Construct Your Personal Sizzling Canine Bar

Construct your individual scorching canine bar this summer season with 4 superior mixtures – Chicago-Fashion, 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 season as we’re proper now? Spring felt prefer it lasted 6 months this 12 months. We might have needed to cancel our summer-long street journey, however I’ve been brainstorming methods to make staying native extra enjoyable.

One of many issues we’ve carried out this 12 months is to completely embrace the awesomeness that’s summer season in Ohio. We’ve spent a lot time outside already and let me let you know, in comparison with life in Phoenix in June-July-August? It seems like a completely completely different world.

All 5 of us are large 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.

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 particular person assemble their scorching canine with as a lot or as little of every topping as they like greatest.

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

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

For those who’re grilling and having fun with the climate exterior, these salads with out mayonnaise are at all times successful. From Creamy Pasta Salad to Cucumber Tomato Salad, Tangy Italian Pasta Salad to this Balsamic and Basil Berry Salad, the chances are good that you just’re going to seek out no less than one in all 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 other 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 can be absolutely hidden by as a lot inexperienced chile as doable.

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 Fashion Sizzling Canine Toppings

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

A traditional Chicago canine usually consists of recent tomatoes, a dill pickle spear, candy pickle relish, onion, possibly 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 wish to swap out the dill pickle spear with recent cucumber slices, chopped small. I LOVE the recent 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 greatest. They’re each scrumptious.

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

Hawaiian Sizzling Canine

I dearly love recent pineapple, so a candy and spicy scorching canine mixture wanted to occur once 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 gained’t be as sturdy. There’s simply one thing implausible about recent pineapple and nothing else actually compares.

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

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

BBQ Sizzling Canine

I’m prepared to wager that you just aren’t stunned to see this mixture right here. It’s a reasonably well-established proven fact that I like an ideal BBQ Sundae, proper?

To make these, you’ll need to throw collectively a batch of everybody’s favorite 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 printed 7/8/20 – recipe notes and photographs up to date 6/17/24