Tom Foster
It’s tough to believe that there are more than 40 hot dog styles out there, but people have different ways of enjoying a hot dog. Some of them are more than a little interesting.
New York
Trying to tell a New Yorker how to make a hot dog is an argument you might not want. Just consider onion sauce, sauerkraut, and mustard on a bun the best way when in the Big Apple.
Seattle
The Emerald City loves cream cheese, but adding to that is jalapenos, cabbage, and sriracha. Yeah, that’s a thing apparently.
Sonora
The bacon-wrapped part is great, as is the soft roll. But avocado chunks, mayo, and relish might be a stretch. Oh, don’t forget the tomatoes.
Tijuana
The squishy white bun might be a great thing to remember, but bacon, grilled sliced peppers, jalapenos, and onions will give this dog a kick.
Dodger Dog
This is about as classic as you can find since a foot-long hot dog with relish, chopped onions, ketchup, and mustard is iconic. It’s also a great meal while watching a ballgame.
Doyer Dog
A foot-long hot dog is great, but pickled jalapenos, nacho cheese, mustard, and salsa are an interesting touch. That’s a spicy dog.
Korea
It’s basically a corn dog with crinkle-cut fries plastered to the batter. Hey, it’s worth trying.
Colombia
You might be thinking that they’ve gone a little nuts with this one. But the combination of ketchup, mustard, mayo, pineapple, crushed potato chips, and a quail egg is a mouthful for certain.
Japan
This is something kids might like since the hot dog is cut to look like an octopus. It’s also served as part of a Bento box.
Germany
You know a German dog has sauerkraut, but it also has potato salad, and mustard, and instead of a regular hot dog one would see a frankfurter. Plus, there’s no bun.
Carolina
Chili, chopped onions, and cole slaw. That’s how you make a tasty dog, along with a little bit of crunch.
Montreal
This style uses a New England-style bun, cabbage, chopped onions, and mustard. Plus, the dog is steamed.
Michigan
It’s tough to think that meat-based chili sauce mixed with mustard is going to be good on a hot dog. But people appear to like it.
Italian
First off, the dog is deep-fried. Then one adds bell peppers, onions, French fries, ketchup, and mustard.
Coney
This is a shorter hot dog in a short bun that’s topped with cheese, chili, and chopped onions. Hopefully, you’ve got a roll of Tums handy.
Chicago
Chicago goes all out with a poppy seed bun, pickle spear, celery salt, tomatoes, whole pickled peppers, chopped onions, green relish, and mustard. Oh, your poor stomach.
Bagel Dog
A hot dog nestled in a roll and served with mustard. That’s nice and simple.
Kansas City
Take a sesame seed bun, sauerkraut, and mustard, and slather it all on top of a hot dog. That’s good eatin’.
Potato Dog
Fried potatoes sound like a weird addition, but take some mustard, peppers, and onions and it’s pretty tasty. Yes, definitely chop the potatoes down to an amenable size.
Brazil
How many hot dogs have pico de Gallo in them? Corn, grated parmesan, shredded carrots, diced ham, cilantro, and shoestring fries top off this dish.
Chile
Pile on mayo, mashed avocado, sauerkraut, and chopped tomatoes and you’ve got a meal. Sometimes the toppings qualify as the rest of the meal.
Guatemala
An avocado-coated corn tortilla is what’s used to hold this hot dog. Then, wrap it with bacon and top it with shredded lettuce, cabbage, onions, and mayo.
Philippines
There’s no bun for this dog. But it does need to be notched and served with banana ketchup and fried egg. Yeah, that’s it.
Denmark
Start with a long dog in a bun, then add remoulade, pickle chips, ketchup, and mustard. Oh, and add chopped onions AND grilled onions.
Sweden
This actually gets turned into a wrap. Add mashed potatoes, shrimp salad, lettuce, and fried onions.
Czech Republic
This is essentially a bun cored out to hold a hot dog that’s been slathered in ketchup and mustard. Ah, simplicity wins out sometimes.
Baltimore
Taking fried bologna and wrapping it around a hot dog before placing it in mustard and a squishy bun is an interesting take. It sounds tasty too.
Idaho
This is like a double meal since it’s a hot dog stuffed in a baked potato with bacon bits, chives, and sour cream. Time to make a trip to Idaho, yeah?
Denver
So, for a lot of recipes, the hot dog in a bun is kind of standard. But this one includes chopped red onions, green chile sauce, sour cream, and jalapenos.
Hawaii
A Hawaiian sweet roll is the vehicle for this dog, along with fruit sauces, ketchup, and mustard. Is everything sweet in Hawaii?
Memphis
Wrapping a hot dog in bacon is the best step. But this style also adds chopped scallions, shredded cheddar, and barbecue sauce.
Norway
So, the ketchup and mustard are fairly normal. But wrapping a hot dog in flatbread or a tortilla is different.
Peru
There’s no bun, the hot dog is sliced up, and it’s covered in ketchup, mustard, and mayo. Simple, right?
Georgia
Take an open hot dog bun, sliced hot dog, cheese, chili, chopped onions, sliced pickles, oyster crackers, ketchup, and mustard, and you’ve got it. That’s a tasty mouthful for certain.
France
It’s guaranteed that a French spin on a hot dog will be fancy, so gruyere isn’t surprising, nor is the use of a baguette. But the broiling is an interesting touch.
China
Wrap a dog in a bun, sprinkle sesame seeds on it, and bake that sucker. It looks good.
Argentina
You’ll need a chorizo link slathered in chimichurri and a mix of pickled red onion and tomato. That definitely sounds good.
Vietnam
A long hot dog laid out on a French roll with pickled, julienned vegetables sounds kind of odd. But it’s worth trying at least once.
Cleveland
Take a kielbasa, fries, and coleslaw, and slap them all in a bun. Why bother separating them when you can mash them together?
Amsterdam
You could call this a pizza dog…kind of. It does combine a long hot dog, mozzarella, and pizza sauce before it’s broiled.
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