Build Your Own Hot Dog Bar

Construct your individual scorching canine bar this summer season with 4 superior combos – Chicago-Model, Hawaiian, Inexperienced Chile Queso, and BBQ Sundaes!

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

Are you as excited for summer season as we’re proper now? Spring felt prefer it lasted 6 months this yr. We might 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 finished this yr is to completely embrace the awesomeness that’s summer season in Ohio. We’ve spent a lot time open air already and let me inform you, in comparison with life in Phoenix in June-July-August? It looks like a wholly completely different world.

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

Sizzling Canine Bar Concepts

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

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

Step Three: Let every individual assemble their scorching canine with as a lot or as little of every topping as they like greatest.

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

Nonetheless you’re assembling your scorching canine, you’ll wish to take a look at these summer side dishes to complete off a terrific meal or barbecue with associates.

In case you’re grilling and having fun with the climate outdoors, these salads with out mayonnaise are all the time successful. 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 considered one of these salads in my fridge for the following few months.

Spicy Sizzling Canine

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

Stir collectively a batch of Queso Dip whereas the recent canine are on the grill. Prime the recent canine 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 shall be absolutely hidden by as a lot inexperienced chile as potential.

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

Chicago Model Sizzling Canine Toppings

My sister Jenny and her husband Jason launched us to Chicago canine (made their means) about ten years in the past on considered one of our annual family camping trips.

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

Jenny and Jason prefer 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 making an attempt each variations and seeing which one you want greatest. They’re each scrumptious.

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

Hawaiian Sizzling 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 can also make Hawaiian scorching canine with canned or frozen (and thawed) pineapple, however the flavors received’t be as robust. There’s simply one thing unbelievable about contemporary pineapple and nothing else actually compares.

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

Add purple onions, cilantro, and a drizzle of your favourite barbecue sauce. Wish to make it further particular? Strive a homemade bbq sauce. You simply would possibly by no means purchase it from the shop once more.

BBQ Sizzling Canine

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

To make these, you’ll wish to throw collectively a batch of everybody’s favorite coleslaw. Then, both begin some baked beans within the crock-pot or choose up some baked beans on the deli counter. Retailer-bought will work simply superb 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 images up to date 6/17/24}