Cold Dog Salad Recipes

CHICAGO DOG SALAD

Steps:

• In the bottom of a large bowl, combine mustard, vinegar, sugar, and about 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil. Add the onions, cabbage, romaine, tomatoes, and pickles and toss the salad. Season with salt and pepper, adjust seasonings, and reserve.
• Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add in remaining 1 tablespoon vegetable oil (1 turn of the pan) then arrange the sliced dogs in a single layer. Sear them a couple of minutes on each side. Remove to paper towels to drain.
• Mound up the salad on plates, top with seared dogs, and serve.

CHICAGO-STYLE HOT DOG SALAD

Steps:

• In a bowl, toss together cabbage and mixed greens. Top with hot dogs, onions, pickles, peppers and tomatoes.
• Whisk together oil, mustard and honey. Drizzle over the salad. Garnish with poppy seeds. Serve and enjoy!

COLD CORN SALAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix together the corn, yellow pepper, red pepper, green pepper, red onion, cucumber, tomato and mayonnaise. Adjust the amount of mayonnaise to your liking. Chill until serving.

COLD MACARONI SALAD WITH HOT DOGS

Steps:

• Bring a pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook shell pasta in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until cooked through but firm to the bite, 8 minutes. Drain and run under cold water to chill.
• Place pasta in a salad bowl and combine with hot dogs, olives, Cheddar cheese, and creamy salad dressing. Stir in more salad dressing if mixture seems dry. Keep salad refrigerated.

HOT DOG PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• Cook macaroni according to package directions, just until tender.
• Drain and rinse well with cold water.
• Meanwhile, cook hot dogs as desired- grill'em, boil'em or pan-fry; cool enough to handle, then slice into circles.
• If small children will be eating this, cut the circles in halves or quarters to avoid choking hazards.
• Combine mayonnaise, mustard, vinegar and salt & pepper in small bowl.
• Place hot dogs and pasta in large bowl and add remaining ingredients.
• Pour dressing over and toss gently with two spoons until all the bits are coated with dressing.
• Chill for two hours or longer in refrigerator before serving.

COLD DOG SALAD

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to directions and set aside.
• Cut hotdogs on the diagonal into 1/4 inch pieces and combine in a mixing bowl with the chilli powder until pieces are evenly coated.
• In a pan on high heat, brown both/all sides of the dogs.
• Add hotdogs to the pasta with the beans and remaining condimants and cool in refrigerator for 4 hours. Could also be served hot I suppose.
• Try adding chopped tomatoes too. Also good to try without ketchup and adding saurkraut and extra mustard.