Chicago-Style Hot Dogs

What is a Chicago-Style Hot Dog? Chicago-Style hot dogs start with an all-beef hot dog inside of a poppy seed hot dog bun with dill pickle spears, tomato slices, yellow mustard, Chicago-Style vibrant green sweet pickle relish, white diced onions, sport peppers or pepperoncini and celery salt. Chicago-Style hot dogs are said to be "dragged through the garden,” which references the slew of vegetable condiments that are piled on top.

Preheat oven broiler. You can also do this on the grill if you prefer. Cover a sheet pan with aluminum foil for easy clean up. Add the buns open and cut side down to the prepared sheet pan. Brush the outside part of the buns with butter and sprinkle with poppy seeds. Lightly toast the buns for a few minutes.

Slice tomatoes into slices and then slice again, so they fit nicely into the buns.

Grill hot dogs or cook them however you like. I have read that Chicago-Style hot dogs are boiled but today I am grilling them! Basically, heat your grill to 400 degrees and cook the hot dogs until they are the desired doneness.

Assemble hot dogs. Add the cooked hot dogs to the toasted buns, dill pickle spears, tomato slices and mustard.

Next add relish, onions, sport peppers and celery salt!

Enjoy!