New York City Street Hot Dog with Onion Sauce

New York City Street Hot Dog with Onion Sauce

Bring the New York city experience to your table. This tomatoey onion sauce, when combined with a squirt of mustard and warm sauerkraut, nestled in a steamed bun will make any boiled hot dog taste like you're eating on the streets of Manhattan. Just add the constant beeping of taxi horns and screaming sirens and you've got the real thing. In the midwest, you can get the similar "coney" with a lot less noise.

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Course: Condiment, Sauce, Street Food

Cuisine: American, American Mid-Atlantic, American Midwest, New York, North American

Prep Time: 5

Cook Time: 1

Total Time: 1 5

Servings: hot dogs

Author: My Hungry Traveler

Equipment

large saucepan with lid
Food processor with slicing blade (optional)

Ingredients

1 tbsp Vegetable oil
4 medium Onion, thinly sliced (by hand or food processor)
2 cloves Garlic, minced
1 tbsp All-purpose Flour
8 oz Can of smooth tomato sauce
1 cup Water
2 tbsp Corn syrup
2 tsp White vinegar
2 Bay leaves
½ tsp Dried mustard
⅛ tsp Cayenne pepper
⅛ tsp Ground cloves

Hot Dog

12 Hot dog buns
12 thin Frankfurters with casings
2 cups Sauerkraut
3 cups Onion sauce (about ¼ cup per dog)
12 tbsp Dill pickle relish (optional)

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Instructions

Cook Onions - Heat oil in a heavy saucepan over medium-low heat. Add onions and garlic. Cover and cook for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. The onions should be soft but not browned.
Make Onion Sauce - Mix flour into the cooked onions. Cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Add the tomato sauce, water, corn syrup, vinegar, bay leaves, mustard powder, cayenne, and allspice. Stir well to blend and season with salt and pepper. Reduce heat to low, cover, and cook very slowly for 45 minutes. Stir from time-to-time and add a little water if it has become too thick.

Assemble Hot Dog

Pan fry hot dogs over medium heat until they are cooked through and browning, about 6-8 minutes. Steam buns by microwaving them for 15 seconds. If using sauerkraut, microwave covered for 30 seconds. To assemble hot dogs, place a frankfurter in a steamed bun and top with squirt of mustard, sauerkraut, onion sauce, Relish may be added or not.

Notes

Frankfurters with casings are important in reproducing the snap these dogs are known for.

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