Build Your Own Hot Dog Bar

Construct your personal scorching canine bar this summer time with 4 superior mixtures – Chicago-Type, Hawaiian, Inexperienced Chile Queso, and BBQ Sundaes!

I first shared these recipes in the summertime of 2020 and these mixtures stay our favourite scorching canine toppings.

Are you as excited for summer time as we’re proper now? Spring felt prefer it lasted 6 months this yr. We could have needed to cancel our summer-long highway journey, however I’ve been brainstorming methods to make staying native extra enjoyable.

One of many issues we’ve carried out this yr is to completely embrace the awesomeness that’s summer time in Ohio. We’ve spent a lot time open air already and let me let you know, in comparison with life in Phoenix in June-July-August? It looks like a completely completely different world.

All 5 of us are massive followers of the recent canine. More often than not, I’m fairly proud of a traditional canine topped with simply ketchup, mustard, and relish. However different instances? It may be a complete lot of enjoyable to combine issues up.

Scorching Canine Bar Concepts

Step One: Grill the recent canines and toast the buns.

Step Two: Set the toppings out whereas the recent canines are on the grill.

Step Three: Let every particular person assemble their scorching canines with as a lot or as little of every topping as they like finest.

I hope that you simply love these scorching canine toppings as a lot as we do!

Nonetheless you might be assembling your scorching canines, you’ll need to take a look at these summer time facet dishes to complete off a terrific meal or barbecue with mates.

In the event you’re grilling and having fun with the climate outdoors, these salads with out mayonnaise are all the time a success. From Creamy Pasta Salad to Cucumber Tomato Salad, Tangy Italian Pasta Salad to this Balsamic and Basil Berry Salad, the percentages are good that you simply’re going to search out at the very least one in all these salads in my fridge for the following few months.

Spicy Scorching Canines

As a lot as my household loves inexperienced chile, this scorching canine topping was a assured win. There are a few alternative ways you may make this one.

Stir collectively a batch of Queso Dip whereas the recent canines are on the grill. Prime the recent canines within the buns with a beneficiant drizzle of heat Queso. Then add as a lot or as little inexperienced chile as you want.

Within the case of my oldest son, I can just about assure that the tacky scorching canine will likely be totally hidden by as a lot inexperienced chile as attainable.

Don’t really feel like making queso? Simply high the recent canines with a slice of your favourite cheese (we like Pepper Jack) as they end grilling.

Chicago Type Scorching Canine Toppings

My sister Jenny and her husband Jason launched us to Chicago canines (made their method) about ten years in the past on one in all our annual household tenting journeys.

A traditional Chicago canine sometimes consists of contemporary tomatoes, a dill pickle spear, candy pickle relish, onion, possibly pepperoncini, and a squeeze of yellow mustard. You simply pile every thing over the recent canine within the bun and dive in.

Jenny and Jason wish to swap out the dill pickle spear with contemporary cucumber slices, chopped small. I LOVE the contemporary vegetable style of the cucumber with the tomato. However, I additionally love a traditional Chicago canine with a dill pickle.

I like to recommend attempting each variations and seeing which one you want finest. They’re each scrumptious.

For an actual Chicago canine expertise, you’ll need to brush the surface of the buns with heat melted butter and sprinkle them with poppy seeds.

Hawaiian Scorching Canine

I dearly love contemporary pineapple, so a candy and spicy scorching canine mixture wanted to occur after I was dreaming up concepts for a scorching canine bar.

Sure, you may make Hawaiian scorching canines with canned or frozen (and thawed) pineapple, however the flavors received’t be as sturdy. There’s simply one thing unbelievable about contemporary pineapple and nothing else actually compares.

To make the topping for these scorching canines, you’ll need to chop the contemporary pineapple small after which add a scoop on high of the hotdogs. (When you have an additional minute or two, this Pineapple Jalapeno Salsa is superb on these too!)

Add crimson onions, cilantro, and a drizzle of your favourite barbecue sauce. Need to make it further particular? Attempt a do-it-yourself bbq sauce. You simply may by no means purchase it from the shop once more.

BBQ Scorching Canines

I’m keen to guess that you simply aren’t shocked to see this mixture right here. It’s a reasonably well-established incontrovertible fact that I like an incredible BBQ Sundae, proper?

To make these, you’ll need to throw collectively a batch of everybody’s favourite coleslaw. Then, both begin some baked beans within the crock-pot or decide up some baked beans on the deli counter. Retailer-bought will work simply high quality right here for each the coleslaw and the beans if you wish to simplify issues.

Prime every scorching canine with a drizzle of your favourite barbecue sauce, a scoop of baked beans, and a beneficiant portion of coleslaw.

{initially revealed 7/8/20 – recipe notes and photographs up to date 6/17/24}