
If the sauce is warm enough it will melt the cheese. Make Chili Cheese Fries: Smother cooked fries with the chili sauce and add cheese.While this makes incredible Chili Cheese Dogs, you can use the Chili Sauce in a whole bunch of different ways! Preferably with cheese! Here are a few to get you started, but if you have your own ninja way with Chili Sauce I’d love to hear it!
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Oven Chili Cheese Dogs with Homemade Hot Dog Chili Sauce How to Use, Besides in Chili Cheese Dogs: Most of all, know that this is a great recipe and the perfect jumping-off point if you want to tinker and make it your own! There’s nothing wrong at ALL with that play of spicy/sweet and I love it it just wasn’t something I grew up with being from the Midwest. Use your choice of brown or white sugar, a tablespoon or so. If you’re from the South or used to eating the canned chili sauce, you might appreciate a little sweetness. If you want a good amount of heat, in addition to adding more of the hot spices, the chili powder, and cayenne, you can dice up a little of your fave peppers, maybe a serrano or a jalapeno, and saute with the onion and can add a few dashes of hot sauce at the end. The most important thing to know about this recipe is to taste and adjust the seasonings! Add more of anything, but know if you’re looking for some heat the best time to do that is when you add all the spices in at the beginning – it helps them lose that “raw” flavor. Just add a little water bit by bit as you reheat. This sauce does get thicker as it sits and when it’s stored. You can thin the sauce by adding in a little additional water.

I also think a little thicker is great in most recipes because whatever it is served on doesn’t get soggy.

The other I use in this recipe to very finely work the ground beef into tiny bits. I always break up my ground meats with the type of masher on the right. Make this hot dog chili sauce once, and you’ll never, ever, ever want to resort to a canned version again! I urge you to give this simple sauce a try, but if for some reason you decide you’ve got to have canned sauce, at least check out this link by FoodGuy on the Seven Best Canned Chili Sauces for Hot Dogs. And btw, no beans allowed! Save those for your regular chili you serve in a bowl (unless you’re from Texas, lol!) It’s flavorful with just the right hint of spice – that makes it classic and of course, family-friendly, too. This is a fabulous basic Chili Sauce, easy to make and it has the perfect luscious texture. I have noticed in the South, the chili often has just a bit of sweetness, but hey, I have y’all covered, too.

And you might have had similar ones at ballparks, games, fairs, and so on.

If you grew up (or live) anywhere in the Midwest or the South, you might be familiar with all the flavors in this hot dog sauce. So if you’re missing your fave smothered hot dog with chili and cheese from wherever you usually get your fix, you can do the same! About Homemade Hot Dog Chili Sauce:
