Classic DC Half-Smoke with Chili
Planetwurst · planetwurst.com · 2026 · 4 servings
Against 529 hot dog recipes
Half-smoke, with 4 of the 5 usual parts; not on it: chili or meat sauce.
What's in it
8 parts read from its 12 ingredient lines, its title and its method.
- Sausage
- Smoked sausage, kielbasa or half-smoke “4 DC Half-Smokes”
- Bun or wrap
- Plain soft bun “4 hot dog buns”
- Cooking
- Grilled from the method
- Griddled or pan-fried from the method
- Boiled or simmered from the method
- Toppings
- Raw onion “1 small onion, chopped”
- Beans (pinto or refried) “1 can (15 oz) kidney beans, rinsed and drained”
- Sauces and condiments
- Yellow mustard “Yellow mustard, to taste”
Against the usual Half-smoke
It has 4 of the 5 parts of the usual Half-smoke: smoked sausage, kielbasa or half-smoke, any mustard, raw onion and grilled. Not on it: chili or meat sauce.
Less usual for the style: beans (pinto or refried) (in 20% of Half-smoke recipes).
A coarse, smoked sausage, usually half pork and half beef, grilled and topped with chili, mustard and chopped onion.
Ingredients as published (12)
- 4 DC Half-Smokes
- 4 hot dog buns
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 can (14.5 oz) diced tomatoes, undrained
- 1 can (15 oz) kidney beans, rinsed and drained
- 2 tbsp chili powder
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
- Yellow mustard, to taste
- Chopped onion, to taste
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