Hot dog chili sauce recipe

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Hot dog chili sauce recipe

These air fryer hot dogs with simple chili sauce are just delicious. If you’ve ever eaten coney’s topped with chili, you will love this easy recipe, it’s an American classic. These chili cheese dogs are really simple to make and come together quickly.  It’s a great meal for lunch or dinner, can be made for a crowd, or just a few. You will love the traditional chili flavors and finer texture of this hot dog sauce, as you have the softly toasted bun, the hot dog, the chili, onions, and cheese. You just get the most wonderful taste of Americana comfort food, and everyone will love these. This is the best hot dog chili recipe, make sure you keep this easy chili recipe handy.

HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED to make Hot dog chili sauce recipe:

2 pounds of lean ground beef

1 medium onion – finely minced white onions (more for topping)

1 heaping teaspoon of minced garlic

2 Tablespoons of tomato paste

1/2 tsp garlic powder

2 teaspoons of Chili Powder

Garlic salt – to taste

Seasoned Pepper – to taste

1 Tablespoon of ground Cumin

1 teaspoon of celery salt

1/4 cup of Brown sugar

1 Tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce

1 Tablespoon of yellow Mustard

1 small can of tomato sauce – 8 ounce

1/2 cup of Ketchup

1 1/2 cup water

Shredded Cheddar cheese – for topping

1 package of Nathan’s Hot dogs (Wieners) – 8 count

1 package of hot dog buns

In an extra large heavy skillet, brown the ground Sirloin until completely cooked, (no pink, and golden brown) drain the ground beef on paper towels, and return to skillet, over medium heat. With a large fork, crumble the ground sirloin into fine crumbles.  Add the onion, garlic, tomato paste, chili powder, garlic salt, seasoned pepper, Cumin, and Celery salt, and stir all together. Add the Worcestershire sauce, honey mustard, Ketchup, and brown sugar, and stir well. Saute onion until they are translucent. Add the tomato sauce and water, and stir again, making sure all ingredients are well blended. Bring the Chili sauce to a boil over medium-high heat, then turn down the heat, and let the chili simmer for 30 minutes.  

While the Chili is cooking: Place the Hot dogs in the Air fryer, and cook for 8 minutes at 350 degrees.

While the Hot dogs are cooking, place the hot dog buns on a cookie sheet, open the buns at split, and toast the inside of the buns, for about 5 minutes, in a 400 degree oven, just until the buns are a light golden brown. Remove, and set aside.

When the buns are toasted, the hot dogs are cooked, and the chili is done simmering, you’re ready to serve. You can either assemble the hot dogs, or place items for assembly on a buffet, or make a hot dog bar. Place the hot dogs in the hot dog buns, place chili on top of your hot dogs, onions and cheese. Serve, and Enjoy!

Makes 8 Hot dogs – topped with Chili

This full recipe can be doubled or tripled for a large crowd

You’ll probably have a little leftover chili sauce left over to store in an airtight container , so you might be able to serve 10 -12 hot dogs with the chili topping . You’ll need to buy a large package of buns to accommodate the number of hot dogs you are preparing.

You can keep the chili in the refrigerator, left over for up to 4 days, or freeze in a freezer bag for 30 days.

You can make this ahead, heat and serve when needed. You can also place the hot dog chili sauce in a crock pot to keep warm if you want to place on a buffet table.

Another great idea for this easy hot dog chili recipe is that you can also pile on top of french fries and make chili cheese fries or add to a hamburger bun and make easy sloppy joes.

If you enjoyed this recipe, be sure to try our Air fryer chili cheese baked potato.