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Simple and delicious. Like a grilled dog should be. Serve these hot dogs with spicy sauce and grilled onions at your next backyard get-together and people will wonder why they’ve just been squeezing mustard onto their dogs for all these years. The sauce is simple yet delicious. It packs just the right amount of spicy kick to let you know it’s there without scaring people off.
Crazy Good Hot Dogs
I used one of my favorite hot sauces, Louisiana Hot Sauce, to kick these hot dogs with spicy sauce and grilled onions up a bit. Louisiana hot sauce has some heat and spice, but it isn’t overpowering at all. And it’s not overly vinegary like some hot sauces. For the BBQ sauce I used a spicy version for a nice extra kick. You could go light on both and still have a great hot dog. I keep a full line of SBR (Sweet Baby Ray’s) sauces on hand for occasions just like this.
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Cookin’ Dogs
Hey, cook the dogs however you want, on whatever you want. Griddle. Grill. Stovetop. Boiled. Broiled. Steamed. Baked. I don’t care. I don’t mean that in a snobby way. I’m just saying you do you. I happen to like mine cooked up on a charcoal grill or in an air fryer. I get a crunchy skin. And I like that. And I can throw the buns on the grill or into the air fryer if I want them toasted (and I do). I often like to cut a thin slit lengthwise down my hot dog before cooking it. That slit will open up a bit as the dog heats. When I put it on the bun, I put the hot dog slit face-up. It gives the toppings a wonderful place to go. And stay. They don’t pop out with each and every bite!
Also try my Islander hot dogs.
Hot Dogs with Spicy Sauce and Grilled Onions
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 medium sweet onions sliced
- 8 hot dogs
- 8 hot dog buns
For the sauce
- 1 cup your favorite BBQ sauce spicy!
- ⅓ cup hot sauce
- 1-3 tablespoons jalapeno minced
- ½ tablespoon garlic powder
- beer
Instructions
- To make the sauce, combine all ingredients except the beer in a medium saucepan over medium heat.
- Add just enough beer to slightly thin the sauce.
- Let sauce simmer while you cook the dogs, stirring occasionally. Add more beer if the sauce is too thick.
- Grill the onions until just soft.
- Grill the hot dogs and toast the buns.
- Serve dogs on buns slathered with the sauce and topped with the onions.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional values are approximate.
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