How To Make a Classic Coney Island Hot Dog Chili Sauce | Easy Homemade Recipe

Make your own Coney Island Hot Dog with Chili Sauce right at home! 🌭🔥 This easy homemade recipe shows you step-by-step how to create the rich, flavorful chili sauce that makes these hot dogs famous. Perfect for cookouts, family dinners, or game day — this recipe is sure to be a crowd favorite.

👨‍🍳 Recipe: Classic Coney Island Hot Dog Chili Sauce
🥘 Ingredients:
– 1 medium onion, finely chopped
– 1 clove garlic, minced (or 2 if you like extra)
– ½ tsp olive oil
– 1 lb ground beef
– 1 tbsp tomato paste
– ¼ tsp cumin
– ½ tsp onion powder
– ¼ tsp thyme
– ½ tsp Mrs. Dash blend (or all-purpose seasoning)
– ¼ tsp ground mustard
– ⅛ tsp allspice
– ½ tbsp dark chili powder
– ½ tbsp smoked paprika
– Pinch of kosher salt
– ½ cup water
– ½ cup low sodium beef broth
– 1 tbsp chili base (optional, for extra flavor)
– Hot dog buns (poppy seed if you like)
– All-beef hot dogs
– Mustard (yellow, classic)
– Extra chopped onions (for topping)
– Optional: smoked sausage with cheese & jalapeño + shredded triple cheese (for the “Smokey Coney Dog”)

📖 Instructions (with Timestamps):
0:16 – Chop onion & garlic.
0:40 – Heat ½ tsp olive oil in a pan. Add onions and cook until soft, then add garlic.
1:11 – Add 1 lb ground beef, cook and break it down with onions.
1:36 – Stir in 1 tbsp tomato paste.
1:44 – Add seasonings: cumin, onion powder, thyme, Mrs. Dash, ground mustard, allspice, chili powder, smoked paprika. Mix well.
2:23 – Add a pinch or two of kosher salt.
2:34 – Pour in ½ cup water + ½ cup beef broth (1 cup total liquid). Stir.
3:20 – Simmer until beef is fully cooked and sauce thickens.
4:40 – Let chili cook down for 30 minutes until rich and flavorful.

🌭 Building the Coney Dog:
5:04 – Place an all-beef hot dog on a bun.
5:19 – Spoon chili sauce over the hot dog.
5:34 – Top with finely chopped onions.
6:05 – Add a drizzle of mustard.

🔥 Optional Smokey Coney Dog:
6:15 – Use a smoked sausage with cheese & jalapeño.
6:36 – Spread mustard on the bun first.
6:43 – Add chili sauce, onions, and shredded triple cheese.
7:14 – Microwave 20 seconds to melt cheese.

✨ Enjoy your homemade Coney Island Chili Dog or Smokey Dog!

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Be sure to cook. Welcome back to another episode of Be sure Sure to Cook. Today we’re going to be making a cony dog con my way. So stay tuned and let’s do this. Okay, the first thing we’re going to do is we’re going to chop up well onion and garlic. So I’m going to go ahead. I’ve got some garlic here and I’m going to just slice up some garlic. I got a half teaspoon of olive oil. Got my pan hot. I’m going to start put my onions in there. I want them to start cooking immediately. I’m going to add the garlic in there. About a clove of garlic. I know I had two cloves, but one’s fine. And I want my onions and my garlic to mix up. And let’s start cooking that. Got a pound of ground beef that’s going down in here with these onions. Pork. I’m going to start smashing and mixing all my meat together with the onions and everything. I want all that in there. Okay, I’ve got a tablespoon of tomato paste that I’m going to mix in here because I only got like a pound of hamburger. Okay, I’m adding 1/4 teaspoon of cumin. as/ teaspoon of onion powder, 1/4 teaspoon of thyme, 1/2 teaspoon of Mrs. Dash blend, 1/4 teaspoon of ground mustard, 1/8 teaspoon of allspice, 1/2 tbsp of dark chili powder, and 1/2 tbsp of smoked paparico. Okay, all those seasonings are going down. All those seasons are getting mixed in there. Okay, I’ve got some kosher salt. We’re going to add a little kosher salt in it. Maybe a pinch or two. Okay, in a coni people always use beef broth, but I use water and beef broth. So, I am going to mix this very well. I’ve got a beef broth here that I’m using, a low sodium beef broth because I’ve already put just about 1/4 teaspoon of salt in there. But a lot of people think things need salt, so it might not bother you to use whatever beef broth you want. So, I got 1/2 cup of wonderful water, and I’m going to do the other half cup of this low sodium beef broth. Okay. So, altogether this is one cup. Okay. Now, I’m going to pull this beef broth and water into my chili mix that I made. And remember guys, this is still raw. So, this is going to cook. Okay. So, as it’s I’m turning this all the way up again, and this is going to be my coney chili sauce. I’ve already made a different type of chili. I’ve made a hot dog chili uh earlier in the in in a different show. You can always go to that show and look at that one compared to the one that I’m making. But I also want to introduce everybody with another I want to make a coney smokey dog. So, I’m going to make a regular coney dog and then I’m going to show you my coney smokey dog. So, I’m it’s going to be in this show. So, I’m making two different I’m going to be using this. Okay. I got a whole tablespoon of chili base to go in here to enhance this even more better. And I’m going to whip this up. And it’s cooking. Okay, so it’s been cooking. I did take the top off for a long time. I’m just now putting the top back on it. And this is my chili sauce. It’s been cooking for about 30 minutes. Just cooking all that water and liquid away. And there it is. Okay, I’ve got my chili still nice. And look at it. It’s still hot. And I’m trying for it to cool down. I’ve got my all beef hot dog that I’m going to lay on this wonderful bun that I got. I like it because it’s pretty. It looks nice and it love it. And I’m going to lay this down. And this is my con chili that we made. I’m going to get a scoop and I’mma lay my coney chili down on my hot dog here. Make sure it’s nice and covered. Let’s make sure it’s nice and covered. Then I’m going to add these. You remember those onions that I I fixed earlier and I took half of them and I kept half. This is the extra head. But I chopped these so thin. So good and so thin. And here we go. We’re going to lay those down on there. I like onions so I like extra. That’s extra onions because I love my two favorite when I’m eating a chili dog or I’m eating a ham sandwich or something is I have to have mustard and onions. I got my mustard going down on this hot dog. Okay, I’m going to be using the same soft bun. And here is my smoked sausage that has cheese inside and jalapeno peppers. I’m This is my smoky dog. I’m gonna put this on the same bun. You can do any bun you want. You just don’t have to use my bun. Okay. On this, I’m going to add the mustard at the bottom of this cuz it just does right with the bottom. Especially on this one cuz this is a actual smokey dog. I’m going to use the same coney chili as I use on my coney all beef hot dog. There you go. Then what I’m going to do, I’m going to add onions right on here just like I did the coney dog. It’s still the same thing and it’s so delicious. But the next thing I’m going to do that’s a little bit different, guys. I’m going to add cheese. I’m going to add a triple cheese on top of this. And I’m going to put this just in this in the microwave for about 20 seconds just to melt that cheese and get this nice and toasty and good. Hey guys, I hope you like both of these. And I thought I would kick it in and throw my smokey coney dog. So you have two different, but the coney dog is the star of the show. Hey, I hope you enjoyed this episode of Coney Dogs. I hope you like it and I hope you come back because guess what? I didn’t make this alone. You and me, we made these together and we will make plenty more. Hey, please like, share, and subscribe to my YouTube channel and come back so we can make plenty more. See you next time. Bye.