Everyone has a way to cook hot dogs.The food can be boiled, fried, grilled or roasted.Add onions, relish, and a variety of other condiments, or dress it up with a classic combination of mustard and ketchup.Instructions on grilling, boiling, microwaving, and oven roasting hot dogs can be found in this article.The prep time is 13 to 17 minutes.
Step 1: It's time to fire up the grill.
Many people think grilling hot dogs is the best way to prepare them.Go ahead and light your grill if you want it to work.The hot dog buns and condiments should be prepared while the grill is heating up.The best way to enjoy hot dogs is on the grill.It's a good idea to make sure that one side of the grill is hot and the other side is cooler.Stacking up the charcoal a little higher on one side is how you can do this.If you have a gas grill, you should be able to control the heat using the knobs on your appliance.
Step 2: The hot dogs should be on the cooler side of the grill.
They should be placed at an angle to create a diagonal sear-mark on the dog.
Step 3: The hot dogs should be cooked for a minute each side.
The goal here is not to cook the dog so much as to get it piping hot without burning it, but to give it some good color and make it hot.Keep turning the dogs until they have a nice char.The hot dogs should be moved to the hot side of the grill.Move them to a plate if you want to develop a bit of char.
Step 4: The hot dogs should be served.
They can be placed in a bun and served with any combination of mustard, relish, onion, tomato, cheese, or sauerkraut.
Step 5: If you want to cover hot dogs, fill a large saucepan.
4 cups of water should be enough for 4 hot dogs.It's important to use a pan large enough so that the water falls below the rim.
Step 6: The water should be boiled.
The pan should be on a burner.The water should come to a boil.
Step 7: Put the hot dogs in the water.
Take the hot dogs with you when the water is boiling.
Step 8: The hot dogs should be cooked.
Depending on how you like your hot dogs cooked, cook them for anywhere from 3 to 6 minutes.For a softer hot dog, cook them for 3 to 4 minutes.If you want a crispier hot dog, cook them for 5 to 6 minutes.
Step 9: Take the hot dogs and serve them.
Remove the hot dogs from the water and dry them off with a paper towel before placing them in a bun.The hot dogs can be served with any combination of mustard, relish, onion, tomato, cheese, or sauerkraut.
Step 10: The hot dog should be in a microwave-safe bowl.
Rather than a metal bowl, use plastic or glass.The bowl should be deep enough to hold the hot dogs.
Step 11: Put the hot dogs in the water.
It may boil over the sides, so leave an inch between the top of the water and the rim.
Step 12: The hot dog needs to be cooked.
The bowl should be placed in the microwave.The hot dogs should be cooked on high for 2 to 3 minutes.Bigger hot dogs may need more time in the microwave.
Step 13: Remove the hot dogs from the microwave.
The hot dogs will be bursting with heat when they come out, so let them stand for 30 seconds to cool and dry off.
Step 14: The hot dogs will be served.
When the hot dogs are dry, serve them in buns.A quick method of cooking hot dogs is to serve them with a combo of condiments.
Step 15: The oven should be 400 F.
The method of cooking hot dogs results in blackened dogs.They taste as close to a grilled hot dog as you can get.
Step 16: Cut each hot dog in half.
Since hot dogs can be slippery, use a sharp knife to cut them.Don't slice through the hot dogs themselves, just make a cut that will serve as a vent.
Step 17: The hot dogs should be on the roasting pan.
You may want to line the pan with aluminum foil to make it easier to clean up after the hot dogs.
Step 18: The hot dogs need to be cooked for 15 minutes.
Place the roasting pan in the oven and let the hot dogs cook until the skin begins to brown.If you prefer your hot dogs crisp, brown them by turning on the broiler.If you want, place the hot dogs back in the oven for an additional minute.
Step 19: The hot dogs will be served.
Take the hot dogs out of the oven and put them on the buns.Hot dogs with chili and cheese are wonderful.Sprinkle some cheese on top of the chili and serve the hot dogs with forks.
Step 20: Cut up some hot dogs.
When they're cut into bite-sized pieces, hot dogs taste better.More surface area will get a brown sear.You can cut the hot dogs into smaller pieces if you want.
Step 21: Put the oil in the pan.
The pan should be placed on the stove to heat it up.The sides of the frying pan will rise if you add enough oil.Allow the oil to heat up.Drop a crumb of bread into the hot oil and see if it's ready for hot dogs.The oil is ready if it starts sputtering and sizzling.
Step 22: The hot dog pieces should be in the pan.
They may pop right away.They should be put in the pan in a single layer.The hot dogs will cook unevenly if the pan is too large.
Step 23: The hot dog pieces should be turned.
After a minute or two, use tongs to turn them over.Keep cooking the hot dog pieces until you like them.Remember that hot dogs are pre-cooked so you don't have to worry about whether they're still raw in the middle.
Step 24: Take the hot dog pieces and put them in a container.
To transfer the hot dogs to the paper towel lined plate, use the tongs.
Step 25: The hot dogs will be served.
They are great with fried peppers and onions, mixed into macaroni and cheese, or on their own with some condiments.