Hot dogs are topped with Thai-inspired slaw, peanut sauce, chopped peanuts and cilantro.
Are you sick of hot dogs yet? I sure hope you aren’t! Honestly, when I decided to do the 2nd Annual Hot Dog Week, I intended to keep it at 3 recipes, since I’ve only been posting 3 recipes a week. But I couldn’t stop myself.
I actually had been thinking up ideas, and was hitting a brick wall. For some reason, I was having a hard time even coming up with the 3 recipe concepts. But then I sat down one night to really hash it out. And what I ended up with was a list long enough to keep me busy into probably the 5th annual hot dog week. So yeah, I had to go with 5 days, and I’m already planning next year. 🙂
Today’s hot dog was inspired by the Thai Chopped Chicken Salad I posted a couple months back. I couldn’t stop thinking about how well it would translate into a hot dog. And I was right. Instead of a salad, I made a slaw of sorts, and then topped that with the peanut sauce (which is seriously one of my favorite things ever. I could eat that stuff with a spoon). Then of course, you need a little crunch from some chopped peanuts, and the cilantro just rounds the whole thing off. These were some messy dogs to eat, but it was totally worth it. They are quite mild – no spice to them – but if you love spice, I think you could totally add some chiles in there and it would be fabulous.
Now I think I need to figure out another recipe I can throw these Thai flavors into!
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Thai-Style Hot Dogs
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 4 hot dogs 1x
Description
Hot dogs are topped with Thai-inspired slaw, peanut sauce, chopped peanuts and cilantro.
Ingredients
Slaw
- 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon Thai sweet red chili sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1/8 teaspoon sugar
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- 1/2 cup chopped red cabbage
- 1/2 cup diced cucumber
- 1/2 cup shredded carrots
- 1/2 cup chopped red bell pepper
Peanut Sauce
- 2 tablespoons peanut butter
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1/2 tablespoon rice vinegar
- 1/2 tablespoon Thai sweet red chili sauce
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
Hot Dogs
- 4 hot dogs
- 4 hot dog buns
- Chopped peanuts
- cilantro
Instructions
- In a bowl, combine the rice vinegar, Thai sweet red chili sauce, sesame oil, and sugar. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Stir in the chopped cabbage, cucumber, carrots and red bell pepper. Let the mixture sit for a few minutes.
- In a small bowl, combine the peanut butter, soy sauce, rice vinegar and Thai sweet red chili sauce. Whisk in the vegetable oil until smooth.
- Cook the hot dogs. Place a hot dog on each bun, then top with some of the slaw mixture. Drizzle on the peanut sauce, then top with chopped peanuts and cilantro.
More hot dog favs:
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Sinea says
Tomorrow, in celebration of National Hot Dog Day, I am doing a hot dog roundup and THIS amazing recipe is going to be featured. Just pinned it to my new “Hot Diggity Dog” board, too.
Nutmeg Nanny says
Oh my goodness! I am in love with thai food, this hot dog recipe is incredible! I need it 🙂
Alaina @ Fabtastic Eats says
I LOVE these flavors! I can only imagine how great they are on a hot dog!
Nessa says
Love me some yummy hot dogs!
Chels R. says
Seriously beautiful pictures!!! I’m glad you decided to post these!
Kathy says
Love how creative this is! I wish I was having this for dinner!
Chung-Ah | Damn Delicious says
Sick of hot dogs?! NEVER! This just made the top of my “to-make” list!
Joanne says
I would be a much happier person if I could infuse Thai flavors into every meal of my life. LOVE this.
Tracey says
The combination of ingredients in the slaw sounds so fantastic! This might be my favorite hot dog of the week 🙂
leslie says
I dont think I could ever get sick of hot dogs! these sound amazing
cassie says
Wow, Deborah, I love these. Some of my favorite flavors ever!
Colleen @ What's Baking in the Barbershop?! says
So creative! What a great idea for a change-up to the “regular old” hot dog. Gotta remember this for that next summer bbq!
marcie@flavorthemoments. says
You didn’t just do this! You loaded my favorite Thai ingredients on a hot dog — it looks amazing. I so want one!
Karly says
You did not just seriously ask if I was tired of hot dogs yet, did you? I mean, really. I’d be totally okay if you extended this to two weeks. Or a month.
Robyn Stone | Add a Pinch says
Love thai style anything!!! Neat week of hot dogs!!!
danielle says
I’ll take two please! Yum!
steph@stephsbitebybite says
I’m drooling over this INCREDIBLE sauce!!!
Aggie says
Oh man! That is one hot dog I would love to try!!
Belinda @themoonblushbaker says
Thai dogs? Oh my spice addict is coming out now. Great toppings and so colourful.
Tieghan says
I love thai anything!! These are my kind of flavors and my kind of dog!! Wow!
Cookin Canuck says
Now this is a hot dog I can get really excited about. I could eat that topping all day long!