North Carolina Slaw Dogs

What's in it

11 parts read from its 28 ingredient lines, its title and its method.

Sausage

• Frank or wiener, type not stated “1 tablespoon hot sauce, preferably Frank's Red Hot Sauce”

Bun or wrap

• Plain soft bun “8 hot dog buns”

Cooking

• Grilled from the method

Toppings

• Raw onion “1 1/2 cup finely diced yellow onion (about 1 medium)”
• Shredded cabbage “1 large head green cabbage (about 3 1/2 pounds), finely shredded on a mandoline or by hand and chopped fine”
• Coleslaw “For the Slaw”
• Chili or meat sauce made in the recipe

Sauces and condiments

• Yellow mustard “Yellow mustard”
• Mayonnaise “2 tablespoons mayonnaise”
• Hot sauce or sriracha “1 tablespoon hot sauce, preferably Frank's Red Hot Sauce”
• Tomato sauce or paste “3 tablespoons tomato paste”

Against the usual Slaw dog

It has 4 of the 4 parts of the usual Slaw dog (West Virginia and the Carolinas): chili or meat sauce, coleslaw, yellow mustard and raw onion.

Less usual for the style: hot sauce or sriracha (in 11% of Slaw dog recipes).

A hot dog with chili and coleslaw, usually with yellow mustard and chopped onion as well. West Virginia and the Carolinas both claim the combination.