Hot Dog Onions

I love the onion sauce on hot dogs that you get from a pushcart so I mixed and matched many different ingredients until I came up with the perfect combination for my own recipe. This tastes just like the kind of onions I often would get from my favorite hot dog stand!

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 30 mins
• Total Time: 40 mins
• Calories: 109 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon salt
• ½ cup water
• 2 tablespoons corn oil
• 1 teaspoon white sugar
• ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
• ¼ teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1 teaspoon prepared yellow mustard
• 1 extra large onion, thinly sliced
• 1 ½ teaspoons hot pepper sauce (such as Frank's RedHot®)

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add sliced onion; cook and stir until onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in hot sauce, yellow mustard, sugar, chili powder, salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper. Reduce heat to medium-low, and continue to cook for about 5 minutes. Stir in water and tomato paste; simmer until liquid has reduced, about 20 minutes.