Just made this recipe. I halved it, beginning with 2 1/2 LBS of hamburger. I made this sauce exactly like Tom did, and I'll never use another recipe. Easy and absolutely delicious. I had one hotdog on a bun with the sauce, then later another hotdog and sauce without the bun. I liked both very much. Thanks Tom for sharing with us😊
Melissa...you really are a very good videographer. You zoom in at natural times and do it smoothly. You wideshot appropriately. Editing is great. Very good work to make these videos pleasing to watch and learn from. Bravo woman!
I live in NJ, but am originally from upstate NY near the VT and Canada border and this sauce is referred to as Michigan sauce in that area and is a regional favorite. If you want to get the meat fine without touching it, the secret is to use a potato masher and it works great for anyone who may be interested in knowing that tidbit. My grandmother’s recipe was well known locally and even used by local amusement parks. She was always busy making another batch. There are alot of different recipes with different spice combinations for it in the area, but my Grandma Sadie’s was always the sauce everyone asked for and wanted. Thanks for sharing your Dad’s recipe with all of us Tom. Super special when the recipe is a family treasure. Makes it feel like we received a gift. 🙂
This is exactly what I love about RUclips! I can sit here in Idaho and see a gentleman from Kentucky make a West Virginia sauce for his Hot Dog. Very cool
I’m so bummed y’all hadn’t uploaded this about a year ago when my hotdog & chili sauce loving late husband was still with us, I just know from look of it & the recipe & technique, he would’ve been absolutely in love with this sauce. He was only 53, but we’d been together 35 yrs & over all that time I’d tried countless recipes searching for the perfect one, and although he loved my cooking, I never did find a perfect sauce recipe (until now, I suspect). I’m not the biggest fan of chili sauce myself, but I’ve saved this video & I will def be making some for our next summertime family get together, and I will for sure be eating one in his honor & enjoying every bite. Thank you so much for sharing your dad’s recipe with us! I just checked out some more of your videos and you’ve just earned a new subscriber 💜
Teri, I am so sorry about the loss of your husband. I just don’t know how I would ever get over it if I lost Melissa. I cannot imagine the sadness and hurt that you have experienced. I am also sorry that your husband never got to try my dad‘s hotdog sauce. We, along with thousands of other people over the years, think it is the best ever. I wish your husband could have tried it. And reading that you are going to eat a hotdog in his memory brought tears to my eyes . Even though you’re not crazy about hotdog sauce, I hope you enjoy every bite of the one you have in memory of your husband. I know he will be watching you eat that hotdog and smiling from ear to ear.
@@tomwyant9297 thank you so much for the condolences. It’s coming up on 2 yrs now and some things have gotten a bit easier, but others I don’t believe I will ever get over. 35 yrs (2/3 of my life) is a very long time to be with someone to then have them ripped from your life. It’s not an experience I’d wish on anyone. I’m planning on making your dad’s sauce for our July 4th get-together and I’ll def enjoying every bite of that hotdog 💜 thanks again
HOLY COW! I just made this today while it’s sleeting and snowing outside. This is without a doubt the best sauce I’ve ever tasted! Halved the recipe and followed the instructions. I will never have another can of hot dog sauce in my house. This is THE ONE! Thank you for sharing. Your father was a great cook!
Mr Tom, Milton here from Southeastern North Carolina. A play on words (hotdog chili) you are very correct here. I would guess everyone that cooks knows that chili and hotdog chili is two different animals just never thought about it. I have watched other videos using water as you said, I see no use for water except for drinking and coffee! I have always brown the meat and onion together, the way I was thought. This makes all the sense in the world. A new subscriber just yesterday - did a great job with this presentation. 👍
I watched your video for the second time. Making this to go on our hotdogs for supper tonight. Thank you for always including the written recipe. So many RUclips channels/cooks do not. It's really a huge help. If you're ever in Thomson, Georgia, y'all can come sit at my table.
WOW!!! I can't believe you actually took the time to responded to my comment!!! Not only are your recipes amazing, you two are as well. God's continued blessings on you both.
You are very kind. I spend a few hours every day answering comments, but there are now more of them than I can get to, and I feel very badly about that, but I do the best that I can. It's extremely hard to get to comments at all on days I'm subbing at a school. But we both love reading them and I certainly appreciate your encouragement and nice comments. We hope you are having a wonderful week.
I just wanted to say, thank you for sharing your dad's secret sauce!! I have tried for many years to make the perfect hot dog sauce and I think I have found it with this recipe. I was skeptical about beginning with tomato juice instead of water or beef broth and it truly made a world of difference in the flavors. I was also skeptical about adding so many onions but thought to myself, just go with that amount and see how it turns out. Well, I'm here to tell you, the onion's cooked down and it was the perfect amount. I have no interest in perfecting the "Perfect" sauce now because your dad has gave the world the greatest hot dog sauce ever made, and you don't mess with perfection!! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!! Please keep sharing those secret recipes!! YUM!
Same I've tried to get the recipe from my homework town booster club for thiers nobody gave it up this is super close ND the best one I've made in 30 years
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My husband made this recipe several months ago and we froze it in small batches as you suggested. We just ate hot dogs for supper with this sauce, thawed and warmed from the freezer. They were the BEST hot dogs ever!! Thanks, Tom and Melissa!!
❤Love that the recipe is under the video. It makes it so much easier for us. Love watching you folks. Your wife is a hoot. Smart woman to have the man cooking.🤣😂❤
Wow, this recipe looks wonderful. For your benefit I have included you recipe with edits for clarification. Continued success & blessings. Homemade Thick Hot Dog Sauce Ingredients 5 pounds hamburger 2 - 46 ounce cans tomato juice 5 teaspoons salt 3 large onions, chopped 5 Tsp Salt for the onions 1/2 cup chili powder 1 teaspoon pepper 1/4 cup sugar to reduce acidity 1 6oz can tomato paste Prepare Place hamburger meat, one can of tomato juice in a large kettle. Mix together with your hands until fine. The meat should be mushy. Add salt & stir Cook over medium-high heat to gently bubbling. Simmer until the meat is no longer pink. Stir often so it doesn’t stick. While the hamburger is cooking, place onions, salt, and ½ (light) cup of water in a saucepan and partially cook (not translucent). Do not overcook or the onions will be mushy. Set aside, but do not drain the liquid off the onions. Once the hamburger is done, drain all the grease off the hamburger. Return the hamburger meat to your kettle. Add in the chili powder, black pepper, and sugar. Stir and mix really well. Add the onions with the water and about half of the other can of tomato juice and the tomato paste. Stir until all of this is well incorporated. Cook gently on Med-low until thickened enough for your hot dog sauce. If needed add more Tomato sauce. It will continue to thicken a little as it cools. Freeze excess in freezer bags by portions.
As a northern I'm so glad to see people outside of the north making hotdogs sauce or Michigan sauce as we call it. Loved the video, God bless you and yours and I'm looking forward to more delicious recipes.
Great video, I can’t wait to try this sauce. Myself and a buddy of mine founded a hotdog shop in Pa. I made all the sauces, we had three. I’m big and my buddy was skinny so we called it the BigSkinny Hot Dog Shop. I made a sauce similar to yours and called it Big Sauce, another was like a Greek Sauce and we called it Skinny Sauce. The third sauce was inspired by my mother’s baked beans and hamburger mixture. I called it BeanDog Sauce. This was our crown jewel sauce. People came from miles and miles just to get a BeanDog. It was a bit sweet, the Big Sauce was spicy hot(cayenne pepper), and the Skinny Sauce was just not spicy hot for those with mild taste buds. The BigSkinny has been shut down for about 8 years now but folks still seek out my recipes. I’m always glad to share. Blessings my friend!
For some reason, one of my dreams was to open a hot dog cart with top-notch ingredients just like this sauce recipe. Good quality meat and buns. How did you cook your hotdogs? Also, your mom's bean sauce sounds intriguing. All the best!
From upstate SC and I just made this recipe. Added a little more black pepper and chili powder. It is so good. This will be my go to chili from now on. Thank you so much for sharing.❤
I'm from the upstate of SC too! Born and raised in Clinton, Laurens County. I love it when I see fellow South Carolinians on here where I say chili for my hot dog please, lol
What a wonderful video! It has been a joy watching and hearing the terrific story about your fathers delightful meat sauce making recipe. I cannot wait to try it. It may be uncharacteristic to eat hot dog sauce separately from a dog, but I might just to taste its full flavor.
@@comesitatmytable9044 you have to try it on your chili cheese burgers. I got slaw on sandwiches like that when I lived in North Carolina but wasn't a fan. Need to try it again now that my tastes have matured. I love Sauerkraut on my chili cheese dogs though🤗👍 !!!
@@craigjacob3704 isn’t it great that our taste buds do usually grow up! Sometimes I don’t realize it for a long time and then I’m sad I missed out on something really good for so long!
From Sharon, my mom made good hot dog sauce, similar to this one. We sold the sauce on a hamburger bun, which we called sloppy joes. I was at an auction the other day and asked for a sloppy Joe, they were like, what!. Lol
I love Chili on my hot dogs but I am going to try this.. thanks I am going to "try" break it down again since I am alone, my husband passed away in 2022. I don't know about slaw but onions, mustard and sauerkraut was what our mom put on our hot dogs and I still do the same at the age of 76. Your directions are also so easy to understand. Thank you again and God Bless you and Melissa. In the beginning of time our hands were first and I am sure our Heavenly Father is okay with that. I was born and raised in Liberty, Missouri (NE of Kansas City, Mo.), now live in Southern Illinois and after 25 years I don't claim Illinois as my home I just live here.😊
Just made this for my hotdog-lovin’ friends and they raved about it! Kudos to both you and your dad, Tom. Nothing more American than a great hog either a great topper!
Wanted to stop by and let you know that I made your recipe this past Saturday for my grandson’s 1st birthday party and it was a huge hit! The crockpot was literally scraped clean and people were asking for more 😅 if I had a cooker big enough, your Dad’s original recipe would have been perfect 😂 Thank you so much for sharing your recipe, I love tried & true family recipes 💙🤍
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You know I was watching chicken and dumplings videos and it recommended this video . I watched and as I watched , I kept having the feeling these people seem familiar for some reason , was it his manner of speech , his actions through out the video . Not sure what it was but you know when something seems like well home or neighborhood , that good feeling you get . I live in the Philippines and have to say I love it here , the weather is awesome low to mid 80's year around , But I was born and raised in Corbin Ky , just down the road from you all . I loved the video and clicked the more to see it all written out and that is where I saw the Mt Sterling KY and it hit me that is it . these are home folks . Great video by the way and I will defiantly have to make this and let my Filipino family try a taste of good ole Kentucky Hot Dog Sause . Thanks for posting and God Bless .... I subscribed and liked
OMG!!!!! I cant wait to make this!!!!!!! Thank you soooo much for this recipe!!!!!!!! I can just imagine you as a child watching your Dad do this!!!!!!! LOL!!!! Brings a smile to me!!!!!! Thank you again!!!
Yall are a great team. Melissa doing a good job with the camera and Tom doing his thing. The food yall select to put on your channel knocks it out of the ballpark.
FABULOUS HOT DOG SAUCE!!! I'll be teaching my grandchildren this recipe AND the technique. I think the technique of preparing this chili sauce is as important as the recipe.😊😊
Hey, Tom, this is without doubt a keeper! When we know better --- we can do better. Thanks to your dad for the recipe. I just keep saying... The internet and especially RUclips is a wonder, albeit I'm very selective as to what/who I listen to. Nice to have found your channel. Take care and God bless!
I'm a 70 year old lowland Tarheel now living in New Jersey. One of my favorite memories from back-home are hot dogs from the traditional hot dog stand. We never made our own hot dogs, we just went to the stand. This recipe is by far the most convincing hot dog sauce that I've run across in years of trying to find a recreation of NC hot dog stand hotdog "chili " as we called it. Every part of this recipe makes good sense. As fate would have it we're having a church choir party a week from today. The host usually offers hot dogs but not hot dog sauce. If these Yankees turn up their noses at it (they can be weird about "strange cuisine"), more for ME! Come to think of it, I should probably bring the mustard, slaw and diced onions too.
You've ever been to New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts ... Coney Island hotdogs? Add: "Diners, Drive-One and Dives" has a show in Providence, Rhode Island about this sauce. The New England thing is to sprinkle celery salt on it after it's in the bun and has sauce on it as well as chopped raw onion. Add mustard. Ask for "the works."Welcome to the North, North Carolina! BTW, we also love boiled peanuts 😉
Same Tarheel born and still a 53 year old Tarheel. There definitely is a difference from the hot dog sauce of my youth and what they serve now .I also have been in search of that old style sauce from the past, nothing compares. today all i find at hot dog stands is ketchup based sauce, disgusting. It has so much ketchup in it that's all you taste. This does seem like it would be close and i will be trying it this weekend. thanks for sharing the recipe.
Not sure where in New Jersey you are living in but there are tons of great hot dog joints here that will beat the brakes off on any North Carolina joint. You just have to look for them.
Spoken like a true and sincere WV. sure hope you can get Melissa to try them. We had a good place for years to get great hot dogs (King Tut Drive Inn. but now it's closed. You might like a toasted English bun. which gives it a nice and different taste. I enjoyed it. thanks
We are just now watching this episode. We love to watch you. Love your shirt today. That's the best way to eat hotdogs! We have lived in West Virginia all our lives. It's a great place to live. Keep cooking!! ❤
Tom and Melissa, I have watched so many of your videos today that I am starting to feel like we are family. I have printed out a few to try in the next week. I love that you give the history of the recipes, as well. And thank you so much Melissa for typing them all up for us. I did order the pastry mat from the yeast rolls recipe, so you get a commission from that. I hope to order your cookbook soon. I am going to get the ingredients to make the rolls and your daughter's Swiss Vegetable Casserole tomorrow or Tuesday when I go in town. I have a Mennonite store nearby, too, and I love buying things from there. I can easily spend a small fortune there when I go. There is a bigger one farther away, but I do not get to go that far very often, but the bakery there is much bigger and they have so many more options. Thanks again for all you do. Tom, I love watching you cook.
Great recipe, the video was great as well as the detail and full recipe and the chapter breakdowns, very well done. Thanks so much and will be doing this this weekend.
I wanted to thank you and your Dad so very much for this recipe and sharing it with the rest of us. For so many years I’ve only been able to buy hotdog sauce in a can and have always been disappointed because it’s so full of fillers. Your sauce is absolutely perfect. Thank you❣️
I am a West Virginia girl and have lived in many other states and no other state can come close to the West Virginia hot Dog! It is the most delicious hot dog out there. When you ask for sauce they look at you like you are crazy. I have people actually put chile with beans on my hot dog! I have never made my sauce like yours but will have to try it some time. My mama made the best West Virginia hot dog sauce and now I follow her recipe.
NO WAY can we compete with a Mama or Grandma recipe! But we do think this one is really good. And really? Chili with beans on a hot dog! No way! I'm from Kentucky but Tom has taught me that West Virginia people take their hot dogs seriously! Thank you so much for watching. We do appreciate it.
Chili with BEANS 🤯 what kind of MONSTERS put beans in their chili, and then put it on their hot dog?!! I explained myself in my comment to this video, but I never thought I’d see people put sloppy joes on a hot dog either lol!
We are now in our 70’s and do not necessarily participate in “1 day holidays” like Labor Day. I came across this video and am now inspired to make hot dogs, West Virginia style with your sauce. Thank you so much for all you both do!
We don't eat ours with coleslaw but love it with yellow mustard and chopped onions....and a grilled bun. Looks yummy...my son and I like to try different sauces so we will for sure be giving this one a go.
New subscriber here. The hot dog sauce looks delicious. Thank you for the video. I really appreciate you putting the recipe in the description box instead of sending us to a website somewhere. Yesterday I watched the chicken and dressing casserole and the microwave potatoes. This is three for three! Looks like some other great recipes listed that I plan to watch. Again, thanks so much for posting.
You are so welcome. I like to have information in the description box so I try to do that in ours. We are so happy that you're watching. Thanks so much!
Just found your channel. You two are the most real people on the internet. No pretend no show, just two people loving what they’re doing. God Bless you and keep it real. 🇺🇸 P.S. I will be making your hot dog sauce post haste. 👍
Love watching your cooking show. You take your time, and explain as you go. Love that! I loved the Christmas recipes. Some brought back memories of Christmas past.Thank you.😊
Tom's dad would be absolutely tickled to know this is one of our most popular videos for our channel. It really is an excellent sauce. I'm not a huge hot dog fan, so I make my meal with the sauce on a bun. So, so good! It's great having you watching! We are so happy your family has enjoyed it.
Thank you for sharing your Dad’s recipe and for calling it a sauce not a chili! It’s what I’ve been looking for! So simple but delicious! It just goes to show less is more when done right! ❤🌭
If you're calling it sauce, you might be from West Virginia. Tom had to "correct" this Kentucky girl several times before I realized how seriously hot dog construction is in West Virginia! We tease about it all the time. But we do hope you enjoy the sauce as much as we do! Thank you so much for watching us!
Hi, Debbie from London. Love your videos. The recipes are easy to follow. I like how you go over your ingredients before you begin cooking. Thank you for the great recipes. Food I grew up eating. 😁
Nothing better than a hotdog with Chili sauce (without the raw onion)! I will definitely try your recipe next time I make hotdog sauce. Looks soooo good!
Hope you enjoy it. I have just in the last five years or so started to really love raw onions - but a little does go a long way! Thank you for watching. We appreciate it.
Melissa, I just love you. I was watching Tom make his Father's hot dog sauce. What great recipe. I had to text you, when Tom took his bite and was just loving it, but when he said, I could eat these everyday, and you grunted, can tell you do not like hotdogs, it made me lol. Greatest Couple. God Bless You Both.
Just watched your hot dog sauce video. I will be making this... looks great!! I've always used the canned. I'm from Beaver, West Virginia, now living in Ohio. We had a repairman out and I mentioned we recently moved from West Viginia and he said, "Wow, the home of the Slaw Dog!!" He said he loved them. Folks here in Ohio can't believe we put slaw on hot dogs. I don't want one without sauce, onions and slaw. Thank you for the sauce recipe. No more canned for us!
Written like a true West Virginian! You are so welcome for the sauce. We hope you enjoy it like we do. We are so glad to have you sitting at the table with us.
Thank you for sharing your recipe. It has brought back a fond memory. I grew up visiting my grandmother in Quiet Dell WV. Every year, on our return home, we stopped at a drug store in Fairmont WV that had a corner food counter. We would buy a dozen hot dogs with sauce on them. Oh how we loved them!
lol wow, this brings back memories. Are used to make the sauce for selling my hotdog cart in the late 80s in Carbondale Illinois almost the exact same sauce. I had a few different things to it but it’s pretty much the same thing. Glad you were allowed me to have that memory again, keep bringing back the season, nostalgic recipes. Thank you for good work you do
Just made this exactly as you did. I always made my own version but never cooked the meat like you did. Taste and texture is a winner!! Serving this up for Holloween. Thank you. Great video.
Thanks for putting this up. Just made some, and man is that tasty. I adjusted the amount a bit and reduced the salt percentage, but man is it good. 2lbs. Hamburger 18oz tomato juice for cooking, and 10oz. After the drain 1 1/4 tsp. Salt 1 big onion 1/4 cup chili powder A bit of pepper 2 tbsp sugar
I worked in institutional foods as a Food Service Director for 20 years. We always cooked our ground meat for pasta, chili, tacos, etc. by boiling in a little liquid. A great way to add a little flavor and get a very smooth product.
I’m with you I love ❤️ hotdogs too I can eat one every day! I have never heard of hotdogs sauce before but I definitely will be making your recipe this weekend for my family! Thanks so very much for sharing your recipe my friend.
Have not made the sauce yet but definitely will soon. Paula Deen did a show on chili dogs. She had the Executive Hot Dog Chef from Sara Lee on the show and he fried the hot dogs in an iron skillet in butter. Every time we cook hot dogs or smoked/polish sausage we brown it in butter. No substitute for the enhanced flavor.
How am I just now finding your channel? hahaha I felt so invested in this video, and now I am dying to try this! If I do, I will make a video reply to you and help more people find your Dad's secret sauce! hahaha God bess you two! This was awesome! SUBSCRIBED!
Thanks for sharing your dad’s recipe. I made it. It’s great! Ended up added a little more chili powder (about 3/4 cup) and a little cayenne for some heat. 10/10.
My late husband, was orginally from Virginia mainly Roanoke but ,He grew up near the mountains as well. He loved it He moved to NC as a young boy ,when ,his Mother ,came to NC .,back then love Va ❤❤❤❤ i am vey blessed to have been ,His wife and Will Always be my Sweetheart ❤️🥰. im frm NC
Hey Tom. I just had to come back and re watch this video again. I'm planning to make more hotdog sauce and wanted to come back and rewatch how you make your own hotdog sauce. Hope you and Melissa are doing great. Love ya both 🤘😎🍻🥃🔥🫵💪
That looks great! Never heard of using tomato juice but I'm willing to try it. Now if I only get the recipe for just one pound of ground beef. lol New subscriber here and looking forward to checking out the other recipes.
Tip: Put the tomato paste into the pot before you add the tomato juice. Pour some of the tomato juice into the paste can and stir it with a fork to dissolve every last bit of tomato paste. Add it and the rest of the tomato juice to the pot. You will have all the flavor you can get out of that little can.
I took your recipe but added just a few things. I added garlic powder, paparika, worcestershire sauce and a couple splashes of Texas Pete. It was SO GOOD! I love watching your Channel.
most people would use gloves this is not 40 years ago it does the same thing to use gloves they cant do that ina diner but there are germs i always touch food with plastic gloves chicken fish and meet and sandwiches
1Lb Recipe: 1Lb Ground Beef 1tsp salt 1 medium onion diced 5tsp Chili Powder A couple if shakes of pepper 2.5tsp of sugar OR 10grams 18.4oz tomatoe juice 1oz tomatoe paste. My notes: Tomatoe juice: either use 2 and a quarter cups of a large can, or use 3 small cans from a six pack. You can can also freeze tomatoe juice, or use for homemade tomato soup. Homemade tomato soup: 1part juice, 3parts milk, pat of butter. Microwave until hot. Salt and pepper it when done. Tomatoe Paste: You can nix it if you want. Or freeze it as 1oz cubes. Or buy a squeeze tube which will last a few months. Good luck.
I have been looking for a chili sauce recipe! But I didn’t want to just try out a recipe without seeing it made in a video. And you’re right about some people cooking their ground beef in water. Why do that when you can get the flavor cooked in from the tomato juice! Looks delicious. We fed a group of kids on a field trip one day after our family moved to Peachtree City, Georgia from Louisiana. My husband transferred with his International Paper Co job. I think I had to bring the buns. Was I ever surprised when all we had to dress those hotdogs was mustard, Mayo, ketchup, and sweet relish!! Was I so disappointed!!! I kept waiting on someone to bring out a crockpot full of hotdog sauce! Nope! Didn’t happen! My son looked around and said where’s the hotdog sauce Mom! I said all I was told to bring was buns. He said, Mom, next time will you make some sauce! I told him we would show those guys how to eat a proper hotdog! Lol I hope I don’t offend those relish eaters but if so, why are you watching a hotdog sauce video?!
I love a good hot dog! This sauce looks delicious! I will be grilling a hot dog real soon with this sauce recipe! I enjoy watching your channel! Thank you!
I made this yesterday and after the first dog topped with sauce I went right to the sauce with yellow mustard and onion on a bun. 👍 Wonderful. I used my KitchenAid mixer with the paddle to mix everything before it hit the heat.
As a child I loved eating chili dogs from The Varsity in Atlanta, I think they only had 2-3 locations back then (not so good anymore) …. when you mentioned mustard, I fell in love ❤ thanks for sharing.
i love the passion you show when you make your dads hotdog sauce,very uplifting for sure! i will be making this without any variation! i know its going to be excellant! thanks for sharing! p.s. great job by the camera person too!
We are definitely going to try your recipe ! My wife's family is from Mt Sterling / Winchester KY and on our last trip through we stopped at Hillbilly Hotdogs where I fell in love with the WV dog ! Can't wait to replicate it at home . Thank you for sharing !
I saw a beautiful sauce picture but when I watched the video it took half a day to make, there were so many steps that I knew I would never make it! This one looks easy enough to make and I could half it and still have plenty to freeze for my husband and myself. Will try this soon and let you know. Thanks for the time and work making this video. I like kraut on a chili dog too. New subscriber and can’t wait to check out more of your videos. ❤
1. That looks delicious. The Chuck Wagon in Sanger makes a similar sauce but calls it chili. It's really good! 2. I was not grossed out by the hand smashing of the meat, but I think the inventor of the potato smasher would like to have a talk with you. 😂 This is a great video! I will be following your recipe soon! 😁
I’m from WVa and we have hot dogs with that type of chili and slaw. From a drive-in in Pineville WVa. We live in Md and here we have hot dogs with that chili This drive-in has been in business for about 60 years That is. The BEST 👍Have a wonderful holiday and happy nene year
Oh my goodness! I would be in Hot Dog heaven. I have been looking for a good hotdog sauce and I can't wait to try this one. You can't be from Northeast KY and WV and not like slaw on a hot dog. The way you made that hotdog is exactly the way I like them. My mouth is watering for a good hotdog. Thank you again for a great recipe.
Finally someone with down home recipes from Wild and Wonderful West Virginia… Thanks for sharing your recipe and I’ll definitely be making this recipe soon.
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Just made this recipe. I halved it, beginning with 2 1/2 LBS of hamburger. I made this sauce exactly like Tom did, and I'll never use another recipe. Easy and absolutely delicious. I had one hotdog on a bun with the sauce, then later another hotdog and sauce without the bun. I liked both very much. Thanks Tom for sharing with us😊
We are so glad you tried it and enjoyed it, Theresa! Thank you so much for watching.
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Need to do a normal size recipe
Going to watch Brend Gants since huge recipe am alone
I have made my own Hot Dog Sauce for years. But I will try this, it sounds great.
Melissa...you really are a very good videographer. You zoom in at natural times and do it smoothly. You wideshot appropriately. Editing is great. Very good work to make these videos pleasing to watch and learn from. Bravo woman!
When did you drain the beef.
Yes. Where is the cole slaw
Yumyou know where im from.
Never could find a decent hotdog when i lived in florida
Oh ya, ad the sauce was good.
I live in NJ, but am originally from upstate NY near the VT and Canada border and this sauce is referred to as Michigan sauce in that area and is a regional favorite. If you want to get the meat fine without touching it, the secret is to use a potato masher and it works great for anyone who may be interested in knowing that tidbit. My grandmother’s recipe was well known locally and even used by local amusement parks. She was always busy making another batch. There are alot of different recipes with different spice combinations for it in the area, but my Grandma Sadie’s was always the sauce everyone asked for and wanted. Thanks for sharing your Dad’s recipe with all of us Tom. Super special when the recipe is a family treasure. Makes it feel like we received a gift. 🙂
This is exactly what I love about RUclips! I can sit here in Idaho and see a gentleman from Kentucky make a West Virginia sauce for his Hot Dog. Very cool
AGREED!!!!
And Tom's the best!!! We are making this tonight and freezing some!
Slaw please.
Hot dogs are so good with slaw! Take it from a WV girl!😊
WV slaw dogs are the best. So proud to be from WV. 🥰
I’m so bummed y’all hadn’t uploaded this about a year ago when my hotdog & chili sauce loving late husband was still with us, I just know from look of it & the recipe & technique, he would’ve been absolutely in love with this sauce. He was only 53, but we’d been together 35 yrs & over all that time I’d tried countless recipes searching for the perfect one, and although he loved my cooking, I never did find a perfect sauce recipe (until now, I suspect). I’m not the biggest fan of chili sauce myself, but I’ve saved this video & I will def be making some for our next summertime family get together, and I will for sure be eating one in his honor & enjoying every bite. Thank you so much for sharing your dad’s recipe with us! I just checked out some more of your videos and you’ve just earned a new subscriber 💜
I'm sorry for your loss
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Teri, I am so sorry about the loss of your husband. I just don’t know how I would ever get over it if I lost Melissa. I cannot imagine the sadness and hurt that you have experienced.
I am also sorry that your husband never got to try my dad‘s hotdog sauce. We, along with thousands of other people over the years, think it is the best ever. I wish your husband could have tried it. And reading that you are going to eat a hotdog in his memory brought tears to my eyes . Even though you’re not crazy about hotdog sauce, I hope you enjoy every bite of the one you have in memory of your husband. I know he will be watching you eat that hotdog and smiling from ear to ear.
@@tomwyant9297 thank you so much for the condolences. It’s coming up on 2 yrs now and some things have gotten a bit easier, but others I don’t believe I will ever get over. 35 yrs (2/3 of my life) is a very long time to be with someone to then have them ripped from your life. It’s not an experience I’d wish on anyone. I’m planning on making your dad’s sauce for our July 4th get-together and I’ll def enjoying every bite of that hotdog 💜 thanks again
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HOLY COW! I just made this today while it’s sleeting and snowing outside. This is without a doubt the best sauce I’ve ever tasted! Halved the recipe and followed the instructions. I will never have another can of hot dog sauce in my house. This is THE ONE!
Thank you for sharing. Your father was a great cook!
I'm going to make this an freeze it then use as we need it
Mr Tom, Milton here from Southeastern North Carolina. A play on words (hotdog chili) you are very correct here. I would guess everyone that cooks knows that chili and hotdog chili is two different animals just never thought about it. I have watched other videos using water as you said, I see no use for water except for drinking and coffee! I have always brown the meat and onion together, the way I was thought. This makes all the sense in the world. A new subscriber just yesterday - did a great job with this presentation. 👍
Thank you, Milton! Tom and I really appreciate your kind words and encouragement.
Hey, homie! I'm south of Raleigh.
Here in Central NC Hot Dog sauce has no meat. Hot Dog chili does. It will always be chili to me. But I do love some good Chili beans.
Enjoy watching your videos. I am a country cook from Nashville, NC.
Not if you put chili on your hotdogs. A coney sauce is different.
I watched your video for the second time. Making this to go on our hotdogs for supper tonight. Thank you for always including the written recipe. So many RUclips channels/cooks do not. It's really a huge help. If you're ever in Thomson, Georgia, y'all can come sit at my table.
WOW!!! I can't believe you actually took the time to responded to my comment!!! Not only are your recipes amazing, you two are as well. God's continued blessings on you both.
You are very kind. I spend a few hours every day answering comments, but there are now more of them than I can get to, and I feel very badly about that, but I do the best that I can. It's extremely hard to get to comments at all on days I'm subbing at a school. But we both love reading them and I certainly appreciate your encouragement and nice comments. We hope you are having a wonderful week.
I just wanted to say, thank you for sharing your dad's secret sauce!! I have tried for many years to make the perfect hot dog sauce and I think I have found it with this recipe. I was skeptical about beginning with tomato juice instead of water or beef broth and it truly made a world of difference in the flavors. I was also skeptical about adding so many onions but thought to myself, just go with that amount and see how it turns out. Well, I'm here to tell you, the onion's cooked down and it was the perfect amount. I have no interest in perfecting the "Perfect" sauce now because your dad has gave the world the greatest hot dog sauce ever made, and you don't mess with perfection!! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!! Please keep sharing those secret recipes!! YUM!
Same I've tried to get the recipe from my homework town booster club for thiers nobody gave it up this is super close ND the best one I've made in 30 years
Hello 👋 how are you doing???...I am very impressed with your profile, I don't normally write in the comment section, but I'd love for us to be friends if you don't mind sending me a message request. That's why I’m asking, if it suits you to be my friend, Thank you and God bless you.😊
My husband made this recipe several months ago and we froze it in small batches as you suggested. We just ate hot dogs for supper with this sauce, thawed and warmed from the freezer. They were the BEST hot dogs ever!! Thanks, Tom and Melissa!!
That is awesome! We love hearing this!
@@comesitatmytable9044You should have patented it !! And call it Dads secret sauce ❤😊
My husband will make it I can't wait. Ty ❤😊
❤Love that the recipe is under the video. It makes it so much easier for us. Love watching you folks. Your wife is a hoot. Smart woman to have the man cooking.🤣😂❤
Wow, this recipe looks wonderful.
For your benefit I have included you recipe with edits for clarification. Continued success & blessings.
Homemade Thick Hot Dog Sauce
Ingredients
5 pounds hamburger
2 - 46 ounce cans tomato juice
5 teaspoons salt
3 large onions, chopped
5 Tsp Salt for the onions
1/2 cup chili powder
1 teaspoon pepper
1/4 cup sugar to reduce acidity
1 6oz can tomato paste
Prepare
Place hamburger meat, one can of tomato juice in a large kettle.
Mix together with your hands until fine. The meat should be mushy. Add salt & stir
Cook over medium-high heat to gently bubbling.
Simmer until the meat is no longer pink. Stir often so it doesn’t stick.
While the hamburger is cooking, place onions, salt, and ½ (light) cup of water in a saucepan and partially cook (not translucent). Do not overcook or the onions will be mushy.
Set aside, but do not drain the liquid off the onions.
Once the hamburger is done, drain all the grease off the hamburger.
Return the hamburger meat to your kettle.
Add in the chili powder, black pepper, and sugar. Stir and mix really well.
Add the onions with the water and about half of the other can of tomato juice and the tomato paste. Stir until all of this is well incorporated.
Cook gently on Med-low until thickened enough for your hot dog sauce. If needed add more Tomato sauce.
It will continue to thicken a little as it cools.
Freeze excess in freezer bags by portions.
You must be one of those persons who likes to itemize and organize things on paper like I do. I think I may also be borderline OCD.
You know his sweet wife always includes the recipe in the description (more…)…
You only put 1 tsp. salt in the onions, not 5! He said a total of 6 tsp. salt (5 tsp. in beef).
As a northern I'm so glad to see people outside of the north making hotdogs sauce or Michigan sauce as we call it. Loved the video, God bless you and yours and I'm looking forward to more delicious recipes.
Flint.. coney sauce. I'm Hong to try this
Great video, I can’t wait to try this sauce. Myself and a buddy of mine founded a hotdog shop in Pa. I made all the sauces, we had three. I’m big and my buddy was skinny so we called it the BigSkinny Hot Dog Shop. I made a sauce similar to yours and called it Big Sauce, another was like a Greek Sauce and we called it Skinny Sauce. The third sauce was inspired by my mother’s baked beans and hamburger mixture. I called it BeanDog Sauce. This was our crown jewel sauce. People came from miles and miles just to get a BeanDog. It was a bit sweet, the Big Sauce was spicy hot(cayenne pepper), and the Skinny Sauce was just not spicy hot for those with mild taste buds. The BigSkinny has been shut down for about 8 years now but folks still seek out my recipes. I’m always glad to share. Blessings my friend!
For some reason, one of my dreams was to open a hot dog cart with top-notch ingredients just like this sauce recipe. Good quality meat and buns. How did you cook your hotdogs? Also, your mom's bean sauce sounds intriguing. All the best!
From upstate SC and I just made this recipe. Added a little more black pepper and chili powder. It is so good. This will be my go to chili from now on. Thank you so much for sharing.❤
Is it comparable to what the Greek retaurants (like The Clock) use on hot dogs?
I'm from the upstate of SC too! Born and raised in Clinton, Laurens County. I love it when I see fellow South Carolinians on here where I say chili for my hot dog please, lol
What a wonderful video! It has been a joy watching and hearing the terrific story about your fathers delightful meat sauce making recipe. I cannot wait to try it. It may be uncharacteristic to eat hot dog sauce separately from a dog, but I might just to taste its full flavor.
Thank you! Tom enjoys telling a good story. I’m not a fan of hot dogs but the sauce on a bun is great!
@@comesitatmytable9044 you have to try it on your chili cheese burgers. I got slaw on sandwiches like that when I lived in North Carolina but wasn't a fan. Need to try it again now that my tastes have matured. I love Sauerkraut on my chili cheese dogs though🤗👍 !!!
@@craigjacob3704 isn’t it great that our taste buds do usually grow up! Sometimes I don’t realize it for a long time and then I’m sad I missed out on something really good for so long!
From Sharon, my mom made good hot dog sauce, similar to this one.
We sold the sauce on a hamburger bun, which we called sloppy joes. I was at an auction the other day and asked for a sloppy Joe, they were like, what!. Lol
That tomato paste was basil, garlic and oregano flavor but should you use the plain? Thanks
I love Chili on my hot dogs but I am going to try this.. thanks I am going to "try" break it down again since I am alone, my husband passed away in 2022. I don't know about slaw but onions, mustard and sauerkraut was what our mom put on our hot dogs and I still do the same at the age of 76. Your directions are also so easy to understand. Thank you again and God Bless you and Melissa. In the beginning of time our hands were first and I am sure our Heavenly Father is okay with that. I was born and raised in Liberty, Missouri (NE of Kansas City, Mo.), now live in Southern Illinois and after 25 years I don't claim Illinois as my home I just live here.😊
Just made this for my hotdog-lovin’ friends and they raved about it! Kudos to both you and your dad, Tom. Nothing more American than a great hog either a great topper!
Wanted to stop by and let you know that I made your recipe this past Saturday for my grandson’s 1st birthday party and it was a huge hit! The crockpot was literally scraped clean and people were asking for more 😅 if I had a cooker big enough, your Dad’s original recipe would have been perfect 😂 Thank you so much for sharing your recipe, I love tried & true family recipes 💙🤍
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You know I was watching chicken and dumplings videos and it recommended this video . I watched and as I watched , I kept having the feeling these people seem familiar for some reason , was it his manner of speech , his actions through out the video . Not sure what it was but you know when something seems like well home or neighborhood , that good feeling you get . I live in the Philippines and have to say I love it here , the weather is awesome low to mid 80's year around , But I was born and raised in Corbin Ky , just down the road from you all . I loved the video and clicked the more to see it all written out and that is where I saw the Mt Sterling KY and it hit me that is it . these are home folks . Great video by the way and I will defiantly have to make this and let my Filipino family try a taste of good ole Kentucky Hot Dog Sause . Thanks for posting and God Bless .... I subscribed and liked
I live in Corbin!!!😊
OMG!!!!! I cant wait to make this!!!!!!! Thank you soooo much for this recipe!!!!!!!! I can just imagine you as a child watching your Dad do this!!!!!!! LOL!!!! Brings a smile to me!!!!!! Thank you again!!!
You are so welcome. We appreciate that you've watched.
Yall are a great team. Melissa doing a good job with the camera and Tom doing his thing. The food yall select to put on your channel knocks it out of the ballpark.
FABULOUS HOT DOG SAUCE!!! I'll be teaching my grandchildren this recipe AND the technique. I think the technique of preparing this chili sauce is as important as the recipe.😊😊
Hey, Tom, this is without doubt a keeper! When we know better --- we can do better. Thanks to your dad for the recipe. I just keep saying... The internet and especially RUclips is a wonder, albeit I'm very selective as to what/who I listen to. Nice to have found your channel. Take care and God bless!
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Really enjoyed your video. I'm definitely gonna try this recipe. Thanks!
Your (dad's) sauce looks fabulous ! Much better than what you get out of a can.. Thank you for sharing this recipe.. God bless you both !!
We appreciate your nice comment. And we couldn’t agree more. We think canned hot dog sauce is not very good!
I'm a 70 year old lowland Tarheel now living in New Jersey. One of my favorite memories from back-home are hot dogs from the traditional hot dog stand. We never made our own hot dogs, we just went to the stand. This recipe is by far the most convincing hot dog sauce that I've run across in years of trying to find a recreation of NC hot dog stand hotdog "chili " as we called it. Every part of this recipe makes good sense. As fate would have it we're having a church choir party a week from today. The host usually offers hot dogs but not hot dog sauce. If these Yankees turn up their noses at it (they can be weird about "strange cuisine"), more for ME! Come to think of it, I should probably bring the mustard, slaw and diced onions too.
NEW YORK CITY????
You've ever been to New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts ... Coney Island hotdogs? Add: "Diners, Drive-One and Dives" has a show in Providence, Rhode Island about this sauce. The New England thing is to sprinkle celery salt on it after it's in the bun and has sauce on it as well as chopped raw onion. Add mustard. Ask for "the works."Welcome to the North, North Carolina! BTW, we also love boiled peanuts 😉
@@donnazukadley7300celery salt sounds like a great addition! Thanks for the tip 👍
Same Tarheel born and still a 53 year old Tarheel. There definitely is a difference from the hot dog sauce of my youth and what they serve now .I also have been in search of that old style sauce from the past, nothing compares. today all i find at hot dog stands is ketchup based sauce, disgusting. It has so much ketchup in it that's all you taste. This does seem like it would be close and i will be trying it this weekend. thanks for sharing the recipe.
Not sure where in New Jersey you are living in but there are tons of great hot dog joints here that will beat the brakes off on any North Carolina joint. You just have to look for them.
Spoken like a true and sincere WV. sure hope you can get Melissa to try them. We had a good place for years to get great hot dogs (King Tut Drive Inn. but now it's closed. You might like a toasted English bun. which gives it a nice and different taste. I enjoyed it. thanks
We are just now watching this episode. We love to watch you. Love your shirt today. That's the best way to eat hotdogs! We have lived in West Virginia all our lives. It's a great place to live. Keep cooking!! ❤
Thank you for sharing your father's recipe. So kind of you. Blessings.
Tom and Melissa, I have watched so many of your videos today that I am starting to feel like we are family. I have printed out a few to try in the next week. I love that you give the history of the recipes, as well. And thank you so much Melissa for typing them all up for us. I did order the pastry mat from the yeast rolls recipe, so you get a commission from that. I hope to order your cookbook soon. I am going to get the ingredients to make the rolls and your daughter's Swiss Vegetable Casserole tomorrow or Tuesday when I go in town. I have a Mennonite store nearby, too, and I love buying things from there. I can easily spend a small fortune there when I go. There is a bigger one farther away, but I do not get to go that far very often, but the bakery there is much bigger and they have so many more options. Thanks again for all you do. Tom, I love watching you cook.
Great recipe, the video was great as well as the detail and full recipe and the chapter breakdowns, very well done. Thanks so much and will be doing this this weekend.
Thank you so much. We hope you have a fantastic weekend.
I wanted to thank you and your Dad so very much for this recipe and sharing it with the rest of us. For so many years I’ve only been able to buy hotdog sauce in a can and have always been disappointed because it’s so full of fillers. Your sauce is absolutely perfect. Thank you❣️
We hope you can enjoy it soon. Thank you so much for watching.
I put Mayo, slaw, chilli ,on my dogs No Mustard for me. But your chilli looks good
Mayonnaise, Weird...
I would probably put ketchup on a Hot dog before I would put mayonnaise on one, and that's saying something...
I’m standing here enjoying watching you enjoy that hot dog and it warms my old heart! Always loved a good dog! Thanks for the recipe!
I Love Love Love That You Put The Written Recipe On Your Videos!!!
Thank You For Your Videos!!!
You are so welcome. We appreciate that you are watching and I'm glad you find the written recipes helpful.
I am a West Virginia girl and have lived in many other states and no other state can come close to the West Virginia hot Dog! It is the most delicious hot dog out there. When you ask for sauce they look at you like you are crazy. I have people actually put chile with beans on my hot dog! I have never made my sauce like yours but will have to try it some time. My mama made the best West Virginia hot dog sauce and now I follow her recipe.
NO WAY can we compete with a Mama or Grandma recipe! But we do think this one is really good. And really? Chili with beans on a hot dog! No way! I'm from Kentucky but Tom has taught me that West Virginia people take their hot dogs seriously! Thank you so much for watching. We do appreciate it.
Chili with BEANS 🤯 what kind of MONSTERS put beans in their chili, and then put it on their hot dog?!! I explained myself in my comment to this video, but I never thought I’d see people put sloppy joes on a hot dog either lol!
@@valerief1231 it’s so interesting to us to see how much food varies regionally around the country. We’ve enjoyed reading these comments.
I honestly don't mind putting some good chili with beans on dogs
The best hot dog chili sauce is from the Dairy queen in Bluefield w va. There is no comparison . Simply the best a must try.
Thanks tom a melissa great ideas.. happy spring early..
Same to you! We are loving the longer daylight hours and the sunshine!
We are now in our 70’s and do not necessarily participate in “1 day holidays” like Labor Day. I came across this video and am now inspired to make hot dogs, West Virginia style with your sauce. Thank you so much for all you both do!
We don't eat ours with coleslaw but love it with yellow mustard and chopped onions....and a grilled bun. Looks yummy...my son and I like to try different sauces so we will for sure be giving this one a go.
I'm a WV girl from Marion County and the original hot dogs with sauce do not have cole slaw either!!!
You two are like family. Love watching you cook then trying your recipes. Thank you!
Thank you for sharing your dad’s recipe.
I love hot dogs so this is going to be a treat.
We hope you enjoy this! Thank you for watching.
New subscriber here. The hot dog sauce looks delicious. Thank you for the video. I really appreciate you putting the recipe in the description box instead of sending us to a website somewhere. Yesterday I watched the chicken and dressing casserole and the microwave potatoes. This is three for three! Looks like some other great recipes listed that I plan to watch. Again, thanks so much for posting.
You are so welcome. I like to have information in the description box so I try to do that in ours. We are so happy that you're watching. Thanks so much!
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Just found your channel. You two are the most real people on the internet. No pretend no show, just two people loving what they’re doing. God Bless you and keep it real. 🇺🇸
P.S. I will be making your hot dog sauce post haste. 👍
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I gave you a thumbs up! Thanks for sharing your dad's secret hotdog sauce recipe. Be Blessed.
Thank you so much for that. We hope you get to enjoy this sauce soon.
Love watching your cooking show. You take your time, and explain as you go. Love that! I loved the Christmas recipes. Some brought back memories of Christmas past.Thank you.😊
❤I just made this for our food cub group tomorrow night. This is REALLY good!!! Thank you for sharing your family recipe!!!
God bless this wonderful family..Loved your video. ❤❤❤
Made your fathers recipe today, thank you for sharing! This was fantastic - my family loved it! Cheers from a fellow WV man!
Tom's dad would be absolutely tickled to know this is one of our most popular videos for our channel. It really is an excellent sauce. I'm not a huge hot dog fan, so I make my meal with the sauce on a bun. So, so good! It's great having you watching! We are so happy your family has enjoyed it.
Thank you for sharing your Dad’s recipe and for calling it a sauce not a chili! It’s what I’ve been looking for! So simple but delicious! It just goes to show less is more when done right! ❤🌭
If you're calling it sauce, you might be from West Virginia. Tom had to "correct" this Kentucky girl several times before I realized how seriously hot dog construction is in West Virginia! We tease about it all the time. But we do hope you enjoy the sauce as much as we do! Thank you so much for watching us!
It’s chili sauce.
Hi, Debbie from London. Love your videos. The recipes are easy to follow. I like how you go over your ingredients before you begin cooking. Thank you for the great recipes. Food I grew up eating. 😁
Nothing better than a hotdog with Chili sauce (without the raw onion)! I will definitely try your recipe next time I make hotdog sauce. Looks soooo good!
Hope you enjoy it. I have just in the last five years or so started to really love raw onions - but a little does go a long way! Thank you for watching. We appreciate it.
Raw onions are great on Hot dogs
Melissa, I just love you. I was watching Tom make his Father's hot dog sauce. What great recipe. I had to text you, when Tom took his bite and was just loving it, but when he said, I could eat these everyday, and you grunted, can tell you do not like hotdogs, it made me lol.
Greatest Couple. God Bless You Both.
Me ugh, but this sauce might make the dogs worth eatiing😊
Just watched your hot dog sauce video. I will be making this... looks great!! I've always used the canned. I'm from Beaver, West Virginia, now living in Ohio. We had a repairman out and I mentioned we recently moved from West Viginia and he said, "Wow, the home of the Slaw Dog!!" He said he loved them. Folks here in Ohio can't believe we put slaw on hot dogs. I don't want one without sauce, onions and slaw. Thank you for the sauce recipe. No more canned for us!
Written like a true West Virginian! You are so welcome for the sauce. We hope you enjoy it like we do. We are so glad to have you sitting at the table with us.
Thank you for sharing your recipe. It has brought back a fond memory. I grew up visiting my grandmother in Quiet Dell WV. Every year, on our return home, we stopped at a drug store in Fairmont WV that had a corner food counter. We would buy a dozen hot dogs with sauce on them. Oh how we loved them!
We are so glad this triggered a happy memory for you! Thank you so much for watching our channel. It's was so nice to read your story!
Thank you for sharing your recipe. I have never seen chili sauce made like this. I am excited to try this.
We hope you enjoy it! Thank you for watching the our video. We appreciate it.
Its NOT chili! Its HOT DOG SAUCE!!!!
lol wow, this brings back memories. Are used to make the sauce for selling my hotdog cart in the late 80s in Carbondale Illinois almost the exact same sauce. I had a few different things to it but it’s pretty much the same thing. Glad you were allowed me to have that memory again, keep bringing back the season, nostalgic recipes. Thank you for good work you do
We made it tonight. Very good. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
Just made this exactly as you did. I always made my own version but never cooked the meat like you did. Taste and texture is a winner!! Serving this up for Holloween. Thank you. Great video.
Thanks for putting this up. Just made some, and man is that tasty. I adjusted the amount a bit and reduced the salt percentage, but man is it good.
2lbs. Hamburger
18oz tomato juice for cooking, and 10oz. After the drain
1 1/4 tsp. Salt
1 big onion
1/4 cup chili powder
A bit of pepper
2 tbsp sugar
I worked in institutional foods as a Food Service Director for 20 years. We always cooked our ground meat for pasta, chili, tacos, etc. by boiling in a little liquid. A great way to add a little flavor and get a very smooth product.
Nathan's Famous Jumbo Restaurant Style Beef Franks are the best!
I’m with you I love ❤️ hotdogs too I can eat one every day! I have never heard of hotdogs sauce before but I definitely will be making your recipe this weekend for my family!
Thanks so very much for sharing your recipe my friend.
This stuff is absolute GOLD! Simple flavors and seasonings =DELISH! Thank you Tom! This will definitely be my go to and keeper!😊😋😋
I'm definitely making this Hot dog sauce. Love the explanation of each step. You show how to perfect the ingredients. God's love John
Thank you, John. We really appreciate it.
Mmmm mmmm Can't wait too try this , it Look's soooo Delicious Tom !!! 😋❤ Thank you so much for sharing your Dad's Recipe..
You are welcome. We hope you enjoy it like we do. And thanks for the kind comment. It's very much appreciated.
Have not made the sauce yet but definitely will soon. Paula Deen did a show on chili dogs. She had the Executive Hot Dog Chef from Sara Lee on the show and he fried the hot dogs in an iron skillet in butter. Every time we cook hot dogs or smoked/polish sausage we brown it in butter. No substitute for the enhanced flavor.
Can't wait to make this recipe. Looks really good. Thank you for sharing the recipes.
You’re so welcome. We hope you enjoy it!
How am I just now finding your channel? hahaha I felt so invested in this video, and now I am dying to try this! If I do, I will make a video reply to you and help more people find your Dad's secret sauce! hahaha God bess you two! This was awesome! SUBSCRIBED!
Thanks for sharing your dad’s recipe. I made it. It’s great! Ended up added a little more chili powder (about 3/4 cup) and a little cayenne for some heat. 10/10.
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❤That looks SO good!! Thank you for sharing the recipe!!! I’m making this!!!
My late husband, was orginally from Virginia mainly Roanoke but ,He grew up near the mountains as well. He loved it He moved to NC as a young boy ,when ,his Mother ,came to NC .,back then love Va ❤❤❤❤ i am vey blessed to have been ,His wife and Will Always be my Sweetheart ❤️🥰. im frm NC
I’m obsessed with the way this man says “dowg”
Dawg as in deputy dawg
I thought we all say it that way in the south.
Oh my gosh! I'm gonna try this chili sauce! Looks delicious 😋
You should! We really hope you like it!
Hey Tom. I just had to come back and re watch this video again. I'm planning to make more hotdog sauce and wanted to come back and rewatch how you make your own hotdog sauce. Hope you and Melissa are doing great. Love ya both 🤘😎🍻🥃🔥🫵💪
I will definitely try this... I'm also from West Virginia. Born in Raleigh County. I was raised in Tennessee...
We hope you enjoy it. Thanks so much for watching our channel. We hope you are having a wonderful Fourth of July!
My mama told me hands are the best mixer there is and I know you agree with that because you’re getting ready to use them. Good job.❤
So true! Thank you for watching.
I really like this recipe and your clear verbal delivery. Thanks
That looks great! Never heard of using tomato juice but I'm willing to try it. Now if I only get the recipe for just one pound of ground beef. lol New subscriber here and looking forward to checking out the other recipes.
Thank you so much for subscribing! We truly appreciate that. We hope you love all of our recipes and join us at the table often.
Tip: Put the tomato paste into the pot before you add the tomato juice. Pour some of the tomato juice into the paste can and stir it with a fork to dissolve every last bit of tomato paste. Add it and the rest of the tomato juice to the pot. You will have all the flavor you can get out of that little can.
I took your recipe but added just a few things. I added garlic powder, paparika, worcestershire sauce and a couple splashes of Texas Pete. It was SO GOOD! I love watching your Channel.
I just made this for my family. It's the FIRST time I ever made hot chili to my wife's satisfaction. Thank you!!
We are so glad she liked it! I am not really a fan of the hot dog itself, but I love this sauce on the bun by itself. It's so good.
most people would use gloves this is not 40 years ago it does the same thing to use gloves they cant do that ina diner but there are germs i always touch food with plastic gloves chicken fish and meet and sandwiches
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1Lb Recipe:
1Lb Ground Beef
1tsp salt
1 medium onion diced
5tsp Chili Powder
A couple if shakes of pepper
2.5tsp of sugar OR 10grams
18.4oz tomatoe juice
1oz tomatoe paste.
My notes: Tomatoe juice: either use 2 and a quarter cups of a large can, or use 3 small cans from a six pack.
You can can also freeze tomatoe juice, or use for homemade tomato soup.
Homemade tomato soup: 1part juice, 3parts milk, pat of butter. Microwave until hot. Salt and pepper it when done.
Tomatoe Paste: You can nix it if you want. Or freeze it as 1oz cubes. Or buy a squeeze tube which will last a few months.
Good luck.
ty for sharing this small recipe
Thanks for breaking that down to a more manageable recipe size, Reggie.
Cheers!
Can you mix all ingredients together in one pot and cook?
@MikeGraves-ob6ti You follow the video instructions with my scaled down recipe. If you want to make just 1lb, instead of 5lb
You list 3 pints milk and a pat of butter in the "directions." Tom didn't use milk.
Watching from WV
Thank You for this Delicious Recipe
Thanks for watching! You are certainly very welcome for the recipe, too!
I have been looking for a chili sauce recipe! But I didn’t want to just try out a recipe without seeing it made in a video. And you’re right about some people cooking their ground beef in water. Why do that when you can get the flavor cooked in from the tomato juice! Looks delicious.
We fed a group of kids on a field trip one day after our family moved to Peachtree City, Georgia from Louisiana. My husband transferred with his International Paper Co job. I think I had to bring the buns. Was I ever surprised when all we had to dress those hotdogs was mustard, Mayo, ketchup, and sweet relish!! Was I so disappointed!!! I kept waiting on someone to bring out a crockpot full of hotdog sauce! Nope! Didn’t happen! My son looked around and said where’s the hotdog sauce Mom! I said all I was told to bring was buns. He said, Mom, next time will you make some sauce! I told him we would show those guys how to eat a proper hotdog! Lol I hope I don’t offend those relish eaters but if so, why are you watching a hotdog sauce video?!
You're comments have made me laugh! Thanks so much for watching and sending such a great story!
I love a good hot dog! This sauce looks delicious! I will be grilling a hot dog real soon with this sauce recipe! I enjoy watching your channel! Thank you!
Hope you enjoy this on your hot dog. Thank you so much for watching.
Love your show tom a melissa great recipes.
Best of luck ..
Thanks so much! We appreciate the kind words of encouragement.
I made this yesterday and after the first dog topped with sauce I went right to the sauce with yellow mustard and onion on a bun.
👍 Wonderful.
I used my KitchenAid mixer with the paddle to mix everything before it hit the heat.
Sounds great! Thanks so much for watching!
As a child I loved eating chili dogs from The Varsity in Atlanta, I think they only had 2-3 locations back then (not so good anymore) …. when you mentioned mustard, I fell in love ❤ thanks for sharing.
i love the passion you show when you make your dads hotdog sauce,very uplifting for sure! i will be making this without any variation! i know its going to be excellant! thanks for sharing! p.s. great job by the camera person too!
We are definitely going to try your recipe ! My wife's family is from Mt Sterling / Winchester KY and on our last trip through we stopped at Hillbilly Hotdogs where I fell in love with the WV dog ! Can't wait to replicate it at home . Thank you for sharing !
I saw a beautiful sauce picture but when I watched the video it took half a day to make, there were so many steps that I knew I would never make it! This one looks easy enough to make and I could half it and still have plenty to freeze for my husband and myself. Will try this soon and let you know. Thanks for the time and work making this video. I like kraut on a chili dog too. New subscriber and can’t wait to check out more of your videos. ❤
1. That looks delicious. The Chuck Wagon in Sanger makes a similar sauce but calls it chili. It's really good!
2. I was not grossed out by the hand smashing of the meat, but I think the inventor of the potato smasher would like to have a talk with you. 😂
This is a great video! I will be following your recipe soon! 😁
I really enjoyed watching this video! The sauce looks so good! Thank you for sharing your Daddy’s recipe with us!
Thanks Tom! I must try this. 😊
We hope you do! It’s delicious! Have a great day, Theresa!
That looks absolutely great❤ can’t wait to try it
Hope you enjoy it! Thanks for watching.
I’m from WVa and we have hot dogs with that type of chili and slaw. From a drive-in in Pineville WVa. We live in Md and here we have hot dogs with that chili This drive-in has been in business for about 60 years That is. The BEST 👍Have a wonderful holiday and happy nene year
Oh my goodness! I would be in Hot Dog heaven. I have been looking for a good hotdog sauce and I can't wait to try this one. You can't be from Northeast KY and WV and not like slaw on a hot dog. The way you made that hotdog is exactly the way I like them. My mouth is watering for a good hotdog. Thank you again for a great recipe.
from another eastern Ky gal!!
I could eat a Hot Dog EVERYDAY, especially one that awesome. Can’t wait to make this chili
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Love regional hot dogs, all of them. NYC Street dog, Chicago, Carolina, Texas, Midwestern Ballpark chili dogs. All are so good. 😋😎🙏🏻👍🏻
🥹🍗😋🫃🏾🥂🥂🐾🐾🐾🐾🌄
I couldn’t eat one very often. I don’t like all the junk they’re made out of and it’s processed meat and not good for you.
Finally someone with down home recipes from Wild and Wonderful West Virginia… Thanks for sharing your recipe and I’ll definitely be making this recipe soon.
Can't wait to try your hot dog sauce, looks delicious. 😊
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