Construct Your Personal Scorching Canine Bar

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

I first shared these recipes in the summertime of 2020 and these mixtures 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 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 executed this 12 months is to completely 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 seems like a wholly totally different world.

All 5 of us are large followers of the recent canine. More often than not, I’m fairly pleased with a basic 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 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 sizzling canine with as a lot or as little of every topping as they like finest.

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

Nonetheless you might be assembling your sizzling canine, you’ll wish to try these summer time aspect dishes to complete off a terrific meal or barbecue with pals.

In case you’re grilling and having fun with the climate outdoors, these salads with out mayonnaise are at all times 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 seek out a minimum of certainly one of these salads in my fridge for the subsequent few months.

Spicy Scorching Canine

As a lot as my household loves inexperienced chile, this sizzling 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. High 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 sizzling canine might be totally 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 Scorching Canine Toppings

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

A basic Chicago canine usually contains contemporary 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 contemporary cucumber slices, chopped small. I LOVE the contemporary vegetable style of the cucumber with the tomato. However, I additionally love a basic 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 wish to brush the skin 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 sizzling canine mixture wanted to occur after I was dreaming up concepts for a sizzling canine bar.

Sure, you can also make Hawaiian sizzling canine 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 sizzling canine, you’ll wish to chop the contemporary 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 wonderful on these too!)

Add pink onions, cilantro, and a drizzle of your favourite barbecue sauce. Wish 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 Canine

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

To make these, you’ll wish 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 nice right here for each the coleslaw and the beans if you wish to simplify issues.

High every sizzling 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 images up to date 6/17/24}