Mexican Hot Dog Recipe
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Mexican Hot Dog Recipe
Description
This recipe starts by cooking thinly sliced onions in avocado oil, first over medium-high heat then simmered with cumin and oregano until caramelized. An elote-style mayonnaise is made by combining mayonnaise, cotija cheese, and elote seasoning. Hot dogs are grilled until slightly charred and fully cooked, then placed in buns warmed on the grill. The buns are spread with the elote mayonnaise, topped with the caramelized onions, sweet corn kernels, and pickled jalapeños, creating a layered and texturally interesting sandwich.
The flavors balance well with the smoky grilled hot dog and the creamy, tangy mayo contrasted by the spicy jalapeños, making it suitable for a casual lunch or backyard meal.
Elote seasoning can be made at home with a blend of paprika, cumin, chili powder, coconut sugar, and a squeeze of lime juice, or substituted with similar spices as desired.
Ingredients
Mexican Caramelized Onions
- 1 tablespoon avocado oil
- 1 medium onion thinly sliced
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon oregano
Elotes Mayonnaise
- ¼ cup mayonnaise
- ¼ cup cotija cheese can substitute feta cheese
- 1 tablespoon elote seasoning see notes
Mexican Hot Dogs
- 4 hotdog
- 4 hot dog buns
- 1 cup corn thawed, frozen
- ¼ cup jalapeños pickled
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a medium-sized frying pan over medium-high heat. Add the onion and cook for 5 minutes, stirring a few times. Reduce the heat to medium-low, stir in the cumin and oregano and cook for 5 minutes more.
- While the onions are cooking, make the rest of the recipe. Combine the mayonnaise, cojita cheese, and elote seasoning in a small bowl.
- Preheat your grill to medium-high. Put the hot dogs on the grill and cook them until they are slightly charred and fully cooked. If you'd like, warm the buns on the grill.
- To assemble the Mexican hot dogs, slather the buns with some elote mayonnaise then fill them with the caramelized onions, a hot dog, some corn, and pickled jalapeños.
Notes
- Elote seasoning can be homemade with sweet paprika, smoked paprika, cumin, chili powder, coconut sugar, and lime juice.
- This seasoning mix enhances the mayonnaise to capture traditional Mexican elote flavors in the hot dog topping.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 4servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 378 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1 Mexican hot dog | |
| Calories | 378kcal | 19% |
| Carbohydrates | 45g | 15% |
| Protein | 12g | 24% |
| Fat | 18g | 28% |
| Saturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 4g | 24% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 7g | 35% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 31mg | 10% |
| Sodium | 817mg | 34% |
| Potassium | 345mg | 7% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 5g | 10% |
| Vitamin A | 939IU | 19% |
| Vitamin C | 6mg | 7% |
| Calcium | 144mg | 14% |
| Iron | 4mg | 22% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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