Cachorro Quente (Brazilian Hot Dog)

What's in it

11 parts read from its 17 ingredient lines, its title and its method.

Sausage

• Frank or wiener, type not stated “6 hot dogs”

Bun or wrap

• Plain soft bun “6 hot dog buns”

Cooking

• Griddled or pan-fried from the method

Toppings

• Raw onion “1 medium onion (peeled and diced or thinly sliced)”
• Bell pepper “1 green bell pepper (stem and seeds removed, thinly sliced)”
• Potato chips or potato sticks “Batata Palha (Shoestring potato sticks)”

Cheese

• Cheese, kind not stated “Grated Parmesan cheese”

Sauces and condiments

• Mustard, kind not stated “Mustard”
• Ketchup “Ketchup”
• Mayonnaise “Mayonnaise”
• Tomato sauce or paste “1 1/2 cups (355 milliliters) tomato sauce”

Against the usual Cachorro-quente

It has 5 of the 8 parts of the usual Brazilian cachorro-quente: tomato sauce or paste, potato chips or potato sticks, ketchup, any mustard and mayonnaise. Not on it: mashed potato, sweet corn and peas.

Less usual for the style: bell pepper (in 24% of Cachorro-quente recipes).

Sausages simmered in a tomato sauce with onion and peppers, in a soft roll, piled with some mix of mashed potato, sweet corn, peas, straw potatoes (batata palha), grated cheese, ketchup, mustard and mayonnaise.