So, we had our first official hot dog night. Nathan’s hot dogs (our personal favorite) were on sale at Harris Teeter. We stocked up on mustard varieties, sauerkraut (just for Oak) and waffle fries. After searching the grocery store to no avail, we even made some NY red onion sauce inspired by our favorite Lowe’s hot dog vendor.

The sauce came out almost exactly like the sauce we’re used to, but the recipe is a bit skewed. First of all, 4 cups of water is way too much. I think Oak put in 2 cups, and a cup of ketchup instead. Also, be prepared to simmer for 1.5-2 hours to reduce and carmelize the sauce. But oh, yummers. I feel that is about all the dressing a hot dog really needs. (Oak disagrees wholeheartedly with this, and loads his dogs up with many varieties of toppings.)

I’m really wondering why the red onion sauce doesn’t come premade, though. Hello, business opportunity!

Posted by Carrie on Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Categories: cooking · 2 Comments »