Cowboy Hot Dogs & CMT Summer of Music

Grilled hot dogs topped with honey barbecue baked beans, caramelized onions, crumbled bacon, and cheddar - jack cheese.

Grilled or baked hot dogs are delicious, especially at a barbecue or camp out. Let's face it plain old ketchup, mustard and relish can be a bit boring, so in our house we love our hot dogs served with various toppings. A few of our favorites are Texas Style Chili Dogs, Coney Dogs, New York Dogs and Chicago Dogs.  

My preferred method for cooking hot dogs is definitely grilled or on a stick and cooked over an open campfire. Yum there's just something about a a perfectly roasted hot dog between a lightly toasted bun. Well, recently I teamed up with Bar-S to share a recipe in celebration of the CMT Summer of Music Sweepstakes.

When I was deciding on a recipe to share "cowboys" came to mind, so today I'm sharing my recipe for Cowboy Hot Dogs using Bar-S Premium Beef Franks. My version of a cowboy dog is a grilled hot in between a lightly toasted bun and topped with barbecue baked beans, caramelized onions, crumbled bacon and cheddar-jack cheese. It doesn't get much better than that folks. 

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These delicious Cowboy Hot Dogs are simple to make and start with caramelized onions. The onions can take a bit of time to make, but are totally worth the wait. To make the onions, in a large skillet over medium heat, saute the sliced onions in olive oil and 2 tablespoons butter. 

Let the onions caramelize for about 20 minutes then set the onions aside.  

Yum ......... I could just eat these onions right out of the pan.

In a separate large skillet, cook the bacon until crispy, drain the bacon grease. Remove some of the crumbled bacon to use as a topping. 

Add the baked beans, honey and barbecue sauce to the remaining bacon and mix until combined. Simmer over medium heat until the beans are cooked through.  

Using an outdoor grill or grill pan, grill the hot dogs on all sides until heated through and the hot dogs have visible grill marks.

Lightly butter the hot dog buns and toast on the grill pan. Watch carefully so they don't burn. 

Assemble the hot dogs by adding one cooked hot dog to a bun, then adding the baked beans, then caramelized onions, additional bacon and shredded cheese. Serve while still hot. 

Cowboy Hot Dogs 

Ingredients
1 - 16 ounce package Bar-S Bacon, chopped and cooked
8 - premium beef franks, turkey franks or smoked sausage links 
8 - hot dog buns, toasted 
2 - medium size yellow onions, sliced thin 
1 - 16 ounce can can baked beans 
1 - teaspoon honey
2 - tablespoon barbecue sauce
3 - tablespoons butter, separated 
1 - tablespoon olive oil 
shredded Cheddar - jack cheese 

Directions:
In a large skillet over medium heat, saute the onion in olive oil and 2 tablespoons butter. Let the onions caramelize for about 20 minutes then set the onions aside.  

In a separate large skillet, cook the bacon until crispy, drain the bacon grease. Remove some of the crumbled bacon to use as a topping. 

Add the baked beans, honey and barbecue sauce to the remaining bacon and mix until combined. Simmer over medium heat until the beans are heated through.  

Using an outdoor grill or grill pan, grill the hot dogs on all sides until heated through and hot dogs have visible grill marks.

Butter the hot dog buns lightly and toast the buns on the grill pan. 

Assemble the hot dogs by adding one hot to a bun, then adding the baked beans, then caramelized onions, additional bacon and shredded cheese.

Serve hot dogs while hot.

Yields: 8 hot dogs. 

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