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Coney dog
Michigan and the Midwest, named for Coney Island, New York · also called Coney Island, coney dog
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.
Recipes
5
of 529 in the atlas
Sites
5
most from foodnetwork.com
Languages
1
English
Usual build
3 of 3
parts in the median recipe · 3 have all
Coney dog, by the usual definition
- Chili or meat sauce
- Yellow mustard
- Raw onion
3 of 5 published recipes have every part; the median recipe has 3 of 3. Where the rest depart: mustard, unstated instead of yellow mustard (2), no chili (1).
| Recipe | Chili | Yellow mustard | Raw onion |
|---|---|---|---|
| foodnetwork.comConey Dogs | ● | ● | ● |
| houseofnasheats.comConey Island Hot Dogs | ● | ● | ● |
| tasteandtellblog.comConey Island Hot Dogs | ● | ● | ● |
| tasteofhome.comConey Island Hot Dogs | ● | ◐ | ● |
| mashed.comClassic Coney Island Hot Dog Recipe | ○ | ◐ | ● |
| Recipes with it | 4 | 3 | 5 |
● has it · ◐ something else stands in · ○ left out
Everything its recipes use
The share of Coney recipes naming each component, by kind, with the share of all hot dogs as a tick.
Sausage
- Frank or wiener, type not stated80% · 4 · all 77%
- All-beef frank20% · 1 · all 10%
Bun or wrap
- Plain soft bun80% · 4 · all 56%
- Potato bun20% · 1 · all <1%
Cooking
- Boiled or simmered40% · 2 · all 20%
- Grilled20% · 1 · all 18%
Toppings
- Raw onionusual100% · 5 · all 37%
- Chili or meat sauceusual80% · 4 · all 6%
- Relish20% · 1 · all 5%
- Other hot peppers20% · 1 · all 8%
- Bell pepper20% · 1 · all 10%
- Celery salt20% · 1 · all 2%
Cheese
- Cheese, kind not stated40% · 2 · all 9%
- Cheddar or American cheese20% · 1 · all 8%
Sauces and condiments
- Yellow mustardusual60% · 3 · all 10%
- Tomato sauce or paste60% · 3 · all 12%
- Mustard, kind not stated40% · 2 · all 33%
- Ketchup20% · 1 · all 35%
What sets it apart
- Chili or meat sauce in 4 of 5 recipes (80%), against 6% of all hot dogs: more than ten times as common.
- Yellow mustard in 3 of 5 recipes (60%), against 10% of all hot dogs: 6 times as common.
- Tomato sauce or paste in 3 of 5 recipes (60%), against 12% of all hot dogs: 5 times as common.
- Raw onion in 5 of 5 recipes (100%), against 37% of all hot dogs: 3 times as common.
The 5 Coney recipes
Each names the style in its title. Beside each, how much of the usual build it has.
- Classic Coney Island Hot Dog Recipe · mashed.com1 of 3 usual parts · no chili or meat sauce, yellow mustard
- Coney Dogs · foodnetwork.com3 of 3 usual parts
- Coney Island Hot Dogs · houseofnasheats.com3 of 3 usual parts
- Coney Island Hot Dogs · tasteandtellblog.com3 of 3 usual parts
- Coney Island Hot Dogs · tasteofhome.com2 of 3 usual parts · no yellow mustard
Styles most like it
By what their recipes use more often than hot dogs in general.