Hot Dog Chili Sauce
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Today I’m bringing you our recipe for hot dog chili sauce. The term “sauce” is used loosely here because we drain the liquid out when we top our dog with it. It’s a highly seasoned loose meat sauce that takes dogs to a whole new level – and it is perfect to add to your summertime arsenal. This hot dog chili sauce recipe will transform your hot dog experience.
The great thing is that this recipe makes a lot so I usually make it once and freeze it in family sized portions to reheat later. One cooking session – lots of delicious hot dog meals with all the trimmings. Can’t beat that with a stick!
If you are new to make this hot dog easy sauce, no worries I walk you through hit. Great for birthday parties, summer cookouts and so much more. Pile on your favorite toppings like chopped onions, pickle relish, cheese, and more.
Ingredients
- ground beef
- sal
- chili powder
- black pepper
How to Make
You’ll also need some water but most of us are tremendously blessed in that we have it just flowing out of the faucets.
Place all of your beef in a large pot and add enough water to cover.
Use your hands and smoosh all of the beef until it is completely spread out in the water like this.
I know this may seem gross to some of you but trust me, there are far worse things to have to do. We will not go into those now, but know that if examples did not immediately come to your mind, life will offer them up in due time and you’ll find yourself looking back on smooshing ground beef in water as one of the lesser happenings on the scale of grossness. Trust me.
Add all of your seasonings.
Stir well and put over medium high heat. Bring to a boil.
Once it comes to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for about an hour.
Ladle the grease off of the top of the chili and discard.
Use a slotted spoon to spoon it out and put it on top of your hot dogs.
Some might look at this and say “But that doesn’t make sense. You’ve taken a meat hot dog and added another meat to it.” To them I would say “Yes I have, and your appreciation is noted.” 🙂
Recipe FAQs
You are more than welcome to swap the ground beef for a ground turkey if you would like. You will follow the same ingredients as the recipe. It will just give the hot dogs a leaner take to them.
Freezing the meat is super easy to do. Just take what you don’t eat and place in a freezer bag, or even a sealable freezer container. You can freeze the meat mixture for 3-4 months. Then when you are ready to reheat, simply thaw in the fridge overnight. Then reheat on the stove, microwave, or even a slow cooker.
If you want to spice up the sauce you can add some hot sauce in the mixture, or cayenne pepper. Either method will help amplify the heat. You can add in the sauce or the pepper as you are cooking the meat so it has time to soak into the meat and really infuse the flavor.
Ingredients
- 3 pounds ground beef
- 4-6 tablespoons chili powder
- 1 tablespoon salt more or less to taste
- 1 tablespoon pepper more or less to taste
- water enough to cover your ground beef
Instructions
- Place enough water in a pot to cover your beef. Take handfuls of the beef and submerge in the water, smooshing it up with your hands. Add seasonings and stir.3 pounds ground beef, 4-6 tablespoons chili powder, 1 tablespoon salt, 1 tablespoon pepper, water
- Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and boil gently for about an hour. Ladle off grease from the top. Remove chili with a slotted spoon to put on hot dogs.
- Freeze leftovers for your next cookout!
Notes
Nutrition
Tell me your favorite hot dog brand in the comments! You might also enjoy this recipe! Loose Meat Sandwiches
This is just a thought, for girls like me who don’t like getting “up close and personal” with raw hamburger…I cook 5 lbs of hamburger with 2 cans of beef broth for about 45 minutes. I do break it up with my “tromper” thingy as it cooks. I let it cool some and then I use my immersion blender to grind it up a bit. (Be careful or you will have hamburger soup!) I drain it carefully and divide it into freezer bags. I season it when I use the hamburger to make chili or spaghetti or whatever. Love all your recipes and look forward to reading your posts!
This looks link the recipe I have been trying to find. My only difference would be half water and half beef stock. Ready to make some very soon.
We love Ball Park bun length franks and their new uncured beef, bun length.
Time to get squishing.
Looks like. Sorry
I hope this is it!! You will have to let me know once you try it.
Diet and Watson beef hot dogs. Hard to find but worth it.
Walmart carries this brand.
Christy, I love (bad pun coming) how frank you are. I wonder if there is another blogger/cookbook author out there who weaves such beautiful, charming stories into shared recipes. You make me want to connect more with the recipes from my grandmothers and my mother by making them for my family and friends, and you inspire me to be a better writer. Thank you for your authenticity, for speaking your truth, and of course for the recipes!
With great admiration,
Amy
P.S. I like Hebrew National!
Oh my goodness, you have made my day Amy!! Thank you so much for such kind words!!
You’re very welcome. 🙂
oh crud.. never mind, I see you stated this is from 2009… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Christy, is this a re-post of your original Hot Dog Chili Sauce recipe that I saw two or three years ago? I came here today looking for that HDCS recipe to try at our next lake picnic. This one might just fit the bill, I’m looking for a good chili topping that won’t be messy. This looks like it fits the bill!
oops, didn’t mean to be repetitive…
I guess I’m still a kid (well, at heart)… My favorite is Ball Park hot dogs (beef); to me, they taste best if grilled, and when that is not an option, I love to butterfly them and fry them stove-top in a skillet until well browned on both sides, then add chili and whatever toppings. If it gets a little messy, that’s o.k… That’s what forks are made for!!!