American Hot Dogs with pickled vegetables
A decent game on TV? Quickly make a delicious snack to eat during the match. These American Hot Dogs are the perfect snack to watch your favourite team with a beer. Or just to enjoy with the family?
Servings 4 people
Ingredients
- 8 sausages of your choice here bratwurst from Lidl
- 8 soft Hot Dog sandwiches
- 2 red onions
- 4 mini cucumbers
- ketchup
- 1 piece of cheese here Old Bruges
For the pickle juice
- 1 cup white vinegar
- 1 cup of water
- 3 tbsp honey
- 1 tbsp sea salt
- 1 bouquet garni
- 5 mint leaves
Instructions
Brining the vegetables
- Prepare the brine mixture by bringing the ingredients to boiling point.
- Cut the cucumber into fine slices and the red onion into fine rings.
- Add the red onion and cucumber to 2 separate weck jars and pour over the pickling juice until it's completely submerged by the juice.
- Leave the onion and cucumber in this pickle for at least one night.
Sausage smoking
- Prepare your BBQ for an indirect session at medium temperature (150-180°C). Add a cube of smokewood once the BBQ is at temperature and wait until the smoke turns light blue. For this recipe I used my Kamado Joe with the Slo Roller.
- Smoke the sausages for +-30 min (depending on the thickness) until they feel firm. Make sure you don't pierce the thin casings when you move them. When using a plate setter or the Slo Roller of the Kamado Joe, you can easily leave the sausages lying around without moving them.
- Now you can choose whether to place the sausage directly above the grill to give it a nice brown color and Maillard reaction. Here I chose to provide the sausages with a subtle smoky flavor without further grilling.
- Cut the sandwiches in half and place the sausage in between. Sprinkle generously with grated cheese. and place for 5-10 minutes back (indirectly) on the BBQ until the sandwiches are hot and the cheese is melted.