Classic Chicago Hot Dog

Recipe courtesy of Emeril Lagasse, 1999

Show: Emeril LiveEpisode: Best of Chicago (In Chicago)

Rated: 3 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (12)

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Cook Time:
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Level:
Easy
Yield:
8 servings

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Ingredients

8 Vienna all-beef hot dogs
2 pounds Idaho potatoes, unpeeled and straight cut (3 inches long by 1/2-inch thick)
8 hot dog buns with poppy seeds
1 cup minced onions
1 cup brunoise fresh tomatoes, seeded
1 cup yellow mustard
1 cup sweet pickle relish
Sport peppers, to taste
Celery salt, to taste

Directions

Preheat the fryer. Fill a stock pot 3/4 of the way full with water and bring to a boil. Add the hot dogs, reduce the heat to a simmer and cover. Cook until the hot dogs are plump, about 6 to 8 minutes. Fry the potatoes until golden brown, about 4 to 6 minutes, stirring occasionally for even browning. Remove and drain on paper towels. Season with salt and pepper. Place the hot dogs in the buns. Start topping the hot dogs with 2 tablespoons of each: onions, tomatoes, mustard and relish. Top with sport peppers to taste and sprinkle a little celery salt on top. Place each hot dog in the center of a piece of deli wrap. Place the fries next to the hot dog. Wrap the dog and the fries up tightly and serve.

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recipe Classic Chicago Hot Dog
MICHAEL Edgewater, MD 01-31-2008
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Didn't try it
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

It might be a good hot dog but it's not a true Chicago style hot dog. Where's the pickle? Where's the cucumber?
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Anonymous 12-29-2007
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Holy Cow! How Wrong.
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

This is by far the worst Chicago hot dog recipe I've ever seen. I signed up just to post a review! BOILED?!?!?! I didn't even... look to see what the Idaho potatoes were for. Where's the pickle spear?!? Salt and pepper? Why not put ketchup on it? If you're looking for a good dog, with all the essentials: http://www.portillos.com/. All ingredients delivered right to your door minus the Idaho potatoes :)-- (most of the nation can't provide the right ingredients). Don't listen to this goon and always dress the dog, not the bun...Read more
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April Corpus Christi, TX 05-28-2007
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Awesome Chicago
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

Made this for our Memorial Day gathering. We're from Texas and this was a whole new recipe. It was a BIG knockout. ... Everyone ate more than their fair share. It was great. Thanks Emeril.Read more
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Jeff Ottawa, IL 03-23-2007
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NOT a Chicago Dog
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

A Chicago-style hot dog also includes a pickle spear. The sweetness of the pickle spear plays off of the heat of the sport... peppers and adds another texture - crunch - to the meal. And, yes, in Chicago putting ketchup on a hot dog is considered sacrilegious. Do it and you'll be immediately known as an outsider.Read more
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Anonymous 03-21-2007
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Awesome
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Emeril is Awesome because he makes chicago style hot dogs
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JACK lacrosse, WI 01-09-2007
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jack
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

easy and intensions