Start With: A Hot Dog

Real Simple Magazine

These three pile-on strategies take the summer nosh from merely hot to haute.

By Sara Quessenberry
Images by John Lawton




Reuben Hot Dog

Ingredients

  • 1 cooked hot dog in a bun

  • 2 tablespoons sauerkraut

  • 2 tablespoons grated Swiss cheese

  • 1 tablespoon Thousand Island dressing


Directions

  1. Top the hot dog with the sauerkraut, cheese, and dressing.

Related: 7 Tasty Toppers for Hot Dogs








Salty (Hot) Dog


Ingredients

  • 1 cooked hot dog in a bun

  • 2 teaspoons yellow mustard

  • 3 to 4 bread-and-butter pickle slices

  • 1 slice cooked bacon, crumbled

Directions

  1. Top the hot dog with the mustard, pickles, and bacon.

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Tropical Hot Dog


Ingredients

  • 1 cooked hot dog in a bun

  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh pineapple

  • 1 tablespoon sweet red cherry peppers (such as Peppadews)

  • 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro leaves

Directions

  1. Top the hot dog with the pineapple, peppers, and cilantro.





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