July has yet another food holiday. In addition to National Grilling Month and National Ice Cream Month, we also celebrate the all-time classic, the hot dog.
To help you celebrate and give you some ideas for the upcoming Independence Day holiday, we have put together some favorite hot dog recipes from That Creative Mom Cooks!
Chicago Dogs
All-beef hot dogs
Yellow onions, diced
Mustard
Sweet pickle relish
Dill pickle spears
Tomatoes cut in wedges
Hot (sport) peppers
Celery salt
Layer ingredients in this order: yellow mustard, sweet green pickle relish, onion, tomato wedges, pickle spear, sport peppers, and celery salt.
Serve on poppy seed buns.
Chili Dogs
1 (16 ounce) can chili or homemade chili
1 pound hot dogs
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
Heat chili in saucepan. Grill or broil hot dogs about 4 minutes. Put hot dogs on toasted hot dog rolls, top with chili, onion and cheese.
Corn Dogs
1 cup flour
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup cornmeal
2 tablespoons shortening
1 egg, lightly beaten
3/4 cup milk
1 pound hot dogs
Vegetable oil (for deep frying)
Ketchup
Prepared mustard
Sift together dry ingredients. Stir in cornmeal. Cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse meal. Mix egg and milk and stir into cornmeal mixture until blended. Insert wooden Popsicle sticks into end of each hot dot. Coat evenly with batter. Fry in deep oil heated to 375 degrees F until brown.
Drain on paper towels and serve with ketchup and mustard.
Coney Island Dogs
1 pound ground beef
4 tablespoons shortening
1 large onion, chopped
2 cups thick tomato puree1 teaspoon cumin powder
1 teaspoon chili powder
1 clove garlic, minced
1 teaspoon salt
16 to 20 hot dogs
Brown beef in shortening, mashing as it cooks so meat will not be lumpy. Add onion when meat is half cooked. Add remaining ingredients, except hot dogs, and simmer about 30 minutes. Serve hot with hot dogs and buns.