Seattle Style Hot Dogs

ourbestbites.com · 2025 · 4

Against 529 hot dog recipes

Seattle dog, with 3 of the 3 usual parts.

What's in it

10 parts read from its 6 ingredient lines, its title and its method.

Sausage: All-beef frank “4 all beef hot dogs”
Bun or wrap: Plain soft bun “4 good quality hot dog buns”
Cooking: Grilled from the method
Air-fried from the method
Toppings: Grilled or sautéed onion from the method
Jalapeño (fresh, pickled or salsa) “Ketchup, mustard, jalapenos, hot sauce, etc. (optional)”
Cheese: Cream cheese, requeijão or catupiry “4 ounces cream cheese (softened, or use whipped cream cheese)”
Sauces and condiments: Mustard, kind not stated “Ketchup, mustard, jalapenos, hot sauce, etc. (optional)”
Ketchup “Ketchup, mustard, jalapenos, hot sauce, etc. (optional)”
Hot sauce or sriracha “Ketchup, mustard, jalapenos, hot sauce, etc. (optional)”

It has 3 of the 3 parts of the usual Seattle dog: cream cheese, requeijão or catupiry, grilled or sautéed onion and grilled.

Less usual for the style: ketchup (in 20% of Seattle recipes).

A hot dog or a split, grilled sausage with cream cheese and grilled onions, often finished with jalapeños, sriracha or mustard.

1 tablespoon butter
1 large yellow sweet onion (sliced in half and then in 1/4" slices latitudinally ("rainbow" shapes))
4 all beef hot dogs
4 good quality hot dog buns
4 ounces cream cheese (softened, or use whipped cream cheese)

Nearest by the parts they share, with rare ones counting for more.