Coney Island Hot Dogs

What's in it

9 parts read from its 13 ingredient lines and its title.

Sausage

• Frank or wiener, type not stated “8 hot dogs”

Bun or wrap

• Plain soft bun “8 hot dog buns, split”

Toppings

• Raw onion “Optional toppings: Shredded cheddar cheese, relish, mustard and chopped onion”
• Relish “Optional toppings: Shredded cheddar cheese, relish, mustard and chopped onion”
• Other hot peppers “Dash cayenne pepper”
• Chili or meat sauce made in the recipe

Cheese

• Cheddar or American cheese “Optional toppings: Shredded cheddar cheese, relish, mustard and chopped onion”

Sauces and condiments

• Mustard, kind not stated “Optional toppings: Shredded cheddar cheese, relish, mustard and chopped onion”
• Tomato sauce or paste “1 can (15 ounces) tomato sauce”

Against the usual Coney

It has 2 of the 3 parts of the usual Coney dog: chili or meat sauce and raw onion. Not on it: yellow mustard.

Less usual for the style: relish (in 20% of Coney recipes), other hot peppers (in 20% of Coney recipes) and cheddar or American cheese (in 20% of Coney recipes).

A hot dog under a beanless meat sauce, yellow mustard and chopped onion. The name comes from Coney Island in New York; the style is best known in Michigan and across the Midwest.