15 MIN · STOVETOP

Hot dog

Name: Hot dog
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 8 frankfurters; 8 hot dog buns; 2 onions (thinly sliced); 1 tbsp vegetable oil; 1/4 cup American mustard; 1/4 cup tomato ketchup; 1/2 tsp sea salt

Simmered, never boiled, in a bun steamed soft over the same pan.

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Ingredients

8frankfurters
8hot dog buns
2onions, thinly sliced
1 tbspvegetable oil
1/4 cupAmerican mustard
1/4 cuptomato ketchup
1/2 tspsea salt

Method

1
Heat the oil in a small pan and cook the sliced onions with the salt over low heat until soft, sweet and lightly browned.
2
Fill a wide pan with water and bring it to the point where it is steaming and just trembling, well short of a boil.
3
Slip the frankfurters into the water and leave them to heat through. Sit the buns in a steamer or a colander over the pan, covered, for the last two minutes.
4
Lift the frankfurters out and drain them briefly, put one in each bun, and top with the onions, mustard and ketchup.

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