Don’t Boil Your Hot Dogs, But Do Cook Them In Hot Water.

[Sid P]

Straight from a company that serves some of the best hot dogs around.

[JLR]

Cook for 20 minutes!? I assume these are not precooked. No microwave instructions?

[Sid P]

Cook for 20 minutes!? I assume these are not precooked. No microwave instructions?

The instructions are from their " PORTILLO'S ITALIAN BEEF KIT & HOT DOG KIT COMBO", and I’m assuming the dogs aren’t pre-cooked. I don’t see any instructions for waving them.

https://www.tastesofchicago.com/product/portillos-italian-beef-kit-hot-dog-kit-combo/

[fkrall]

The combo looks great, but I have a firm rule--not a penny over $150!

[smokin fool]

I see the benefits of the boil but I'm old school....toss em over the coals/flame.
....and nuking a dog is like boiling ribs....I just can't do it....
No problem with those that nuke, I just can't do it.

[Bkhuna]

I have no problem with a long low simmer. I'll eat them any way cooked except blackened.

[WayneT]

And I like them charred, so they have a bit of crunch when you bite into one.

[Oak Smoke]

The instructions for warming the buns go against my experience with our microwave. If you heat any kind of bread in our microwave for 2 1/2 minutes when it cools it won’t be bread at all but some substance that can’t be eaten. It will be hard and tough, impossible to eat.

[Sid P]

I wondered if those instructions were written 25 years ago. It takes our wave about 30 seconds to warm up a piece of bread and melt the butter on it.

[Oak Smoke]

Our lava machine as my son calls it will do that in about half that time. When I warm up bacon for breakfast I can lay several pieces on a paper plate and have them sizzling in 20 seconds. We seldom use it at full power.

[Richard Chrz]

Smoked Nathan hotdogs,

[radiodome21]

Portillos catering is expensive and we’ve only done it a few times and it was for their Italian beef sandwiches. I haven’t boiled a hotdog since my college days but am guilty of microwaving them for my kids when they were younger. Now I’ll do them over fire.

[Jim White]

I wonder what temperature that would translate to for sous vide.

[captainlee]

My water boils at 196 F, does that count??? The only dogs i boil are from a leftover bbq for lunch the next day.

[Dick Anderson]

I had a few of those when i was stranded in Chicago last year. Around the corner from my hotel. First time i walked right past the line out front. When my son said i shouldn't leave town without trying one, i stood in line. Went back the next three days (and stood in line, gladly).

[efranzen]

Should someone point out the typo to Portillo's?


Also, I use a grease splash shield over the simmering water to steam the buns for a few minutes.

[jerrybell]

I like this steaming idea. I'm going to try that sometime.

[Sid P]

I passed on it.

[RichieB]

I did a Feltmans tonight. On gasser till done. It worked rather well. It's a freakin hot dog!

[Bad Hat BBQ]

I remember my Mom cooking Hot-Dogs in a "Dry" Crock Pot back in the 1970's; they were good

Awesome woman who raised 5 kids on her own,,,,never had time to be a great cook and as we got older we teased her about it all of the time.

Her Crock Pot Hot dogs and her Chip Dip (equal parts Sour Cream,& Cottage Cheese + Lipton Onion Soup Mix!!) are legendary in my Fam!

[N227GB]

I'm not a hot dog guy, but I recall a chain that steamed their dogs in beer years ago— Lum's.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lum%27s

[Jfrosty27]

I remember them. Great doggies there!