Sausage Reuben Dogs

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 4 servings
  • Total: 20 min
  • Active: 20 min
This mashup of a hot dog with a Reuben sandwich is a match made in deli heaven. Although the recipe calls for fully cooked chicken and apple sausages, you could easily substitute them with standard hot dog links. Split-top hot dog buns are key to this recipe, since they have flat sides that get griddled to toasty perfection in butter, just as you would a classic Reuben.
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Ingredients

1/4 cup mayonnaise

4 teaspoons ketchup

1 teaspoon yellow mustard

2 tablespoons finely chopped onion

4 teaspoons sweet relish

2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons unsalted butter, softened

2 fully cooked chicken-and-apple sausages, halved lengthwise

4 split-top hot dog buns

4 slices Swiss cheese, halved

1 cup sauerkraut, drained and squeezed

Directions

  1. Mix together the mayonnaise, ketchup, mustard, onion and relish in a small bowl. Set the sauce aside.
  2. Melt 2 teaspoons butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Cook the sausage halves cut-side down until browned and crisp, 1 to 2 minutes, then flip and brown the curved side, 1 to 2 more minutes; if the sausages curl excessively, top with another skillet to weigh them down. Remove to a plate and wipe the skillet clean.
  3. Line the inside of each bun with cheese, then add some sauerkraut and a sausage half. Butter the sides and bottoms of the buns with the remaining 2 tablespoons butter. Place the skillet over medium to medium-low heat and toast the sides and bottoms of the buns until golden brown and the cheese is melted, about 1 minute per side. (Do this in batches, if necessary.) Top with more sauerkraut and the sauce.

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cmcarey62

These were very good, fast, and super easy as adapted. I served them with purchased potato salad and large good dill pickles. I used a four-pack of Gilbert's chicken-apple sausage, four buns, and six slices of cheese. Instead of the homemade dressing, I used a bottle of 1000 Island dressing that I had in the fridge, and instead of toasting the filled buns in the skillet after the sausages, I baked them in a 400-degree oven for 10 minutes until the cheese was melted and the buns were toasted.

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