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If you love a hot dog, here are 10 ways to take that passion to another level.
Punch up the flavour in your bun: This recipe combines a Korean kimchi salsa, grated cheese and spicy Sriracha for a delicious mix of old and new flavours.
Kimchi hot dogs Source: Richo's Bar Snacks
"Any chance I have to make two of my fave things into one dish, I’m going to do it and these salty, savoury pretzel dogs are a perfect example of that!" says Mary Berg, the host of Mary's Kitchen Crush, where she shares the recipe for these dogs, a great take on game time-grub. Each snag is wrapped in a spiral of chewy pretzel dough.
Pretzel dogs Source: Mary's Kitchen Crush
The pancho is really all about the toppings. These change depending on the region (and stall) you’re buying it from, but favourite additions include corn, cheese, mustard, onion and 'salsa golf', a mixture of ketchup and mayonnaise.-recipe-image_0.jpg?imwidth=1280)
Pancho Source: Feast / Brett Stevens
Made with both lamb and beef mince, these skinless sausages are perfect hot off the grill, with some capsicum relish, chopped onion and lepinja, fresh bread that toasted on the grill over the top of these cevapi.
Skinless sausages served with a capsicum relish and lepinja Source: Tammi Kwok
No bun in sight here, but this popular Korean soup makes great use of the classic hot dog. Budae jjigae (army base stew) was created north of Seoul, soon after the Korean Warm when food scarcity led hungry Koreans to concoct a meal using food that was coming via US military bases, including Spam, hot dogs and baked beans.
Army base stew (budae jjigae) Source: Chris Chen
These bratwurst mit rot khol are served with a cheat's sauerkraut, on chewy homemade pretzel dough rolls.
Bratwust hotdogs. Source: SBS Food
This is a traditional South American street food adapted to Australian ingredients. Load up the bun with cabbage, avocado, tomato, mayonnaise and mustard.
Completo Source: Carlos Astudillo
It's like a hot dog for chorizo lovers: the choripán, or ‘chori’ as they are colloquially called, is a street food staple in Argentina, where freshly cooked chorizo hot off the grill plate is served in crusty rolls with a vast array of condiments.
Choripan Source: Rachel Tolosa Paz
The hot dog family includes a variety of 'dogs' on sticks, from to dagwood dogs and pluto pups to and corn dogs like , a frankfurt coated in a crisp polenta, flour, spice and egg batter.
Corn dogs
This one is like a third cousin twice removed: there's actually no hot dog involved. But it is a corn dog of sorts and for those who love mac 'n' cheese, it's a hearty comfort food twist on the traditional corn dog.
Corndog mac and cheese Source: Mary's Kitchen Crush
