Texas Chili Dog Recipes

TEXAS CHUCK WAGON CHILI DOGS

Steps:

• To make the chili: wash and pick over beans; put in a bowl and soak in water to cover overnight.
• Next day, drain and rinse the beans and put them in a pot with 1 ½ cans of the beef broth; bring to a boil; decrease heat and simmer the beans for 1 hour.
• In a medium pot, brown the ground beef; drain off all the fat.
• Melt the butter in a medium skillet; saute the onion over low heat until it is soft and transparent.
• Add in the garlic; saute for 1 minute.
• Add the onion mixture and tomato paste, chili powder, salt, water, crushed tomatoes w/ puree, ground marjoram, red pepper flakes, and cayenne to the beef mixture; mix well.
• Simmer the chili over low heat, partially covered and stirring occasionally, for 3 hours or until the beans are tender and the flavors are melded.
• If the mixture becomes too thick, add a bit more water or beef broth.
• Assemble: place hot dogs in buns, top with chili, cheese, and onion.
• Serve immediately.

MY FAVORITE CHILI DOGS

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, cook and crumble beef over medium heat until no longer pink, 8-10 minutes; drain. Add next 10 ingredients; simmer until thickened, about 45 minutes, stirring frequently., Cook hot dogs according to package directions. Place in buns and top with chili, red onion and yellow mustard.