Tag Archives: Hot dogs

Bacon Wrapped Sausage

Posted by Delightfully Doable on 29 July, 2014 None comments

These bacon wrapped sausage dogs are making my mouth water as I simply sit to write out this recipe for all of you gracious people. This recipe even first thing in the morning will bring satisfaction to my palette. It’s a great meal for the warm summer heat surrounding your backyard and your barbecue with good family conversation while the kiddos play.

Ingredients:

4 Italian Sausages
8 slices of bacon
2 cups mushrooms, sliced
1/2 onion, diced
1 tbsp minced garlic
4 hot dog buns
Garlic butter

Turn your barbecue on and allow the heat to begin to smell your backyard and all across town making a statement that it is barbecue season and we are making delicious grub.

Wrap each sausage with two slices of bacon. Hold together with a toothpick if needed.

Meanwhile, saute mushrooms, onions and garlic until nice and tender. Set aside.

Prepare to grill the goodness.

Allow the juices to run off and sizzle the grill. Ohhh the smell of barbecue, oh how I love it.

My bacon was a bit juicy as you can tell. :)

When sausage is done, butter your buns with garlic butter and lightly toast on the grill.

Top each sausage with a portion of the mushroom mixture.

Served with grilled romaine hearts.

Corn Dogs

Posted by Delightfully Doable on 18 July, 2014 None comments

Easy-peasy yummy and easy. Who doesn’t love a corn dog, I know I would eat them all the time if they were as healthy as the blueberries we grow.

Anyway, this recipe developed through a long time pondering what to make for our annual movies in the park picnic. All week long I had thought and contemplated what delicious picnic to pack. It was opening night for movies in our neighborhood park this past weekend and my conclusion ended with these delicious homemade corn dogs.

With a busy day watching a girlfriends two kids and my son getting pictures all in the same afternoon, I was hoping to conquer my desire to make these corn dogs as well unsure how long it would actually take. Preparing early in the morning was my best friend. This enabled a helpful evening of simply frying them during Cooper’s nap so when we returned home, dinner would be DONE!

Waking my son up from a nap led me to believe pictures would be a challenge let alone, a long evening with a late bedtime. To my surprise, my little bundle exceed expectations and we returned home by 9:30 with a very happy baby. I love nights where my son is uber-snuggly and interacting with me on a level I didn’t realize he was old enough for. It was precious to play with his super-duper sweet attitude while we also laid on the blanket looking up at the sky. The trees that billowed out above us and a pink sky surpassing the quiet trees was absolutely astonishing. His little mind taking in the essence of a “pink” sunset was adorable. So much so we even talked about it the following morning.

We played on the blanket with toys and even played in the water feature the beautiful park holds. We left when the movie got going as my son wasn’t there for a quiet evening but rather, an active, loud adventure. We enjoyed our corn dog picnic and couldn’t have asked for a better night.

Ingredients:

Batter:

1 cup cornmeal
1 cup unbleached flour
¼ tsp salt
¼ tsp cayenne pepper
¼ cup sugar
4 tsp baking powder
1 egg
1 cup milk

Hot Dog Prep:

1/3 cup flour
8-10 hot dogs
3 cups Vegetable Oil
4-5 wooden skewers, cut in half

Mix together all the dry ingredients for the batter into a small bowl or measuring cup and mix well.

In a separate bowl mix together egg and milk.

Add in dry ingredients. Place in refrigerator for 20-30 minutes.

Meanwhile, in a fry pan, add your oil and heat on low heat. I use this pan specifically for frying only. It’s become that pan.

While the oil is heating, prep your hot dogs….

Cut skewers in half and slide hot dog onto skewer.

On a small plate with flour, coat your hot dog. This helps the cornmeal stick to the dog.

After cornmeal has been refrigerated, dip the dog into the batter. This will take some manuvering to get the batter to stick. I basically dump the batter on top. Let it rest, than flip the dog and do the same on the other side.

Quickly transfer dog to oil and slightly turn up the heat.

Use tongs to help hold the batter close to the hot dog.

After the batter begins to cook, flip the hot dog with tongs to keep from burning yourself with the oil.

Once fully cooled, place on a foil lined baking pan to catch the oil.

Serve with a delicious honey mustard or spicy mustard. Mmmm so good!

Adapted from Carlsbadcravings.com

Hot Dog Hash

Posted by Delightfully Doable on 7 March, 2014 None comments

Hot Dog Hash is delightful to any age and any mouth that is a picky eater. This is great for breakfast/brunch or dinner. It also makes for a great camping meal, simply wrap in foil and cook over the fire.

Ingredients:

8 hot dogs
4 large potatoes
1 lb mushrooms, sliced
1 medium onion, chopped
1 apple, diced
1 tsp parsley
1 tsp Italian seasoning
1 tsp garlic salt
1 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded
Dijon mustard

Cook hot dogs to your preference. Once cooked, slice hot dogs open and place in a glass dish. Broil for 3 minutes or until crispy.

Meanwhile, add diced potatoes to a skillet and sauté for 4 minutes and add mushrooms, apple and onions along with seasoning and continue cooking until done, reaching desired crispness for the potatoes.

Once cooked, top with mozzarella cheese.

Spoon into a serving bowl and top with open faced hot dog and Dijon mustard.

As you have seen by previous hot dog dishes, I attempt to do something extraordinary for my hot dogs rather then always eating them with a bun. So delicious and puts the right spin on a hot dog meal.

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Tasty Dogs

Posted by Delightfully Doable on 7 December, 2013 None comments

Scrumptious, absolutely heavenly. This was a new creation that morphed into something beautiful. I must say I had no hot dog buns, and wanted to experiment a little. How could a hot dog go wrong? Well the simple answer is, it can’t.

Today I took a couple tortillas and broiled them with Swiss cheese slices. In a saucepan I cooked up some mushrooms, Brussels sprouts and onions; simple and delicious. I topped my 100% kosher dog from Costco with my saucepan mixture, blue cheese dressing and VIOLA, a scrumptious hot dog with a twist.