But my favourite hot dog ever was the Chi-town dog - a hot dog out of Chicago loaded with coleslaw, mustard, onions, tomatoes, cheese and pickles (anything with pickles is up there in my book). The guy who runs our cafeteria at work serves Chi-town dogs every third Friday - it's probably the highlight of my day when I see it on the menu.
So in the interest of cutting down on the amount of bread I ingest (it's sad....and it's not working) I adapted the Chi-town Dog into a salad!!! If I'm not careful I could eat this every night!
Sorry for the crap picture......it's a salad and the picture just wasn't working.First make some coleslaw. I used the pre-shredded bagged stuff but make my own dressing with mayo, vinegar and a bit of sugar. Then chop up your onions, tomatoes and pickles and dump on top. Next fry up some sliced hot dogs. I used Butterball turkey franks in another effort to appear healthy. Dump them on top, throw on some shredded cheese and voila.....Chi-town Dog Salad.
Is there a hot dog under there? That is one well topped hotdog. :) I love hot dogs on the grill. I'm also impressed you get up so early to do your rowing machine.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it's buried under there :) If I don't get up that early Joie it doesn't get done. Sorry little life I lead sometimes :)
ReplyDeleteLove the salad! It looks delicious! Can you send me the recipe for the Chi-town dog?
ReplyDeleteI'm so ashamed...I live in Chicago and I have never had the chi-town hotdog with coleslaw. Love the idea for turning it into a salad.
ReplyDeleteMom - dad would like it....it has the coleslaw.
ReplyDeleteFuture - oooooh you do NOT know what you are missing.
A chi-town hot dog? Hmmm-that sounds delicious. I love hot dogs too, allkinds, almost every kind :-) Seems that you have taken hot dogs to a new creative level. very cool.
ReplyDeletebtw. I am glad to see you blogging again. I was missing your posts.
hot dogs are the great American food... to heck with the health nuts, they taste GREAT!
ReplyDeleteVery nice idea! I need to quit eating so much bread and carbs too.
ReplyDeleteI think it's good to bury the hot dog (wow, that came out sounding funny) cause you have much more healthy salad. Mmmm
ReplyDeleteThx Velva - making an effort for at least one post a week!
ReplyDeleteDave - they taste great....and who cares what is really in them :)
Julie - I could eat bread and cheese every meal and be happy...my ass though, not so much.
Pierce - lmao!!!
Life without bread?
ReplyDeleteI can't resist a cart-dog either. With ballpark mustard and onions.. green olives if they have them. :)
ok now all the sudden i'm craving this. blog reading at 11:30 pm is not good. ;) rachael ray has a hot dog salad too. confess to loving cheese dogs. yum!
ReplyDeleteNatashya - yeah well, best intentions for no bread until I feel stressed...then watch out. Never tried green olives on a hot dog...bet they would be good. I do like capers and mayo on them :)
ReplyDeleteCate - mmmmmmm cheese dogs rock...or hot dogs slathered in cheez whiz
OK, I need to get far more daring with my hot dogs. I've never even had a chili dog or one with relish, let alone something like this masterpiece. :) (Although I do eat hot dogs from gas stations. That's pretty daring!)
ReplyDeleteAngel - seriously? I love trying new types of hot dogs. Gas station hot dogs can be pretty damn tasty
ReplyDeleteWhat an original recipe! I don't know about the 4:30 am workout, though! lol
ReplyDeleteIn Colombia we add coleslaw to our hot dogs! This looks delicious!
ReplyDeleteCathy that looks so good. I Love the Food Network show "Diners, Drive-In's & Dives" and it seems that every place he hits in the states, put Coleslaw on either a hot dog or a hamburger....just might have to break down this BBQing season and try it....what would be wonderful would be your Dad's homemade BBQ'd Burgers with the slaw on top!....YUM-O!
ReplyDeleteI love how bright and happy this hot dog salad is, the perfect spring dish, thanks for posting!
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