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I’m borderline addicted to food trucks. Which also means I love watching Eat Street, the show about food trucks that airs on the Cooking Channel. Host James Cunningham travels around North America visiting all of the great trucks. What a dream job that would be. An episode aired the other day on Dougie Doug, a truck in Vancouver. Every hot dog on the menu looked absolutely scrumptious, so I decided to make a few of them here at home. I started with the delicious Derby hot dog. Topped with Swiss, grilled mushrooms, onion, jalapeno and BBQ sauce, this is one mighty fine dog.
Go To A Bakery For The Best Buns
A great Derby hot dog needs a great bun, so I’ve ditched the grocery store offerings and have been ordering fresh buns from our local bakery, Taylor’s Bakery. The buns are so fantastic. Soft, tasty, with a wonderful bread aroma. They barely cost more than the ones in the store that just can’t even compare at all in quality or flavor.
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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 seriously-yummy French Connection dogs.
Derby Hot Dog
Ingredients
- 4 hot dogs
- 4 hot dog buns
- 8 ounces mushrooms fresh, sliced
- 4 slices Swiss cheese
- ¼ cup sweet onion chopped
- Pickled jalapenos to taste, diced
- ¼ cup your favorite BBQ sauce
Instructions
- Cook dogs as desired.
- Since you're going to also grill the mushrooms, might as well grill the dogs too!
- Warm buns.
- Grill mushrooms until starting to get tender.
- Serve dogs on buns.
- Top with mushrooms and cheese.
- Place under the broiler or on the grill over indirect heat for a few minutes until the cheese melts.
- Add onion, jalapeno and BBQ sauce.
Notes
Nutrition
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