Michigan Hot Dog Recipes

MICHIGAN HOT DOGS

Steps:

• Place hot dogs in a large stockpot. Cover with water and bring to a boil. Turn heat off, cover, and let sit.
• Heat a skillet over medium-high heat, add ground beef and half of the diced onions. Cook and stir until beef is no longer pink; making sure to break into fine pieces, about 8 minutes.
• Meanwhile, whisk water, ketchup, tomato paste, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, and chili powder until smooth.
• Drain ground beef mixture and return to the skillet. Stir in reserved ketchup mixture, reduce heat, and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Place hot dogs in buns. Top hot dogs with beef mixture. Divide remaining onions on top of the beef mixture and garnish with mustard.

MICHIGAN HOT DOG SAUCE

Steps:

• 1. Use fry pan saute onions, garlic, and hamburger.
• 2. Cook together until hamburger is done, drain.
• 3. Then add tomato paste, chili powder, hot pepper, paprika, chili sauce, water and chicken bouillon cube.
• 4. Cook for 2 hours. Serve over warm, grilled hot dogs, or french fries,etc...

MICHIGAN HOT DOG SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, cook ground beef until browned.
• Drain off fat.
• Stir in tomato sauce, water, barbecue sauce, dried onion, chili powder, cumin, garlic powder and hot pepper sauce.
• Bring to boiling; reduce heat.
• Simmer, covered, for 30 minutes.
• Uncover; simmer 5 to 10 minutes or to desired consistency.
• Makes about 5 cups sauce, enough for 15 hot dogs.

MICHIGAN HOT DOGS

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium heat, add oil and when it gets hot, add onion and a pinch of salt; sauté until translucent, about 2 minutes.
• Add garlic and sauté for only 1 minute.
• Add ground beef, breaking into small pieces; season with salt and pepper. Cook until barely pink.
• When the beef is almost done, add ketchup, brown sugar, mustard, chili sauce, hot sauce, Worcestershire sauce, white vinegar, chili powder, mild paprika and cumin; stir to combine.
• Add tomato sauce and tomato paste; stir well.
• Cover and bring mixture to a gentle boil; reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer for 50 to 60 minutes.
• Ten minutes later, uncovered and continue cooking until the liquid is evaporated, stirring often.
• When the sauce is thick, start steaming the hot dogs and warm up the buns.
• When ready to serve, place the dogs in the warm buns, spoon on a generous amount of the meat topping, drizzle on some mustard and garnish with chopped white onions.

MICHIGAN HOT DOG

Steps:

• Brown ground beef and 1/3 cup onion in a large skillet over medium heat, until the meat is no longer pink, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain, and return the skillet to the stove.
• Stir tomato sauce and ketchup into the ground beef mixture. Add chili powder, vinegar, garlic powder, hot sauce, salt, and pepper; stir until well combined. Reduce heat to low and simmer uncovered until sauce has thickened, 8 to 10 minutes. If sauce gets too thick, add water to thin it out.
• Meanwhile steam or simmer hot dogs in hot water until hot.
• Assemble hot dogs: Place a hot dog in a bun and spoon 2 to 3 tablespoons sauce on top. Sprinkle with remaining onions and drizzle with yellow mustard.

GRANDMA SLATTERY'S MICHIGAN SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Saute the onion in butter until soft. Stir in the vinegar, brown sugar, lemon juice, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, ketchup, tomato sauce, and tomato paste. Stir to blend.
• When the mixture begins to simmer, add the raw ground beef breaking it into pieces with a wooden spoon. Simmer for 20 to 30 minutes. Serve over steamed hot dogs. Of course you can add some raw onions if you want.

MARION'S MICHIGAN SAUCE FOR HOT DOGS

Steps:

• Finely chop onions and saute in a little olive oil until tender.
• Add ground beef and cook until browned. Separate meat so it is broken into very fine pieces of meat.
• Add rest of ingredients, mix, and cook over low heat on the stove 1 hour or more.
• This could be cooked in a crockpot on low for six hours.
• Serve as a topping on hot dogs.