New York Style Hot Dog With Onion Sauce Recipe

What's in it

9 parts read from its 16 ingredient lines, its title and its method.

Sausage

• All-beef frank “4 all-beef frankfurters, preferably Sabretts”

Bun or wrap

• Plain soft bun “4 buns”

Cooking

• Boiled or simmered from the method

Toppings

• Raw onion “2 large red onions, peeled thoroughly and sliced thin”
• Sauerkraut “Sauerkraut from the refrigerator section, not the can”

Sauces and condiments

• Spicy brown or grainy mustard “Spicy brown Dijon-style mustard”
• Dijon mustard “1 teaspoon Dijon-style mustard”
• Tomato sauce or paste “1 tablespoon tomato paste”
• Onions in red sauce (New York) named in the title

Against the usual New York

It has 6 of the 6 parts of the usual New York street cart hot dog: all-beef frank, boiled or simmered, plain soft bun, spicy brown or grainy mustard, sauerkraut and onions in red sauce (New York).

Less usual for the style: Dijon mustard (in 20% of New York recipes).

An all-beef frank, often kept in a street cart's hot water bath, on a plain bun with spicy brown mustard and either sauerkraut, onions cooked down in a tomato-based sauce, or both.