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Heavenly Hot Dog Sauce

Side Dish 🥗 American Carnivore 🥩

This Southern-style hot dog meat sauce simmers into a rich, finely crumbled topping with a balanced touch of sweetness and gentle heat. It’s ideal for piling onto grilled franks, and the spice level is easy to adjust with crushed red pepper for game days, cookouts, or casual weeknight dinners.

  • Prep5 min
  • Cook1 hr 5 min
  • Serves20
  • DifficultyEasy
Heavenly Hot Dog Sauce
  1. 1

    Crumble the ground beef into a Dutch oven over medium heat.

  2. 2

    Stir in the water, and mash the ground beef thoroughly with a potato masher.

  3. 3

    Stir in the tomato sauce, ketchup, sugar, chili powder, salt, and pepper; bring to a boil.

  4. 4

    Lower the heat to low and simmer until the sauce has a medium consistency that is not too soupy, 1 to 1 1/2 hours.

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