Construct Your Personal Scorching Canine Bar

Construct your individual sizzling canine bar this summer time 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 sizzling canine toppings.

Are you as excited for summer time as we’re proper now? Spring felt prefer it lasted 6 months this 12 months. We could 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 achieved this 12 months is to totally embrace the awesomeness that’s summer time in Ohio. We’ve spent a lot time outdoor already and let me let you know, in comparison with life in Phoenix in June-July-August? It appears like a wholly totally different world.

All 5 of us are huge 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 occasions? 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 sizzling canines with as a lot or as little of every topping as they like greatest.

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

Nevertheless you’re assembling your sizzling canines, you’ll wish to try these summer side dishes to complete off a terrific meal or barbecue with associates.

Should you’re grilling and having fun with the climate exterior, 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 just’re going to search out at the very least one in all these salads in my fridge for the subsequent few months.

Spicy Scorching Canine

As a lot as my household loves green chile, this sizzling canine topping was a assured win. There are a few other 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 sizzling canine can be absolutely 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 Model Scorching Canine Toppings

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

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

Jenny and Jason prefer 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 wish to brush the surface of the buns with heat melted butter and sprinkle them with poppy seeds.

Hawaiian Scorching Canine

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

Sure, you may make Hawaiian sizzling canines with canned or frozen (and thawed) pineapple, however the flavors gained’t be as robust. There’s simply one thing incredible about recent pineapple and nothing else actually compares.

To make the topping for these sizzling canines, you’ll wish to chop the recent pineapple small after which add a scoop on high of the hotdogs. (In case you 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. Need to make it further particular? Attempt a homemade bbq sauce. You simply would possibly by no means purchase it from the shop once more.

BBQ Scorching Canine

I’m prepared to guess that you just aren’t shocked to see this mix right here. It’s a reasonably well-established indisputable 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 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 sizzling 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}