Preparation time: 20 min
Cooking time: 2 hours
Easy - for beginners
Serves: 80 servings
Discover the classic and authentic Coney Island Hot Dog Sauce recipe, known for its unique flavor. This traditional ground beef sauce, simmered with distinctive spices, is the perfect topping to elevate your hot dogs to a true Coney Island experience.
This recipe is for the sauce that is one of several condiments that make a right and proper Coney Island hot dog.
Brown the ground beef and drain. Run it through a food processor for a finer texture, if you choose. It seems to go farther that way. Save time by mincing the onions in a processor also, as it cooks down to nothing in the sauce. In a small dutch oven combine all ingredients and simmer. The original recipe says simmer for 3 to 4 hours. I’ve found that about 2 hours is plenty of time. That’s all there is to it. Makes about 10 cups of sauce. A cup of sauce makes about eight hot dogs.
CONEY ISLAND HOT DOG correct creation procedure: Place a hot hotdog in a warm fresh bun. Spread about a heaping tablespoon of coney sauce beside the full length of the dog, then do the same with an equal amount of chopped onion. Squirt a line of yellow mustard along the full length. Top with two shakes of salt.