I’m tellin’ ya, cream cheese and hot dogs go together like peas and carrots. Or peanut butter and chocolate. The two were made for each other. Add a crazy delicious sweet onion sauce, mustard, and more onion (because hot dogs need more onion), and you’ve got one great hot dog. These creamy Seattle hot dogs were a big winner at dinner the other night. They’ll be a winner again tonight, too, because I made plenty of the topping. Hot dogs never have to be boring, and these are definitely not boring hot dogs!
Creamy Hot Dog Greatness
I’ve been known to put mayonnaise on my hot dog buns. Creamy yummy, is what I think of when I think of mayo. So really, cream cheese on a hot dog isn’t too much of a stretch. It’s just creamier. And yummier. So why wouldn’t I do it? Everything on top of these creamy Seattle hot dogs is great. It’s a great bite, bite after bite. If you’re tired of your usual hot dogs, these’ll get you over that real quick.
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 air-fried hot dogs. I get a crunchy skin. And I like that. And I can throw the buns in too 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’ll 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!
I use a pretty straight-forward air fryer, that doesn’t have a lot of bells (ok, it has a bell for when the timer goes off!) and whistles. It gets the job done.
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Also try my Big Mac hot dogs.
Creamy Seattle Hot Dogs
Equipment
Ingredients
For the hot dogs
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 cup sweet onion sliced thin
- 8 hot dogs
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- prepared yellow mustard
- 8 hot dog buns split
- sweet onion sauce from below
For the sweet onion sauce
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 large sweet onion chopped
- ½ cup red bell pepper chopped
- ½ cup green bell pepper chopped
- 2 tablespoons fresh parsley chopped
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
Instructions
For the hot dogs
- Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
- Add the onion and sauté until softened, 10-15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, slather the hot dog buns with the cream cheese and toast (in the oven or on a grill).
- Cook the dogs as desired. I toss mine on the grill or into the air fryer until the skin is just a bit crispy. You do you!
- Place hot dogs on buns. Top with sauteed onions and yellow mustard.
- Heap on the sweet onion sauce and serve.
For the sweet onion sauce
- Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
- Add the onion and peppers. Saute until just soft.
- Add the remaining ingredients and stir.
- Reduce heat and keep warm until ready to use.
Notes
Nutrition
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