Construct your personal scorching canine bar this summer season with 4 superior mixtures – Chicago-Type, Hawaiian, Inexperienced Chile Queso, and BBQ Sundaes!

I first shared these recipes in the summertime of 2020 and these mixtures stay our favourite scorching canine toppings.

Are you as excited for summer season as we’re proper now? Spring felt prefer it lasted 6 months this 12 months. We might have needed to cancel our summer-long highway journey, however I’ve been brainstorming methods to make staying native extra enjoyable.

One of many issues we’ve accomplished this 12 months is to completely embrace the awesomeness that’s summer season in Ohio. We’ve spent a lot time outdoor already and let me inform you, in comparison with life in Phoenix in June-July-August? It seems like a completely completely different world.

All 5 of us are huge followers of the recent canine. More often than not, I’m fairly pleased with a basic canine topped with simply ketchup, mustard, and relish. However different instances? It may be a complete lot of enjoyable to combine issues up.

Scorching Canine Bar Concepts

Step One: Grill the recent canines and toast the buns.

Step Two: Set the toppings out whereas the recent canines are on the grill.

Step Three: Let every individual assemble their scorching canines with as a lot or as little of every topping as they like finest.

I hope that you just love these scorching canine toppings as a lot as we do!

Nevertheless you might be assembling your scorching canines, you’ll wish to try these summer season aspect dishes to complete off a terrific meal or barbecue with associates.

When you’re grilling and having fun with the climate outdoors, these salads with out mayonnaise are all the time successful. From Creamy Pasta Salad to Cucumber Tomato Salad, Tangy Italian Pasta Salad to this Balsamic and Basil Berry Salad, the percentages are good that you just’re going to seek out a minimum of considered one of these salads in my fridge for the subsequent few months.

Spicy Scorching Canine

As a lot as my household loves inexperienced chile, this scorching canine topping was a assured win. There are a few alternative ways you can also make this one.

Stir collectively a batch of Queso Dip whereas the recent canines are on the grill. Prime the recent canines within the buns with a beneficiant drizzle of heat Queso. Then add as a lot or as little inexperienced chile as you want.

Within the case of my oldest son, I can just about assure that the tacky scorching canine can be totally hidden by as a lot inexperienced chile as potential.

Don’t really feel like making queso? Simply high the recent canines with a slice of your favourite cheese (we like Pepper Jack) as they end grilling.

Chicago Type Scorching Canine Toppings

My sister Jenny and her husband Jason launched us to Chicago canines (made their manner) about ten years in the past on considered one of our annual household tenting journeys.

A basic Chicago canine usually contains recent tomatoes, a dill pickle spear, candy pickle relish, onion, possibly pepperoncini, and a squeeze of yellow mustard. You simply pile all the pieces over the recent canine within the bun and dive in.

Jenny and Jason prefer to swap out the dill pickle spear with recent cucumber slices, chopped small. I LOVE the recent vegetable style of the cucumber with the tomato. However, I additionally love a basic Chicago canine with a dill pickle.

I like to recommend making an attempt each variations and seeing which one you want finest. They’re each scrumptious.

For an actual Chicago canine expertise, you’ll wish to brush the skin of the buns with heat melted butter and sprinkle them with poppy seeds.

Hawaiian Scorching Canine

I dearly love recent pineapple, so a candy and spicy scorching canine mixture wanted to occur once I was dreaming up concepts for a scorching canine bar.

Sure, you can also make Hawaiian scorching canines with canned or frozen (and thawed) pineapple, however the flavors received’t be as robust. There’s simply one thing incredible about recent pineapple and nothing else actually compares.

To make the topping for these scorching canines, you’ll wish to chop the recent pineapple small after which add a scoop on high of the hotdogs. (When you have an additional minute or two, this Pineapple Jalapeno Salsa is superb on these too!)

Add pink onions, cilantro, and a drizzle of your favourite barbecue sauce. Wish to make it additional particular? Strive a do-it-yourself bbq sauce. You simply may by no means purchase it from the shop once more.

BBQ Scorching Canine

I’m keen to guess that you just aren’t stunned to see this mixture right here. It’s a reasonably well-established undeniable fact that I like an awesome BBQ Sundae, proper?

To make these, you’ll wish to throw collectively a batch of everybody’s favourite coleslaw. Then, both begin some baked beans within the crock-pot or decide up some baked beans on the deli counter. Retailer-bought will work simply fantastic right here for each the coleslaw and the beans if you wish to simplify issues.

Prime every scorching canine with a drizzle of your favourite barbecue sauce, a scoop of baked beans, and a beneficiant portion of coleslaw.

{initially printed 7/8/20 – recipe notes and pictures up to date 6/17/24}