Detroit Coney Dog with Homemade Coney Sauce
The Detroit Coney Dog is historic, classic, and smacks you with awesome flavor. A great hot dog with a beanless chili and topped with onions and mustard. Enough to make my mouth water!
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
- Total Time: 50 minutes
- Yield: 8 hot dogs 1x
- Category: Comfort
- Method: Grilling
- Cuisine: Detroit
Scale
Ingredients
For Sauce:
- 1 pound ground beef heart
- 1/2 pound ground chuck
- 1/4 cup beef suet
- 1/4 cup water (plus more)
- 2 teaspoons garlic salt
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 2 teaspoons cumin powder
- 2 teaspoons paprika
- 6 Crackers
- 1/2 onion, diced
- yellow mustard
For Dogs:
- 8 Hot Dogs, Choose quality dogs with natural casings
- 8 Hot Dog Buns, Steamed if you can
Instructions
- Add suet, beef, and heart to skillet and brown
- Once browned, add water, garlic salt, chili powder, cumin, and paprika
- Allow to simmer for 30 minutes. Add water when needed to keep from going dry
- While simmering, crush crackers to a fairly fine consistency with a rolling pin or in a food processor.
- Grill hot dogs or pan fry with just a little water at the bottom
- Once done simmering, mix cracker in coney sauce
- Put hot dog in bun, top with Coney Sauce, mustard, and onions
Notes
Source for Coney Sauce: MI Cuisine
Keywords: Coney Sauce, Detroit Coney Dog,
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