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Originally Posted by shel  Does anyone have an idea, a recipe, or a pointer to a site to help me learn how to make the onions found on NYC hot dog carts? I'd love to try some t'nite, or sometime soon. Thanks!
Shel |
after 40 odd years of eating sabrette hot dogs ..finally..i "cracked the code" on making the onions!!!!!!!
cut up an onion,guess a 1015 or vidalia would work best but all i had was yellow store onions.....i cut one up...put it in a small pot,added about two? cups of water and boiled until the water evapetated until the consistancy was similar to what i remember on the hot dog carts....while boiling,i put in about a 1/2 cup? of regular ketsup.....the taste was too tomatoey...so for the **** of it i gave it a couple shots of frenches yellow mustard....THATS THE SECRET!!after all these years, the onions came out PERFECT!!!
YOUmight play around with the consistancy you desire,but this should be pretty close!!the mustard took away the overpowerinr ketsup taste and combined with the sugar from boiling down the onions it made it just like i remember...not a chef,but i "poke and hope" alot...hope this helps you......one other thing...i added some dehydrated onion flakes also...about a 1/4 cup or so...seemed to help,but make sure to do all this at a full boil...