Classic Chicago Dog
A Chicago-style hot dog is an all-beef frankfurter served in a poppy seed bun and “dragged through the garden” with yellow mustard, chopped onions, sweet pickle relish, tomato slices, a dill pickle spear, sport peppers, and a dash of celery salt—never ketchup. It’s a bold, flavorful classic with serious Windy City pride.
Ingredients:
- Poppyseed Hot Dog Buns or regular hot dog buns
- All Beef Hot Dogs like Hebrew National
- Ripe Tomato Slices halved
- Dill Pickle Spears halved lengthwise
- Classic Yellow Mustard
- Neon Green Sweet Pickle Relish like Vienna (or regular sweet pickle relish)
- Diced White Onion
- Celery Salt
- Sport Peppers like Marconi (or pepperoncini peppers)
Instructions:
- Boil the dogs for about 4-5 minutes just until they’re heated through. Use tongs to pull them out of the hot dog water and set them on a paper towel to dry off.
- Lay a dog in a bun and then, on one side, place a halved slice of tomato.
- On the other side of the dog, lay the pickle spear, cut side down.
- Drizzle a zigzag of mustard, then add the neon green relish on the tomato side of the hot dog.
- Sprinkle on the diced onions.
- Sprinkle a pinch of celery salt over the whole top of the dog and toppings.
- Lastly, lay two sport peppers over the top.
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