hello this is chef john from foodwishes.com
with bacon wrap double dogs that's right we are building a better
bacon dog by using two smaller hot dogs instead of one larger one
which we will merge together using the latest cutting edge bacon binding
technology and for reasons we'll review later this
really was superior and great news for people like me who
are just not comfortable putting two separate hot dogs on one bun
it just seems unnatural and i find it disconcerting
so with that let's go ahead and get started and for this technique you're
going to need two small regular size hot dogs
which are about two ounces each and then we're also going to need two strips of
preferably center cut bacon and we really do want the regular thin
cut style and not that extra expensive fancy thick cut bacon
which is nice with eggs and home fries but for this the thinner cheaper stuff
is better and to create this we will take hot dog
number one and place it on the top edge of our first strip of bacon
and we'll give that a little roll to secure the piece at which point we will
place on hot dog number two and then take our bacon and wrap it
around a little bit of an angle like this
and if everything goes according to plan we should have just enough excess when
we get back to the top to fit down in between those two dogs
which we will secure using the old spread and tuck
and at this point we should have half our double dog covered
and then to finish this we'll take our second piece of bacon which by the way
should be really cold so it's easier to handle okay mine was
kind of warm and flimsy which makes it a little harder to
control but anyway what we'll do is tuck that end in right where we left off
and then continue wrapping around and again once we get to the end
we should have just enough to tuck in between those two links
and that's it a perfectly secure aesthetically pleasing
bacon wrapped double dog okay so let me show that one more time
for the people that don't like to rewind video in case you're wondering why is it
better to wrap two smaller hot dogs instead of just doing one four ounce hot
dog well there's actually a couple very good reasons
and the first one is i find the bacon stays on a lot better using two hot dogs
versus trying to wrap two strips of bacon around one larger dog
since there's really not a good place to tuck in the ends and then people end up
using toothpicks which not only makes the hot dog harder
to turn i just think the toothpick sticking out of a hot dog are a bad look
but the other much more important reason is that it's a proven scientific fact
that round things do not brown up and crisp up as well as flat things in a pan
okay so by wrapping up two smaller hot dogs like this we are creating a lot
more flat surface area to come in contact with our pan or grill
which really is the major advantage of this technique
oh and i should mention if you're really into bacon you can actually fit three
strips on these if you want although you do get more overlapping
which means you're gonna have to cook it a little longer
to give that extra fat time to render out so personally i think two strips is
ideal but you decide i mean you are after all
the betty page of this bacon binding stage but either
way once those are wrapped we can go ahead and cook those up in a
non-stick pan set over medium heat and you can just use a dry pan for this
all right that little bit of fat you saw in the pan was from an earlier test
and then from here you could probably figure out the rest of the procedure
we are simply going to cook these on both sides until that bacon with witches
are bound browns up beautifully and i'm just making two but the more you
fit in the pan the better and that's simply because you're going
to end up with more fat in the pan which is going to help everything brown and
crisp up even better oh and when i said cook on both sides i
should have actually sat on all four sides
because we do want to try to brown those edges as well
which i do just by leaning one up against the other and if you're really
good you could probably lean both up at once
but anyway the point is we're going to try to brown these all over
which reminds me you can if you want to do these outside on the grill
although i do recommend using indirect heat all right dripping bacon grease
directly down on your coals can cause a big fire
and your bacon wrap double dogs will get charred black and the people at your
cookout will not be impressed except for of course that one person who
says they like it that way right there's one of those people at
every cookout you know who you are or if you want to make things a little
safer you could actually cook them halfway in a pan
where you will have a lot of the fat already rendered out and then let them
cool and then bring them to the cookout like
that and then when you're ready to serve you can just finish browning them up on
the grill so that would work too but anyway no
matter what method you use to cook these make sure you are very happy with the
browning of the bacon before you serve these up
all right not sort of happy like absolutely thrilled
which at this point i was so i went ahead and served that up in a very well
mustard bun and yes i did use a slightly larger hot
dog bun which was actually sold as a sausage roll
and then the official toppings for a bacon-wrapped double dog are some pickle
relish and not sweet pickle relish dill pickle
relish all right we're going to get enough sweetness from the bacon
and then we'll also do some diced red onion and then last but not least some
diced tomato and that's it our bacon wrapped double
dog is bacon wrapped double done and that my friends was one of the best
hot dog eating experiences in recent memory
just absolutely everything i was hoping for and because of all that extra
previously discussed surface area and the fact that i really took my time
browning this in the pan that bacon was perfectly cooked and most
of that fat had rendered out and there was absolutely no flabbiness involved
and by the way i'm not a big hot dog toppings guy alright i usually just go
with mustard but because we're enjoying two dogs
wrapped in that rich smoky bacon the pickle onion and tomato really do
work incredibly well oh and i don't know about you but other
than maybe potato chips i think a nice potato salad is the
ultimate hot dog side dish and of course we have at least a half
dozen very nice recipes for that on the channel
but anyway that's it what we're calling bacon wrapped double dogs
no matter what you serve these with i think these will make a beautiful change
of pace to the regular old hot dog and whether you enjoy these inside or in
the backyard or tailgating before a baseball or
football game remember those but anyway no matter where you enjoy
these i really do hope you give them a try
soon so please follow the links below for the ingredient amounts
a printable written recipe and much more info as usual
and as always enjoy
you