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How To Boil Hot Dogs
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Prep Time
2 mins
Cook Time
2 mins
Total Time
7 mins
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 130 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 1 Quart of water
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1-8 hot dogs
Instructions
- our the water into a medium sized sauce pan and set the heat on medium high.
- Add the salt to the water.
- Place the hot dogs in the water.
- Continue heating on medium high until water begins to boil. Cut the heat back slightly so that pan won’t boil over. Simmer like this for 5 minutes. Turn off the heat and drain and serve.
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Notes
- General Information:
- TURNING UP THE FLAVOR:
- The recipe above is the BASIC hot dog recipe.
- If you REALLY want to add flavor choose one of the following:
- Hot Dogs are fully cooked when you purchase them, so boiling is really just heating them up.
- Make sure to give guests plenty of options for toppings.
- Toast the buns with butter! You won’t be sorry!
- Add a bouillon cube to the cooking water at the start (any flavor works).
- Cook the hot dogs in a chicken, beef or vegetable stock!
- Cut the water by ½ (2 Cups) and add a can of beef consume soup to the water, let the hot dogs boil in that soup.
- Add a beer, ½ stick of butter, 1 tbs of hot sauce, 1 teaspoon of onion powder and 1 teaspoon of garlic powder to 2 cups of water and boil the hot dogs in that mixture.
Nutrition Information
Calories
130kcal
(7%)
Carbohydrates
1g
(0%)
Cholesterol
2mg
(1%)
Sodium
189mg
(8%)
Potassium
8mg
(0%)
Calcium
5mg
(1%)
Iron
0.1mg
(1%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 8servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 130
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 130kcal | 7% |
| Carbohydrates | 1g | 0% |
| Cholesterol | 2mg | 1% |
| Sodium | 189mg | 8% |
| Potassium | 8mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 5mg | 1% |
| Iron | 0.1mg | 1% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.