Showing posts with label Hotdog. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hotdog. Show all posts

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Bacon wrapped hotdogs

When grocery shopping last weekend I was surprised to see bacon wrapped hotdogs for sale. This is something I've done a few times myself and wasn't aware was a premade product on the market. I didn't come up with the idea, of course; I saw it somewhere online a long time ago. But man I wish I had been the one to market and sell it! It's always so disappointing to see something that you've done or had the idea for. That "if only I had been the one to try to patent it..." type of feeling. Things that seem so simple that nobody would sell it but then somebody does.

Anyway, it is cheaper to make myself! Buy bacon and hotdogs when they're on sale. I usually wait until hotdogs are BOGO free. And we buy whichever bacon is the cheapest because we aren't terribly picky, though for this, thinner bacon is a bit better.

All you need is bacon and hotdogs and whichever toppings you may want. I also use toothpicks to secure the bacon to the hotdog but it isn't totally necessary. If you're using a hotdog machine it will be but in a frying pan or the oven you shouldn't totally need them. I've tried the hotdog machine and frying pan but haven't done the oven yet. So anyway, you just have to wrap the bacon around the hotdog and cook it until the bacon is as done as you like (I prefer soft and my husband prefers crispy). If you use toothpicks put then in the end of the hotdog so that they don't sit on your pan or interfere with the hotdog spinning in the machine.

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Mexican style hotdogs

I got this idea from a local restaurant that we used to have here in town. It was a hotdog place that had a really good "southwest" hotdog. For dinner one night last week, we made our own version...

I wrapped each hotdog in a slice of bacon (got that idea online) and then fried them in a pan. After tossing that into a bun, I added homemade guacamole, salsa, sour cream, shredded Mexican blend cheese, and topped it with crumbled tortilla chips. My fiancé also added green onions to his. Then on the side we just did super basic nachos and corn. Mmm.