Rudys Hot Dog Recipes

GREEK HOT DOG SAUCE

Steps:

• Put all the ingredients in a saucepan and add all spices. Before heating, stir into a paste.
• Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for one hour or until liquid is reduced to your liking.
• If you use very lean meat to avoid cholesterol, add a tablespoon or two vegetable oil (I don't suggest olive oil). It's the oil that brings the flavor to the tongue!

RUDY'S TEXAS CHILI

Steps:

• Heat a large pot over medium heat and add the olive oil. Add the onions and garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, until translucent. Add the dark, light and California chili powders, cumin, oregano and cayenne and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 2 minutes.
• Add the tomato sauce, green chiles, beef and chicken broths, chipotles, lime juice, molasses and hot sauce. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to a simmer. Add the diced tomatoes and dried California and New Mexico chiles and let simmer for 15 minutes.
• With an immersion blender, puree the sauce until smooth. Simmer for 1 hour, adding cheap beer if the sauce thickens too much. Stir in the beef and heat through. Taste for seasoning.

HOT DOG SAUCE

Steps:

• Brown beef and onion in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Drain fat; cool mixture slightly. Place in food processor; pulse until mixture is finely crumbled, about 5 or 6 pulses. Return meat to skillet; stir in garlic. Cook for 3 minutes.
• Pour the ketchup and barbeque sauce into the skillet. Stir in the chili powder, mustard, pepper, salt, cumin, Worcestershire sauce, red pepper flakes, and water. Cook, uncovered, until most of the liquid has evaporated, about 10 minutes. Season sauce with additional salt, if necessary.

RUDY'S HOT DOG

Steps:

• Brown ground beef in a frying pan until there is no pink left. Crumble into as tiny pieces as possible, using a potato masher.
• Add paprika, cumin, salt, pepper, chili powder. Add enough water to cover the bottom of the pan. Bring to a boil, stirring often. Reduce to low heat and simmer until liquid has mostly evaporated.
• Keep well stirred. Add more salt and spices to taste, if needed.
• Dice white onion.
• Warm hot dogs thoroughly in boiling water. Steam the buns until warm and soft.
• Serve warm hot dogs with sauce, diced onion, and a squirt of mustard. Enjoy!

RUDY'S AT THE LOOP TEXAS HOT SAUCE

Steps:

• Simmer onion and meat in a sauce pan until meat is in fine pieces.
• Drain, transfer mixture to a food processor and pulse until finely ground.
• Return meat mixture to pan, add remaining ingredients and simmer an additional 2 hours.
• I always make a double batch and freeze some. This always goes in the camper with us.

HOT DOG SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, bring water to a boil. Carefully crumble beef into water. Add onion. Boil until meat is no longer pink; drain. Add the tomato sauce, brown sugar, chili powder, salt and pepper. Simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes or until heated through. Serve over hot dogs in buns.