Crock Pot Bacon Wrapped Dogs Recipe | CDKitchen.com (2024)

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How to make bacon wrapped hot dogs on flat top grill? ›

Add the bacon-wrapped hot dogs, seam side down, on the other side of the griddle. Close the hood and cook for 10 minutes, turning frequently to cook all sides of bacon.

Baking hot dogs in the oven

Simply place your hot dogs in a preheated oven to 400°F and cook for 10-15 minutes until they've browned and curled up a bit. The result? Perfectly cooked, slightly browned, and juicy inside hot dogs that are ready to serve on a bun and topped with delicious condiments.

But if you are like me and like crispy bacon then you might try to precook it first. I will grill the bacon for 4-5 minutes on low direct heat. I then wrap the food in the bacon and grill according to the recipe.

Anything you'd eat with a regular hot dog will taste delicious alongside a hot dog wrapped in bacon. Think coleslaw, French fries, potato salad recipes and other classic picnic side dishes. Bacon-wrapped dogs go great with other tailgate recipes, and they fit in perfectly with Game Day potluck recipes!

Add water to a cast-iron skillet until it rises about 1/2 inch up the sides. Place the skillet over medium-high heat and cook until the water begins to boil. Add 1 hot dog to the pan along with 1 tablespoon of butter. Sear on each side until the water has boiled off and the hot dog is plump and beginning to brown.

For the smoked hotdog:

Wrap each sausage with 2 bacon slices. Place the sausages, side by side on smoker racks, making sure they are not touching each other. Start up the smoker, using wood bisquettes of choice (whisky oak works very well!). Bring the smoker up to a temperature of 250ºF.

Street hot dogs are boiled. This works for two reasons: it's both low-effort and impossible to screw up. However, to avoid overcooking, street dogs are stored in less-than boiling water. In the biz, this is known as “hot holding.” This is an easy way to keep food ready-to-serve over a long period of time.

Grilling gives your hot dog that smoky, summer flavor you just can't get any other way. Plus, no pots and pans to clean!

How to cook hotdogs for a crowd? ›

Nathan's method is to slow-cook them, starting on low heat and upping the temperature until they're cooked through, about 40 minutes later.

Don't overcook them

Many people don't know exactly how long a hot dog should be cooked, and end up with dry, tough dogs that don't taste nearly as well as they do when more experienced cooks prepare them.

Roll the hot link to wrap the bacon around itself. Allow the bacon to overlap a bit with each round and keep it tight while it wraps. Perform the same task on all of the hot links, sausages, brats, or hotdogs. Setup your smoker for cooking with indirect heat at about 240°F (116°C) for 2-3 hours.

You can secure the bacon ends to the steak with a toothpick, or tie a piece of butcher's twine around the bacon-wrapped steak. The advantage of the twine method is that you can roll the edge of the steak more easily in a hot pan if you want to further crisp the bacon before serving.

The technical term for wrapping food in a layer of fat to add flavor and moisture is “barding.” Bacon is commonly used because aside from its signature fat content, the flavor is sweet, salty, and smoky at the same time.