Classic Chicago Hot Dog

Name: Classic Chicago Hot Dog
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 piece All-Beef Frankfurter (1 bun length jumbo all beef frankfurter with a natural casing); 1 piece Poppy Seed Bun (1 poppy seed bun); 1 pinch Yellow Mustard (1 long squirt of yellow mustard); 2 tbsp Sweet Pickle Relish (2 tablespoons sweet pickle relish); 1 piece White Onion (1 small white Spanish onion); ¼ piece Roma Tomato (1/4 medium Roma tomatoes); 2 pieces Sport Pepper (2 pickled sport peppers); 1 piece Kosher Dill Pickle (1 kosher pickle spear or fresh cucumber spear, about 5" (12.7 cm) long); ¼ tsp Celery salt (1/4 teaspoon celery salt)

A classic American hot dog assembled on a poppy seed bun with a simmered or grilled all-beef frankfurter, yellow mustard, sweet pickle relish, diced onion, chopped tomato, sport peppers, a kosher pickle spear, and celery salt.

20 minAmerican

Servings1

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Steps

1Prep. Cut the stem off the end of the tomato and squeeze it over the trash can ejecting the seeds. Chop the tomato into 1/4" chunks. Dice the onion.
2Cook. For the classic dirty water dog, bring enough water to cover the dog to a boil, then cut back to a simmer. Simmer, never boil, the dog for 10 minutes.
3For a char dog, use a technique learned from Gold Coast Dogs. Cut an X shape in the ends of the dog. When they cook they will curl up and get extra crispy. Cook the dogs over a medium high grill until the skin darkens and there are nice grill marks all around.
4Traditional Chicago Hot Dog buns are steamed.
5Serve. To serve a Chicago dog, begin by placing the frankfurter on the bun. Squirt the mustard on the dog on one side between the meat and the bun. Spread the relish between the meat and the bun on the opposite side of the mustard. Sprinkle the chopped onions on top of the mustard. Distribute the tomato chunks all around. Place the peppers on top of the tomatoes. Place the spear on top of the onions and mustard. Sprinkle the celery salt on top. Absolutely, positively, no ketchup. Now serve and enjoy.