the Hebrew National kosher hot dogs at Costco the other day! Not sure if those are the ones you’re talking about.
I just wanted to comfort your fears and tell you that Costco has NOT stopped selling the bestest ever hot dogs, which are Hebrew National (how’s that for name dropping?) They still sell the kosher dogs in the refrigerator section.
Where they don’t sell them anymore is the concession counter. Those are now Kirkland Signature branded all-beef hot dogs. And while most of the time, I’m just fine and dandy with KS brand, in this case, it does not measure up. And that is sad, to be sure.
All that being said, we will be trying the special hot dog sauce this weekend, because Friday is homecoming and we won’t have time for a big dinner.
as for your comment on the non-kosher dogs at costco, they still sell Hebrew National (which are my favorite). the costco brand dogs are about as kosher as you can get with out being kosher though. the reason why the food court can no longer carry hebrew national dogs is here at this costco magazine link http://www.costcoconnection.com/connection/200903/?pg=26#pg26