French Hot Dog

What is a French hot dog?

For this version, it's all about using French flavours.

Rather than a standard burger bun, this recipe uses a Brioche bun and delicious Toulouse sausages, which takes the humble hot dog to the next level.

Oven bake, grill or fry the sausages and these are made in 20 minutes.

Add your favourite sauce and enjoy.

Bon appétit!   

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• ❤️ Why you will love this dish
• 🥘 Ingredients
• 🍽 Equipment
• 🔪 Instructions
• ⏲️ Cooking Time
• 🥗 Side Dishes
• 🥙 Substitutions
• 📖 Variations
• 🍣 Storage
• 🍱 Prepare in Advance
• 📋 Recipe
• 💬 Comments

Personally, I'm not a huge fan of plain white bread or hot dog sausages, so using French inspired ingredients really appeals.

Brioche bread is known as an enriched dough. It is made with sugar, butter and eggs and is sweeter than normal bread. It's popular as a breakfast bread, but is used in both sweet and savoury dishes.

Toulouse sausages are a pork sausage, that have the addition of herbs, sometimes bacon, garlic and red wine for a real French flavour. They tend to be quite lean. meaty and full flavoured with garlic.

They are also essential in a cassoulet: a French dish of sausages, duck and pork all cooked together with beans.

Rather than the standard mustard, I like to serve mine with a good dollop of aioli for an extra garlic hit.

❤️ Why you will love this dish

✔️Simple to make.

✔️Great for bbqs.

✔️Full of French flavours.

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🥘 Ingredients

• hot dog buns - brioche hot dog rolls are now widely available in supermarkets, although you can also use brioche rolls, which are slightly shorter.
• Toulouse sausages - sometimes sold in speciality shops formed in a ring, but for this recipe you will need a pack of standard shaped sausages.
• onions - just use plain brown onions.
• oil - vegetable or olive oil for frying the onions.
• salt - cooking salt for the onions.

The printable recipe card with full ingredient quantities and instructions can be found at the bottom of the article.

🍽 Equipment

• sharp knife
• bread knife
• chopping board
• frying pan or skillet

🔪 Instructions

Use a bread knife to slice the brioche rolls lengthways.

Cut just over halfway through to make sure it doesn't split.

Peel the onions, cut in half and slice thinly.

Put the oil in the pan over a medium to low heat.

Add the onions and make sure that the slices are all separated.

Sprinkle over the salt and cook for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.

The aim is to make the onions sweet but not very brown as they can become bitter.

💭 Top Tip

• Don't be tempted to speed up the cooking process or skip the salt. The salt helps to draw out the liquid from the onions and the longer cooking time allows the natural sugars to give the onions a sweet anmd rich flavour.

⏲️ Cooking Time

While the onions are frying cook the sausages.

Generally, there is no need to add any oil to the pan. They will take about 20 minutes under a medium grill or in a frying pan.

If you want to cook the sausages in the oven, place them on a tray at 180 C / 350 F / 160 FAN / Gas 4 for about 30 minutes.

Assemble the hot dogs. I like to spread a little aioli in the bottom of the bun, then a layer of onions and the sausage on top.

🥗 Side Dishes

Serve with some of these salad and sauce ideas.

• Old Fashioned Pea Salad
• Pear and Rocket Salad
• Bacon Aioli
• Cucumber Salad
• Tomato and Onion Salad
• Courgette Salad
• Mushroom Salad
• Fennel and Pear Salad
• Béarnaise Mayo
• Tarragon Potato Salad
• Cherry Tomato and Feta Salad
• Broccoli and Edamame Salad
• Carrot and Celeriac Remoulade

🥙 Substitutions

• Toulouse sausages - use any good quality herby pork sausage, such as Lincolnshire, Cumberland or even vension. Merguez sausages are another French favourite and these would work too.
• Brioche buns - use any white long orsubmarine roll or a piece of baguette.

📖 Variations

• mushrooms - swap the onions for sliced mushrooms fried in garlic.
• toppings - use your favourites such as sliced pickles, ketchup, mustard or even grated cheese.

🍣 Storage

• Refrigerator - cool, cover and store cooked sausages for 3 days.
• Freezer  - wrap in a bag or airtight container for up to 3 months. Defrost overnight in the refrigerator.
• To reheat - in the oven or a frying pan with a little oil added.

🍱 Prepare in Advance

• Cook the onions and sausages in advance if you prefer and reheat in the oven at 180 C / 350 F / 160 FAN / Gas 4 until hot.

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Food Safety

• Do not use the same utensils on cooked food, that previously touched raw meat.
• Wash hands after touching raw meat.
• Don't leave food sitting out at room temperature for extended periods.
• Never leave cooking food unattended.
• Use oils with high smoking point to avoid harmful compounds.
• Always have good ventilation when using gas.

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