Heavenly Hot Dog Sauce

Try this hot dog sauce recipe and take ordinary franks to a whole new level. The meaty topping has a bite but can be customized to your taste preference.

• Preparation Time: 5 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 5 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins
• Calories: 140 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon white sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1 tablespoon chili powder
• crushed red pepper flakes to taste
• 0.5 tablespoon salt
• 0.33333334326744 cup ketchup
• 0.5 cup tomato sauce
• 2.5 pounds lean ground beef
• 0.5 tablespoon pepper

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Crumble ground beef into a Dutch oven over medium heat. Stir in water, and mash ground beef thoroughly with a potato masher. Stir in tomato sauce, ketchup, sugar, chili powder, salt, and pepper; bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and simmer until the sauce reaches a medium consistency that is not too soupy, 1 to 1 1/2 hours.