Chicago style hot dogs
 

With all the Chicagoans living in the Villages, are there any Chicago Hot Dog places here?

The best Chicago style hot dog is from the hot dog vendor at Lake Sumter Landing. Make sure they steam the bun.

Please describe a Chicago Hot Dog.
the bun, the dog and the sauce

In north Jersey I knew many places that made different types of hot dogs.
In south Jersey, nothing.

Where and when is this vendor ?

(I make a point of getting a hot dog from the vendor at the Home Depot Exit door when I am at HD).

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You have to be there . . .

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I was curious myself, also being born in new jersey
 

I WAS ALSO CURIOUS AS TO WHAT THEY MIGHT BE LIKE........FOUND BELOW ON FOOD.COM

HERE IS A PHOTO, PLUS WHERE TO ORDER........ THEY SHIP.

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Ship Chicago Style Hot Dogs / Taste of Chicago

CHICAGO STYLE HOT DOGS

""The authentic stands use Vienna Beef franks and buns with poppy seeds and that trademark green relish and yellow mustard.

If you're not fortunate enough to live near a stand , this home version does nicely.

The natural casing frankfurters have a pleasant "pop" when you bite them and are far superior to normal hot dogs.

I don't advise using serranos in place of sport peppers as they are not the same type of chile and the serranos are MUCH hotter (as well as not usually being found pickled). ""

Ingredients

4 natural casing beef frankfurters ( like Boar's Head brand) 4 hot dog buns ( with poppyseeds if you can find them)

1 small onion, diced fine

3 -4 teaspoons sweet pickle relish ( bright green type if you can find it!)

1 cold-pack kosher dill pickle, quartered lengthwise

1 small tomato, sliced into julienne strips

4 -8 pickled sport bell peppers or 4 -8 tiny hot peppers ( Kroger sells these)

dusseldorf-style brown mustard, with horseradish,to taste ( may use yellow mustard)

celery seed

poppy seed ( omit if using seeded buns)

beer, for simmering ( standard golden lager preferred; not authentic) (optional)

Directions

Simmer frankfurters in beer or water for approximately 10 minutes.
Warm buns in microwave, until slightly warm and soft.

To assemble hot dogs, place frank in each bun.

Add mustard to taste; top with dill spear, relish, onion, tomato, and 1-2 sport peppers (Jalapenos"might" be a reasonable substitute if you are desperate to find the sport peppers, but the taste won't be quite the same).

Sprinkle with celery and poppy seeds.

Serve 4

The state with the best Chicago Style hotdogs:
Vermont

Always found it interesting that when we travel to Largo, St. Pete area, there seem to be a lot of stores in that area with Chicago style beef sandwiches and hot dogs. There was a store here that had them, but sadly closed a few years ago.

It is hard to find some Midwest food items here like Eli's cheesecake... Found Gino's East pizza at Fresh Market, but haven't tried it yet.

The hot dog cart is parked next to the drink kiosk on the Square across from Panera. It is run by the movie theater and brought to the location on the Square on busy nights such as Rocky or Uncle Bob or Scooter. And a lot of vendor nights.

No poppyseed bun or pepperocinos (mild jalapenos in a jar is the stand's substitute), and I don't remember dill pickle quarters. But its a large sized all beef hot dog cooked Chicago style with a good bun and most of the trimmings. As good as I've had here by far.

Thank you for the info!!!! I cant't wait to have one!!!!

When I was a kid, the south side Chicago style was available only at hot dog stands and included:

A Rosen's bakery poppyseed bun (lightly steamed)
A fat, kosher beef hotdog with a skin (for the bite) boiled with a clove of garlic in the water
Chopped onion
Yellow mustard (Ketchup was forbidden)
One or two sport peppers (small, whole)
A kosher dill pickle spear
and MAYBE that weird, green pickle relish. Just maybe.


In later years, the hotdog evolved with a new chain of stands called Bozo's Hotdogs (later named Boz's hot dogs for trademark reasons)
It included:
A poppyseed bun (lightly steamed)
An all beef Ballpark Dinner Frank (still a fatso hotdog- skinny hotdogs were laughed at)
chopped onion
Yellow mustard
Seeded, fresh plum tomato wedges
Seeded cucumber spear
sport peppers (if requested)
celery salt

That's how I now serve my hotdogs at home. ( I occasionally still put a half clove of garlic in the boiling water) I found that one can request (ahead) for poppyseed hotdog buns at Publix- they will make them!

Good eating, in my book. :coolsmiley:

My dear friend Ruthie who lived next door to us turned us to Nathan's hot dogs and also Hebrew National. The best we had ever had from a grocery.

We still miss brats und metts like we could buy in Zinzinnati.

Whoops. This is IMPORTANT. bump..........oh sounds SO GOOD.

Uptown Girl, here's a pretty close picture of the hot dog stand dog you described:

Thank you, Uptown Girl,

I just printed your post.

You have great credibility as far as I am concerned, be it hot dogs or landscapers or haircuts or lots of other things -- I always read your posts. And now, finally, I feel like I have found the true meaning of the Chicago hot dog because I know you would know.

I think I've got it now, but I need to know what a sport pepper is.

Well I was going to high recommend Taste of Chicago and More in Mt. Dora! Unfortunately I see they closed in July 2014 due to health reasons :( They made true Chicago style dogs and Italian Beef!!! :( I have heard of another place but have to research again it's not close though. Still no Chicago dog I have had even the much touted Portillos can ever compare to the ones we got as kids from the hot dog cart vendors that would be around the parks and some neighborhoods. They were the absolute best and if it's not on a steamed poppy seed bun it just ain't a Chicago dog ;)

You got it!!!

Portillo's offers an outstanding beef sandwich, be it topped with their Italian-style sautéed green peppers or Marconi brand Hot Giardiniera. (my preference)

We have the beef sandwich fixings shipped to us a few times a year, just for a special treat.

I tried a Portillo's hot dog once- it just did not 'do it' for me.

I think there should be a Hot Dog cook off.

First prize gets a nice trophy that looks like a hot dog.

Contestants need to bring a gallon of the fixins.
People would buy the hot dog and bun from a vendor. The contestants would tell the vendor what brand of hot dog to buy.

The judges [and anyone can be a judge] would buy the hot dog and bun and walk up to the contestants stand where the contestant would put on the sauce. I would cut the hot dog in 3 pieces and get 2 hot dogs. No charge for the sauce. Judges get one vote for each category.

There would be 2 categories:
Traditional----for example Chicago Style
Free Style----the contestant creates their own recipe

That would be fun. I don't know what I want to be more;
a contestant or a judge.

Thanks for the kind words, Laurie :)

A sport pepper is a small, dark green hot pepper, rather like a green Tobasco pepper.
Comes in a jar- La Preferida is one brand you may find locally.

Marconi is the brand I would always buy, they were packed in Chicago.
The jar will be labeled Sport Peppers.

Not everyone loves them, as a little bite goes a long way!

Especially Willie's Weenie Wagon on Western Ave in Blue Island!

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My husband is a native of Long Island and lived in Chicago for 40 years. He likes Chicago-style dogs a lot, but he still LOVES his Sabrette's hotdogs- with red onion sauce.

Bless his heart :)

Chuck, did you ever get to chatting with Willie????

Willie put 3 kids through medical school with that weenie wagon stand. Singlehandedly, to boot. How cool is that!
He never knew it, but he was one of the inspirations I held in mind when choosing to becoming a small business owner.

Agree Portillo's doesn't do it for me either! Italian Beef , I wish I could the Hot Giardiniera but alas not anymore have to go with mild :( These days I make my own Italian Beef (not as good as back home) but does in a pinch. Publix sells in their Deli on occasion Italian Roast Beef. I buy it sliced nice and thin and make my own Italian au jus for it and add sautéed peppers. As a matter of fact it's on sale this week so going to get a few pounds. I make it and then freeze it for later. Makes one heck of sandwich.
Your hot dog recipes are spot on! The 1st one though is the way I remember them from the guys pushing the hot dog carts around, they also offered tomatoes. Back then 25 cents for a great hotdog!
Publix I bet would get your Giardiniera and sport peppers if you asked!

We were born and raised in Chicago, but haven't lived there in many years. We look all over for Chicago style hot hogs made by Vienna. Steak N' Shake has a Chicago style dog, but no poppy seed bun or Vienna brand. Sonic also serves a Chicago style dog, but again no Vienna brand. Have fun finding your favorite substitute.

I saw in The Daily Sun, Sidewalk Cafe offers Vienna Hot dogs, with poppy seed buns..The hot dog of Chicago!