The Chicago Dog
A completely stuffed hot dog done in the Chicago style. Piled high with tomatoes, pickles, onions, relish, mayo and mustard.
The Chicago Dog
Jump to RecipeNew Yorkers LOOK AWAY.
This post is a tribute to your windy city competitor when it comes to pizza and hot dogs (and possibly underworld crime).
Don’t get me wrong, I love a good New York street dog. The problem is that I don’t really consider them a meal. I mean, sure, you could eat two or three of them and probably be okay.
Or you could eat one massive Chicago dog and be set for awhile. I’m not exactly sure what the history is behind the dog, but I know that it has all of my favorite things packed on top of a hot dog. What’s not to love?
The Chicago Dog
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- 4 dogs
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A completely stuffed hot dog done in the Chicago style. Piled high with tomatoes, pickles, onions, relish, mayo and mustard.
Ingredients
Instructions
1) To make relish, peel and seed a cucumber. Dice it small and mix it with the other relish ingredients. Let it sit in the fridge for at least 15 minutes before using.
2) To prep dogs, boil them in lightly salted water for 5 minutes.
3) Toast buns.
4) Build dog with mayo and mustard. Add sliced tomatoes and pickles.
5) Add dog and toppings.
6) Serve with napkins. You’ll need them.
Relish the relish
A good Chicago dog has to have relish on it, but I quickly ran into a problem. When I was browsing through the store, I couldn’t find a single relish that looked good to me. They all seemed really processed and most had a huge amount of sugar and/or high fructose corn syrup, which seemed a bit unnecessary.
So I figured I’d just make my own. It turned out to be my favorite part of the dog!
Traditionally, relish is made with pickles, but I decided to use cucumbers for a bit more freshness.
Peel, seed, and dice your cucumber and stir it together with the other ingredients. Let this sit in the fridge for at least 15 minutes and you’ll be well rewarded. It’s awesome on a dog.
Other Fixings
A few other necessities for a good Chicago dog include pickles, tomatoes, and white onions. You could not use any of these I guess, but then you best not be calling it a Chicago dog.
As far as the hot dogs go, just toss them in some salted boiling water until they are nice and plump, probably 5 minutes. Then they are ready to go.
Building the Dog
When it comes to hot dog buns, I like mine nice and toasted. I toast them under the broiler for a minute or two to get nice and crispy. Not a necessary step, but I think it holds up to the fillings a bit better if it’s toasted.
Layer on mayo and mustard followed by sliced stuff.
Then stick in your dog and top with onions, relish, and a sprinkle of celery salt.
You might think that celery salt is a weird ingredient for hot dogs, but just go with it. It’s awesome.
Bring some napkins to the party. These guys are messy.
Here’s my slightly more staged version.
This is about as staged as I get people.
Hopefully, I didn’t just lose my entire New York readership.
Without a doubt, I give New York the pizza badge, but I think I might have to give the hot dog award to Chi-town.
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No Mayo…ever
A little mayo never hurt anybody! I actually agree though… in general I don't like mayo. This was an exception for me.
Sport peppers! Sesame seed hot dog bun! Honestly, I have no idea if either are available outside Chicago.
Sport Peppers: http://marconi-foods.com/Sport_Peppers-details.as… Only the best will do…
Also – for the true authentic experience, you need the Vienna Beef Hot Dogs! http://www.viennabeef.com/
Good call! For the hot dog bun you could just sprinkle some sesame seeds on top… ;)
Dude, it's seriously starting to freak me out that you post about exactly the thing I'm craving at exactly the moment I'm craving it. First the stuffed poblanos (PS — made those for dinner last night, and it was awesome), and now Chicago dogs?? Get out of my head! Or at least start inviting me over for dinner…
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We both have good taste I guess!
Wow the perfect hot dog!
missing sport peppers and poppy seed bun, but the fresh relish looks good.
Is it poppy seed or sesame seeds? You guys are disagreeing on how I'm wrong.
@Tacowalker is right, and I am wrong. (I will likely never type that sentence again.) Poppy seed bun it is. Which outs me as a pretender: I live in Chicago, but I'm really from Milwaukee.
seriously.
these
are flipping
KILLER!
you nailed it
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Oh man. The Bulldog in Minneapolis has an amaaaazing veggie Chicago not-dog which I am now absolutely craving. Too bad I'm 1500 miles away.
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Good taste?? :P
This is an authentic Chicago dog:
steamed or boiled Vienna beef frank
steamed poppy seed bun
sport peppers (2-3)
yellow mustard
diced onion
bright green sweet relish
dill pickle spear
tomato
celery salt
NO mayo and certainly NOT catsup
Anything else, however delicious it may be, is not
I don’t know who told you how to make a Chicago Dog, but you made some missteps.