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Hot Dogs, Wieners, Frankfurters, Franks, or Dogs; whatever you call them, they are one of the main stays of low cost cooking, especially if you have children to feed. In my hot dog explorations I have discovered that all beef franks taste the best, at least to my taste buds. They are usually the most expensive too, often costing as much as $3 a pound or more. Since I regard hot dogs as an economy food, I don’t purchase the expensive ones. Instead, I go for the cheapest ones available. At my local stores this means hot dogs made from turkey or chicken meat. I usually pay under $1 a pound, sometimes as little as 69¢ a pound when they are on sale in the summer time. When I find hot dogs this cheaply I but at least 10 pounds for the freezer. Hot Dogs are one thing I know we will use up long before they go to waste. Turkey and Chicken wieners have much less fat than their pork and beef counterparts, so along with being less expensive, they are healthier too. While you’re in the hot dog case, be sure to check the weight of your package. Some packages are 10 or 12 ounces, but appear to be the same size as the full 16 ounce-pound packages. Use the Unit Prices to compare the price per ounce so you know you’re getting the best deal in the lunch meat case.
Incidentally, when I absolutely have to have all beef weiners, I buy them at my local Warehouse store (Sam’s). There I can purchase high quality all beef hot dogs for $1.39 a pound if I buy 4 pounds of them at a time. This is the same price per pound that I regularly pay for hamburger, so it isn’t too expensive for an ocassional treat. As the kids get older and can really taste the flavor difference between the chicken-turkey dogs and the all beef franks, I find myself purchasing the more expensive ones more often. They are still pretty cheap compared to other things. As with so many frugal buying habits, each family must make their own decisions regarding cost and quality. Some folks consider the turkey-chicken dogs the all around best buy because they are less expensive and so much healthier. Others prefer the flavor of the beef weiners enough to pay the higher price. I waffle around from one view to the other, depending on the day, and the amount of last week’s pay check.
To Cook Hot Dogs in the house: My favorite way to cook hot dogs is to boil them. Fill a pot half full of tap water. Bring it to a boil over high heat. Add your hot dogs. Reduce the heat slightly and simmer for about 5 minutes. Drain the dogs slightly before placing them on a bun. Hot dogs may also be steamed in a steamer insert like vegetables if desired. They need to steam for about 7 to 10 minutes to be heated all the way through. When steamed, hot dogs seem to be juicier to me than when they are boiled. Another favorite way to cook weiners is to fry them. Heat a tablespoon or two of bacon grease, oil, or margarine in a large skillet. Add the hot dogs and fry them until they are browned to your liking. Turn them occasionally so that they brown evenly.
To Cook Hot Dogs outside: When you have your outside grill heated up for hamburgers or steaks it is an easy matter to toss on a few hot dogs for later consumption. Hot dogs cook quickly so watch them carefully. When they are well browned on one side, turn to brown the other side, which will cook more quickly still. These grilled hot dogs are very good reheated in the microwave for fast snacks and lunches. Franks are also delightful when cooked on a stick over an open fire. I use metal coat hangers for the sticks, although I’ve heard that green wood also works. Green wood is wood from a living tree. Since it hasn’t dried out yet, it won’t burn in the fire the way dead fall will. Only take green wood from your own trees on your own property. Never take green wood from public trees, it is stealing. To make a coat hanger stick, use wire cutters to cut the hook off, and straighten out the remaining wire. Carefully shove the hot dog onto one end of the wire, long-ways. The picture to the right shows it short-ways. In my experience hot dogs fall into the fire when cooked this way. Shoving the hot dog onto the wire long-ways is more secure. Use the other end of the wire for a handle. Hold the weiner in the fire until it browns lightly and sweats with it’s inner juices. Turn the franks often to cook them evenly. Serve on a bun with all your favorite fixin’s.
Condiments: Frankfurters are a simple food, lending themselves to all sorts of spicy sauces and savory decorations. Once you place your hot dog on a bun, it is ready for embelishment. For everyday eating ketchup and mustard make weiners something quick and tasty for snacks or lunches. When you have the time you can easily add shredded cheese, minced onion, chopped pickles, and barbecue sauce. Adventuresome souls can add inexpensive canned Sauerkraut, Cole Slaw, and even chutney, picalilly, and other other spicy relishes. I like canned hot dog chili on my wieners. I buy it in 10 ounce cans at 3 for $1. The reason it is so cheap is that the main ingredient listed on the can is ground beans, not meat. It tastes good though, and is just the right touch for a summer afternoon of chili dogs, coleslaw and jello fruit salad. One can is enough to serve my family for one meal of hot dogs.
Buns & Bread: Have you ever tried to make homemade hot dog buns? I have, and I’ve never been as successful at it as I’d like. Hamburger buns are easy to shape, and if they are a little crooked, they still fit the burger. Hot dog buns are more persnickity. Unless you have the patience of Job I recommend buying your hot dog buns pre-made. My local day-old bread store sells them for about 50¢ a package. I usually buy about 6 or 8 packages and freeze them until I need them. Hot dog buns taste best if they are warmed up before eating. This can be done quickly in the microwave by cooking for a few seconds. Be careful though, because the microwave will over cook and dry out your buns before you can say Jack Robinson. A more reliable way is to arrange them on a cookie sheet and bake them at 400 degrees for about 10 minutes. This will toast them slightly, giving them just enough crispiness to hold up to the onslaught of topping cascading from the condiment tray. If you don’t have buns, don’t worry. Hot Dogs are aboslutely divine with a nice slice of white bread wrapped around them, the way you wrap a blanket around a sleeping child. If you are out of bread then you can make Corn Dogs or Pigs in a Blanket instead.
Beanie Wienies: This is an all time favorite at my house. Heat up 4 to 6 cups of Baked Beans or Pork ‘n’ Beans. This is 3 or 4 15 ounce cans. Homemade Baked Beans will be cheaper, but canned beans are convenient and relatively inexpensive. Slice up a pound of hot dogs and heat them up in a large saucepan along with the beans. I prefer the hot dogs thinly sliced, but this is a matter of taste. Add a bit of ketchup, brown sugar, dry mustard, chopped onion, or chopped green pepper if you take a notion to. Add a little water if you need to, for simmering. Simmer the dish over medium heat for about 10 minutes to mingle the flavors together. Serve hot with a pan of Corn Bread if you like. This will serve 6 people amply, the recipe may be cut in half if desired.
Mashed Potato Pups: Start off with a pound of hot dogs. Cut a lengthwise slit in each hot dog, without cutting all the way through. Get 2 cups of leftover or fresh mashed potatoes, instant ones are fine. Mix 1/2 to 1 cup of shredded cheese with the mashed potatoes. Stuff the hot dogs with the cheesy potatoes. Arrange the stuffed dogs on a cookie sheet. Bake at 400° for about 15 minutes. The potatoes should be brown and hot and the cheese should be melted. Serve hot to hungry children. Excellent use for leftover mashed potatoes.
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Hi,
Couldnt read the whole article — “mainstay” if kids in the household???, etc. So much of your website indicates you are an intelligent person who must know of how unhealthy hotdogs are especially (underline ‘especially’) for children, whose are still adding new cells — including brain cells! — instead of just sloughing off dead cells as adults. Boneless skinless chicken breast is always on sale for $1.99 a pound. Homemade chicken nuggets, chicken tenders, chicken salad, chicken salad sandwhich. I liked that I saw legumes mentioned a lot, but, please get rid of the hot dogs. I raised a daughter (now 13) and we have never had a hot dog in our house. She survived. Google “hotdogs” and “carcinogenic” and see what you find. Feel free to email me if you would like to talk about this.
I feel the same way. I appreciate your comments, Michelle, and will substitute chicken for hot dogs in recipes on this site. Love the site otherwise, and am looking forward to making school lunches for 50 cents to $1.00!! Wow, thanks for putting up so much valuable stuff.
claudia
Don’t use coat hangers. Even bare wire ones have a varnish or coating that may chemically contaminate the food due to heat and the hot dog’s oils.
I really had to add my 2 cents. I grew up eating hotdogs, and I servce them to my children. I am in the same league with the HBHW. I have a limited budget and here in Hawaii if you can find chicken for $1.99 a pound you better buy the store out! I do buy hotdogs & we eat them. I try to buy the best ones I can afford, and we usually have them for snacks and lunches.
A note to other readers. If you choose not to serve hot dogs that is your personal preference, nowhere on this site does it say that you must eat a hotdog to be frugal in your spending.
Never thought I would see a debate over hot dogs. I have been following this site for over 2 years now and I can say that it does it’s job well and with abundance. If you have personal preference with ingredients it is better to just sub with something else, and move on. It is a person’s right to eat a hot dog just as much as a right to abstain. If you would like the perfect recipe site that has all your points of view then you can go make one yourself for like minded people. Otherwise it is useless to complain and just plain rude to the women who put their hard work and time into this site.
I like chicken, full of more chemicals than you can usually swallow in one mouthful. I LOVE hot dogs. If you’re going to protect your kids from unhealthy hot dogs you might as well lock them up in a glass bubble, too. There’s more carcinogens in the air we breathe than in eating a good hot dog. I’m not here for a long time so I might as well be here for a good time…give me a dog and a beer!
I want to add one more receipe that my Mom used to make me as a child and I sometimes crave as an adult. Ok, chop up 5 hot dogs like you would if you’re making beenie weenies brown them in a skillet with a little onion until the meat has a nice golden crisp and the onions are translucent. While doing that, start preparing a box of mac-n-cheese (we all know how to do that)the classic “blue box” style mac-n-cheese no fancy shells and cheese. It just doesn’t work the same.
So now you have your gold weenies and onions and your noodles&cheese, mix these together while adding black pepper to taste. And, it’s done.
Now, I’m aware that this is not a “healthy” meal and I’m not suggesting that you serve this to your children everyday(unless it’s all you have), but it is tastey and it’s really easy to make.
I just wanted to say thanks for the mashed potato idea! I also wanted to add a variation. My Meemaw started making “Stuffed Weenies” in the 50’s when my Grandpa came back from a mess hall somewhere in the world having had them. You basically use the same formula as the Mashed Potato Pups, but substitute canned crushed pineapple for the potatoes. The potatoes are used, but as a side. They are served cubed and “home fried”, in a iron skillet of course!
When we were little my mother made hot dogs sliced into “coin” size with a can of pork and beans and a drained can of corn just heated on the stove top. We usually had this with hot cornbread and boiled potatoes. Cheap and filling and easy to prepare!
Sandi, that sounds really yummy and very kid-friendly. I’m going to give it a try next week. Thanks so much for sharing.
Pam
I enjoyed your article on God’s gift of the hot dog. At age 75, I still perfer a hot dog to a hamburger. I remember when just a child going to visit Grandpa and Grandma. Grandpa was an excellent maker of sausages and hot dogs, using the recipe Great-Great Grandpa brought over from Germany. He always had them hanging in the smokehouse and that was usually the first place I headed when we arrived at his house. Oh, what great days those were. Grandpa ate them morning, noon and evening – lived to aqe 94, Grandma to age 97. They were blessed and died happy!
Natures most perfect food the hotdog or at least the way I see it. I could eat them everyday if it was not for potential weight issues. I do remember reading a report that the more hotdogs consumed in a week the higher incidence of diabetes but I still love them. I almost married them. Beans and franks is so simple but so good. I have jazzed up the recipe with onions, bbq sauce, seasoning mostly Mexican. My kids would love the variations on beans and franks I served. Once we even tried a beans and franks pizza. Believe me it does not work.
Ball Park does offer a beef fat free hotdog. Dont ask me how they do it and they are pricey unless you buy them on sale. They have no fat and are only 60 calories per hotdog. The taste is close to a regular hotdog but not exact. The bun actually has more calories then the dog. This is less noticeable in beans and franks though. I am still waiting for fat free french fries.
This one my Dad used to make. Not a bit good for you but tasty just the same. And yes I am aware it’s not a real rarebit.
Hot Dog Rarebit
1 Tablespoon oil
4-5 hotdogs, sliced into coins
1/4 cup minced onion
Garlic powder to taste
2-3 dashes Tabasco
2 -3 dashes Worcestershire
1 small can tomato sauce
salt and pepper to taste
1 cup cheddar cheese cubes
In a skillet on medium high heat add oil, hotdog coins and minced onion. Saute until hotdogs are lightly browned. Add garlic powder, Tabasco (optional) and Worcestershire. Stir in tomato sauce. Add salt and pepper taste and let come to a light boil. Turn off heat. Add cheese cubes. Do Not Stir. Let the residual heat melt the cubes. Serve and eat.
I wanted to add that hot dogs can be high in fat, which is actually good for growing brains. Also some people cannot afford meats that “go on sale for $1.99/lb.”. Hot dogs, like most things, are fine in moderation. I would like to add a recipe that i have not yet tried, but sounds tasty.
You chop up hot dogs (not sure how many) and stir them into a few cans of pork and beans or baked beans (probably adjust for however many you wish to feed)and dice some potatoes to stir into the mix. Bake until potatoes are tender. Proteins and carbs together as one. Mmm.
Fat is not unhealthy nor will it make you fat as long as you get rid of sugars and starches or reduce them considerably. I love hot dogs simply dipped in mustard or sliced and scrambled with eggs. My favorite supermarket brand is Nathan’s, which I can get at my local Costco pretty cheaply and aren’t full of fillers.
I had at a Christmas street carnival hot dog chili! It was the best chili I have eaten. I think I will try to duplicate it!
I would imagine that people had better things to do than put others down about something as simple as hotdogs. I guess you learn something about human nature everyday. Some people can only feel good about themselves when they clothe themselves with that arrogant air of superiority.
I love your site. And I love beans/weenies as an occasional meal for the family. It’s good with a salad and cornbread, then fresh fruit for desert. My kids grew up on that type of meal once in a while, and they are still fine and in their 20-30s. In this world of ever increasing prices, finding a way to feed your family is important. Thank you for your wonderful articles on so many topics.
My ex-husbands late grandmother brought up her children,great grandchildren and great great grandchildren on hotdogs. One of her favorite recipes are still used in our house.It is so quick,easy and delicious. You cut up hotdogs and put them in a pot with a few cans of tomato sauce and cut up chunks of cheddar cheese. Heat until chesse is melted and bubbly(If the cheese is melted and bubbling it is a good indication that the hotdogs are cooked all the way through).
Serve and enjoy. She called this recipe wieners and cheese.
Please try to use the healthiest hot dogs possible, those that do not include nitrates or nitrites. Those chemicals are known to cause cancer. This is very serious, please buy the most natural possible. I buy the reduced fat Hebrew Nationals. $2.50 for a package of 8 at Walmart. Not cheap but when I get a craving for hotdogs, that’s what I buy for my family.
I also have to add my 2 cents worth. Today so many look to this site to help feed a family. I myself am struggling to feed my family and keep my home – that is proving to possibly be a losing battle. I feel an occasional hot dog is the least of my worries. Living in California my child brings home the occasional vegetarian. I do my best to accomadate their needs but have noticed they all seem so scrawny. Please dont preach as you have not walked in the shoes of others and maybe that hot dog is all they can afford. Take the weiners and cheese receipe and serve over rice. Filling for the masses. Thank you for this website it has provided delicious and filling meals for my family. I think that is what it is intended to be. Good luck to all.
Hello everybody!
This past Christmas we were invited by my mom’s church (St. Mary’s Basilica, located in the downtown that ministers to the homeless) to sing carols and everyone was invited for dinner. Everyone was welcome- a lot of people just came so they could have a meal. And guess what they served? Hot dogs, a cup of chili and hot chocolate.
I can’t think of many times where the world seemed perfect, and the dinner so delicious. Faith, carols, community and hot dogs.
Suzanne, I, too, make my family’s bread, hamburger buns, etc. I don’t make hot dog buns either, but Instead of buying hot dog buns, I make Pigs in a Blanket. Here’s one recipe (I usually increase the ratio of whole wheat flour to white flour):
PIGS IN A BLANKET
2 to 2½ cups unbleached All-Purpose Flour
½ cup Whole Wheat Flour
1 packet Instant Yeast or ¾ teaspoon bulk Instant Yeast
2 teaspoons Sugar
1 teaspoon Salt
1 cup hot Water (120-130°F)
2 tablespoons Canola Oil
8-10 Hot Dogs
In large bowl, combine 2 cups all purpose flour, whole wheat flour, yeast, salt and sugar; mix well. Stir in hot water and oil and mix until well combined. On floured surface, knead until smooth, adding additional flour if necessary, about 4 minutes.
Roll dough into two 10–inch circles. Cut each circle in 4 or 5 wedges, depending on how many hot dogs you had in the package. Place hot dog on wide end of wedge and roll up. Place on oiled cookie sheet or sheet pan with point side down. Cover and let rise for 15-30 minutes in a warm place. Meanwhile, heat oven to 375°F.
Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until golden brown. Serve with ketchup and mustard for dipping (or cover with chili, cheese or other condiments and eat with a knife and fork.)
OPTIONAL: Cut a slit in each hot dog, and fill with strips of your favorite cheese before wrapping in dough.
I would like to add a recipe too. Kind of different from what “geekbearinggifts” recipe. I am totally domestically challenged. My mom used to buy the “croissant dough”(The kind that comes in a roll thing like biscuits) and “roll” the hot dogs in them and bake them according to the directions on the label. I make these for my son once in a while. I usually get my “croissant dough” at Aldi’s. It’s WAAAAAY cheaper than Pillsbury!
And as for the “hot debate” going on about nutritional value of hot dogs…They’re hot dogs!!! Some of us can’t afford to buy the “all beef” kind especially when you’re a single parent! I have been feeding my son hot dogs since he was old enough to eat solids and have not had any problems with his brain developing as I have eaten them for as long as I can remember. No, I do not recommend them for a daily diet, but they’re HOT DOGS PEOPLE!!! Good lord!
Don’t be a downer on the hot dog. When you have to feed your family and there’s only twenty bucks in the account for the next week you do what you can. That include lots of beans, rice and hot dogs. The emergency menu of this website has been a lifesaver on many occasions for this family. I wish I could afford anything that was $2.00 a pound but we work with what we have. I figure hot dogs are better than no food. Unless somebody disagrees with that…
A recipe that my family loves is corndog muffins. Just make up some cornbread and put in muffin cups. You can either dice the hot dogs and stir into cornbread or slice them and once you fill the muffin cups put a slice in. This is so yummy we love it. I also add a little ketchup and mustard to the cornbread. We also love hotdog casserole. Yummy!!! Love the website
God bless
I guess the only thing I would add is that today’s hot dogs, like so many other things, no doubt have things in them that grandma’s and grandpa’s hotdogs did not. Things that are not good for us.
The way the world is today, if a hotdog don’t kill ya, something else will. Life’s short. Go out happy & with a full belly of stuff you like.There are those of us who have to juggle $80 for 2 weeks for groceries. You learn to be creative & use up leftovers.Thankfully I was raised eating burgers,dogs,etc. and I can tell you I ain’t none worse for the wear. You do what you gotta do to survive. If health nuts turn their nose up at yummy occasional treats, that’s their decision & kudos to them. Money just doesn’t go as far as it used to.Alot of us out there don’t have resources available for 100% healthy living. Aldi,Dollar stores,growing your own food. You go with what works. That’s how my family survives & will continue to survive.
Lunchroom Favorite Growing Up – Weiner Winks!
Here is a recipe that was served in several Central Texas School Lunchrooms when I was growing up in the 70’s. We absolutely loved these and they were called Weiner Winks.
Roll up a hotdog, dill pickle spear and about a 4 inch x 1/2 inch long cube of cheddar or velveeta cheese in a slice of white bread.
Secure with a toothpick to hold everything together.
Lightly brush the top of the bread with melted butter and bake for about 12 – 15 minutes at 350 degrees. These come out a bit crispy and crunchy and the taste of the hotdog, cheese and pickle is terrific!
Our lunchroom served 2 of these with canned peaches and a green salad on the side and this was truly one of the most popular meals ever!
Suzanne, thank you for your wonderful tips. I love this website!
Wow, all this talk about hot dogs! I have some friends and family members who would never touch one and others, like me, who can’t live without them and grew up as a big fan. I love them so much that I stockpile packages when I can get them for 1.00 to FREE after coupons during the summer. We don’t eat pork, so we only gravitate to all beef hot dogs, Hebrew national being the favorite. When I had a stockpile of them year before last, I created 2 recipes to use them in a new way. The first one was “poor Mom’s kielbasa and noodles” and the other was “red bean and rice” like the kind you get at Popeye’s Chicken. It tastes exactly like the restaurant version, but no pork and you know exactly what’s in it! Here are the links if your interested:
Poor Mom’s kielbasa- http://4hatsandfrugal.blogspot.com/2008/07/poor-moms-keilbasa-and-egg-noodles.html
Red Beans and Rice- http://4hatsandfrugal.blogspot.com/2008/07/red-beans-and-rice-hot-dog-double-agent.html
One of my favorite hot-dog recipes is as follows:
Slice hot dogs lengthwise, but not all the way through, and open slightly. Stuff with thin slices of cheddar cheese and thin slices of pickle – your choice: sweet, bread-and-butter, or dill. Then, broil until cheese is bubbly and hot dog is browned.
I like these with a little spicy mustard if using bread-and-butter or sweet pickle, or a little chili sauce (Heinz or generic) if using dill pickle. I’m sure one could use thin slices of onion as well if one wished.
This was my favorite hot dog growing up and yes, I do realize it’s not healthy, but it is delicious!
slice hot dog in half lengthwise (not all the way through) and stuff with cheddar cheese. Wrap hot dog with bacon and bake in oven until bacon is thoroughly cooked. Serve with or without a bun. Personally, I love it on a bun with lots of mustard.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE hotdogs. My kids LOVE LOVE LOVE hotdogs. I believe I was an easy kid to feed. I could eat hotdogs for breakfast, lunch and dinner. My mom could never believe I wasnt tired of them.
Now I prefer beef (I dont think thats what I grew up eating all the time though). My kids eat the cheapies because they dont know the difference in flavor yet.
Heres an easy, kid friendly dish my hubbys g-ma made for us one time. And when funds and food are short, will feed a few for very little.
2 packs of hotdogs (the cheaper the better the taste, seriously) cut up
bottle of cheap bbq sauce
Put hot dogs in skillet, stir in bbq sauce. Heat, stir often. (we like them with a bit of brown on the hotdogs)
Served with cheap mac-n-cheese makes good cheap meal.
Another poster mentioned a mac-n-cheese/hotdog dish. Ive made 1 similar.
Just add cut up hotdogs to water and boil. Add in mac-n-cheese noodles and make as normally would. The mac-n-cheese tastes so yummy having cooked with the hotdog juice!!!
Thanks for all the good ideas on your site!!!
I just had to post after reading all of the evil hot dog debate. Many of us are living during hard times, and as one poster said a hotdog is better than no food at all. Those that are opposed to the humble hot dog have never been to the point where they had to stretch $20 or $30 or so to feed a family until next paycheck. Being a single mom, I had to stretch one chicken breast to feed 4+ people, we had alot of beans and rice, and yes, we also had hotdogs. I just saw a sale in our area (Nampa, ID) for .50 for a pack of dogs. Hmmm, should I buy the all natural expensive dogs for upwards of $4 a pack, or should I buy the pkg for .50 and put some gas in my car so I can go to work – it gets down to that.
I love this site, and I applaud all the recipes, including the ones with the big bad evil hotdogs
I have to say… ANYTHING in moderation is ok, anything in excess is not ok… That said… my grandmom made this recipe and I know she was frugal… but it is really good!…
Hotdog Gravy – Pink potato
In Tbsp of oil brown 1 lb. sliced beef or pork hot dogs until very brown (but not burned). Toward end of browning add 1 medium chopped onion and brown the onion slightly. Drain off excess oil, cool pain slightly and add 3 cups of water and 1, 1/2 tsp chili powder (more or less to your taste). Thicken with mixture of 3-4 Tbsp+ 1/3 C.water to make into gravy.
Boil potatoes, carrots and onions (3 parts potatoes, 2 parts carrots, 1 part onion) in salted water. Drain & mash together thoroughly and serve with the gravy.
And let me tell you… YUM!
I live in Toronto and the best veal hotdog are $7 per pound (at Pusateri`s), but I buy them because they are really good. Until I found these, I didn`t eat any, it`s been 20 years since my last supermarket hotdog, which made me very sick. For me they are a treat, not an economy food, as I can find even T-bone steaks cheaper, sometimes. Just to add my 2 cents, I boil them much longer, 15-20 minutes to melt away as much of the fat and wash out as much of the salt and preservatives. Cheers!