Jul 13 2026

The Chicago Dog Recipe

Time30m
Serves4

This Chicago native is served on a Poppy Seed bun with onions, relish, tomato, pickle spear, sport peppers, yellow mustard, & celery salt.

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Ingredients

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Bun

Hot Dog

Method

Preparation

  1. 1

    Prepare the Ingredients

    Gather all ingredients. Chop the onion finely, slice the tomato, and prepare the pickle spears and sport peppers.

Cooking the Hot Dogs

  1. 2

    Cook the Hot Dogs

    Grill or boil the all-beef hot dogs according to package instructions until heated through, about 5-7 minutes.

Assembling the Chicago Dog

  1. 3

    Build the Hot Dog

    Place each cooked hot dog into a poppy seed bun. Top each dog with 1 tsp of yellow mustard, 1 tsp of sweet pickle relish, a sprinkle of diced onions, a slice of tomato, a pickle spear on the side, and 1 sport pepper.

  2. 4

    Finish with Celery Salt

    Sprinkle each assembled Chicago Dog with a pinch of celery salt for the final touch.

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