Description
Hearty Cheesy Hot Dogs with Pickle Mustard Sauce dazzle hungry crowds with gourmet street fare flair. Crispy onions and tangy sauce elevate classic comfort bites you’ll crave again and again.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 4 hot dog sausages
- 4 hot dog buns
- 1 cup (240 milliliters) shredded cheddar cheese
Cooking/Seasoning Ingredients:
- 1 tablespoon (15 milliliters) vegetable oil
Garnish/Sauce Ingredients:
- Pickle mustard sauce (to be added)
- Crispy onions (to be added)
Instructions
- Preheat grill or skillet to medium heat, preparing a surface for cooking hot dog sausages with even, golden-brown char marks.
- Lightly coat hot dogs with vegetable oil, ensuring complete surface coverage for optimal grilling performance.
- Cook hot dogs on hot surface, rotating periodically to achieve uniform heating and attractive caramelization, approximately 5-6 minutes total.
- During final cooking moments, generously sprinkle cheddar cheese over hot dogs, allowing cheese to melt completely by covering with lid or foil.
- For pickle mustard sauce, combine Dijon mustard, mayonnaise, pickle juice, finely chopped dill pickles, honey, salt, and pepper in mixing bowl.
- Whisk sauce ingredients until smooth, tasting and adjusting seasonings for balanced tangy-sweet flavor profile.
- Heat vegetable oil in large skillet to medium-high temperature, preparing for onion frying.
- Dredge thinly sliced onions first in buttermilk, then coat thoroughly with flour, ensuring complete coverage.
- Carefully fry onion slices in small batches, turning once, until achieving deep golden-brown crispiness, approximately 2-3 minutes per batch.
- Remove crispy onions using slotted spoon, drain excess oil on paper towels, and sprinkle with salt for enhanced flavor.
- Nestle melted cheese-topped hot dogs into soft buns.
- Generously drizzle prepared pickle mustard sauce over hot dogs.
- Garnish with crispy onions, creating textural contrast and visual appeal.
Notes
- Cheese Melting Trick: Use low, steady heat and cover the skillet to ensure even, gooey cheese coverage without burning the hot dogs.
- Pickle Sauce Flavor Boost: Let the sauce sit for 10-15 minutes before serving to allow ingredients to meld and develop a more complex taste profile.
- Crispy Onion Hack: Pat onion slices dry before buttermilk dredging to help flour coating stick better and create extra crunch.
- Dietary Swap Options: Replace hot dogs with plant-based alternatives for vegetarian version, use gluten-free flour for crispy onions, and opt for low-fat cheese to reduce calories.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Lunch, Dinner, Snacks
- Method: Grilling
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 4
- Calories: 370 kcal
- Sugar: 3 g
- Sodium: 820 mg
- Fat: 25 g
- Saturated Fat: 9 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 12 g
- Trans Fat: 0.5 g
- Carbohydrates: 23 g
- Fiber: 1.5 g
- Protein: 15 g
- Cholesterol: 45 mg