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← Hot Dog Atlas · United States and Canada

Chicago-style hot dog

Chicago, Illinois · also called Chicago dog, red hot

An all-beef frank on a poppy seed bun, usually topped with yellow mustard, bright green relish, chopped onion, tomato wedges, a pickle spear, sport peppers and a dash of celery salt. Ketchup is traditionally left off.

Recipes

11

of 529 in the atlas

Sites

11

most from amazingribs.com

Languages

2

English, Swedish

Usual build

8 of 9

parts in the median recipe · 4 have all

Chicago-style hot dog, by the usual definition

  1. All-beef frank
  2. Poppy seed bun
  3. Yellow mustard
  4. Relish
  5. Raw onion
  6. Fresh tomato
  7. Pickle spear
  8. Sport peppers
  9. Celery salt
  10. No ketchup

4 of 11 published recipes have every part; the median recipe has 8 of 9. Where the rest depart: plain bun instead of poppy seed bun (3), frank, unstated instead of all-beef (2), no celery salt (2), pickles instead of pickle spear (2). None add ketchup.

Each recipe against each part of the usual build
RecipeAll-beefPoppy seed bunYellow mustardRelishRaw onionTomatoPickle spearSport peppersCelery salt
tasteofhome.comChicago Hot Dogs●●●●●●●●●
theviewfromgreatisland.comChicago Hot Dogs●●●●●●●●●
thepioneerwoman.comChicago-Style Hot Dog●●●●●●●●●
amazingribs.comClassic Chicago Hot Dog Recipe●●●●●●●●●
chilipeppermadness.comChicago-Style Hot Dog Recipe●◐●●●●●●●
atbbq.comTraditional Chicago Dog●●●●●●●●○
hildaskitchenblog.comAuthentic Chicago Style Hot Dogs◐●●●●●●●○
pbs.orgChicago-Style Hot Dog●●◐●●●●◐●
jamiegeller.comChicago-Style Hot Dogs●●●●●●◐○●
momontimeout.comChicago-Style Hot Dogs and Our Labor Day Party Plans●◐●●●●●◐●
arla.seChicago hot dog◐◐●●●●◐○●
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Everything its recipes use

The share of Chicago recipes naming each component, by kind, with the share of all hot dogs as a tick.

Sausage

Bun or wrap

Cooking

Toppings

Sauces and condiments

What sets it apart

  • Sport peppers in 7 of 11 recipes (63%), against 1% of all hot dogs: more than ten times as common.
  • Pickle spear in 9 of 11 recipes (81%), against 2% of all hot dogs: more than ten times as common.
  • Poppy seed bun in 8 of 11 recipes (72%), against 1% of all hot dogs: more than ten times as common.
  • Celery salt in 9 of 11 recipes (81%), against 2% of all hot dogs: more than ten times as common.
  • Relish in 11 of 11 recipes (100%), against 5% of all hot dogs: more than ten times as common.
  • Steamed in 3 of 11 recipes (27%), against 1% of all hot dogs: more than ten times as common.

The 11 Chicago recipes

Each names the style in its title. Beside each, how much of the usual build it has.

Plain hot dogs that look like it

1 recipe that name no style but whose components match Chicago more than any other style. They are not counted above.

Styles most like it

By what their recipes use more often than hot dogs in general.