These footlong dogs are smoked for depth and finished on the griddle with a savory, hand-made chili. It’s a heavy-duty meal designed to feed a crowd, combining a wood-fired aroma with the crunch of a butter-toasted bun.
Footlong Chili Cheese Dogs
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Footlong Chili Cheese Dogs
bunzandbbq
6-7 people
10 minutes
45 minutes
American
Entre
These Footlong Chili Cheese Dogs are barking with flavor. Perfect for those families with hungry teenagers! These will have you stuffed and are SO delicious!
Ingredients
- 4 Tbsp olive oil
- 2 Tbsp butter
- 1lb beef (ground or otherwise diced up)
- Salt and pepper to taste (roughly 1tsp of each)
- 1 Tbsp Dijon mustard
- 1/2 yellow onion diced
- 2 cloves garlic diced
- 1 Tbsp chili powder
- 1 (8oz can) tomato sauce
- 4 1ft long hot dogs
- 4 1ft long hot dog buns, toasted
- 2-3 cups of shredded cheddar
Directions
- Preheat your @halo.pg pellet grill to 250°F and begin slicing the middle of each hotdog end-to-end about 3/4 the way through the hot dog.
- Place on the smoker for about 45 mins.
- Prep all other ingredients. Dice onion, garlic, beef. Preheat your @halo.pg griddle on low for 10 mins and add on the onion and garlic with approx. 2 Tbsp olive oil. After a few minutes, set aside and crank the burner on high
- Season beef with salt, pepper, and chili powder and throw onto the piping hot griddle. Once mostly cooked, add in tomoto sauce, Dijon mustard, and mix in the garlic-infused onions to the beef. Incorporate well (about 2 mins of tossing altogether)
- Remove beef, clear griddle, set on low, and add 2 Tbsp butter. Once melted, cover the butter with the hot dog buns. -Once toasted, remove from griddle, remove hot dogs, and begin plating the chili dog and garnish with a generous serving of shredded cheddar cheese.
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