(singing) hot dog, hot dog, hot diggity dog
alright you ready? oh crap you're already filming don't
include that please don't include that part (laughing)
hey y'all welcome back to Make It Dairy Free i'm Larisha and today we're
talking about one of my favorite summer classics hot dogs
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okay so i eat them year-round that's besides the point but that's right we
are moving right into summer recipes i don't know about you but i am tired of
soups and casseroles and ready to move into all things
summer i am ready for grilled burgers and veggies and peach cobblers
and ice cream all vegan of course in case you guys don't know a lot of our
recipes are based around things that we loved before going vegan and trying to
figure out how to veganize it we know that if we
liked it before going vegan the fact is that probably a majority of you guys
liked it before going vegan and so if we can help you along on your
journey then we are doing our job so today we are talking about one of my
favorites and hopefully yours too hot dogs we wanted to create a healthier
version of a hot dog that was also gluten free
and vegan that wasn't just a marinated carrot i
mean carrots are good and all there's even carrots in our recipe but sometimes
it's nice to have more than just a carrot on a hot dog bun this recipe is
easy to make but it does need a bit of time to set up however you can cook it
in an airfryer in the oven or on a grill it
is one of our favorites one of our kids favorites and hopefully soon it will be
one of your favorites too so let's get right into the kitchen and
show you how to make these
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alright so the first thing we're going to do is pour vegetable stock into a pot
and then add lentils lentils is going to be the base of this
dish it's perfect because it has a meaty and hearty texture which is perfect when
creating a meat substitute like hot dogs you want to use green lentils here
because red ones get too mushy bring to a boil cover and reduce to low
cooking according to the package which is about 30 minutes
while that's cooking we are going to do the rest of our steps in order to keep
this gluten-free we are going to be using oat flour for this recipe
you could also use chickpea flour see the post for instructions on swapping
flours if you don't have oat flour you can just
blend up rolled oats until a powder in a food processor
once you have that you need to roughly chop your vegetables
quarter a red onion peel your garlic roughly chop some carrots and spinach
you want to roughly chop because the food processor will do the rest but
without roughly chopping you will have chunks in your mixture and we don't want
that okay so the ingredient list gets along
when adding the spices we fully understand there's a lot
however they are so good when mixed together and if you want the perfect
taste then you'll just trust us okay? okay. so we added flaxseed italian
seasoning cumin celery salt smoked paprika
marjoram mustard powder and nutmeg once you have
all those add in your roughly chopped vegetables
i always try to evenly distribute them in our food processor so it blends more
equally next are liquids i like to wait to add
these until i'm about to add the cooked lentils so they don't soak into the
spices or flour too much while waiting we added vegan whoosh-ta-shy-er
worcestershire (giggles) sauce tomato paste liquid smoke and freshly squeezed lemon
juice once your lentils are done you are going to be adding those directly into
the food processor as well take your lid off and give them a good
stir make sure that all the liquid has evaporated during the cooking process
excess liquid in the recipe will cause the hot dogs to be more temperamental to
work with once you have all your ingredients in
blend until evenly combined you're going to let your mixture sit for
at least four hours or overnight
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okay so your mixture after sitting for a while should clearly be less moist at
the top you allow the mixture to set so the oat
flour has time to absorb the liquid and make for a better cooking experience
pull your mixture out of your food processor and shape it into a big ball
then you are going to separate it into equal sizes you should be able to easily
get six hot dogs from this mixture however
if you want them smaller you could do eight
this doesn't have to be perfect but try to get them as equal as possible
now it's time to shape your hot dogs we tried a hot dog mold and while they work
we found the mold to be much smaller than a normal hot dog so
yeah not doing that then we tried shaping by hand and felt like unless our
hands were super oiled too much came off but it did work so our
preferred method is to take a ball of your mixture
set it on a piece of wax paper and then move the sides up and down
using your hands to gently mold into a log or a hot dog shape
these are moldable and forgiving so if it breaks or you roll it too long
just redo it roll it out until it's the length of your hot dog bun
i place these on a clean sheet of wax paper and then repeat the process with
the rest of the mixture we don't like to waste the wax paper but
it's better than the waste on our hands when trying to do it by hand
alright now it's time to cook we are using our airfryer to give a crispy
browned outside with a soft texture inside
you want to make sure your air fryer is non-stick and if it's not then spray
some cooking oil on it depending on the size of your air fryer
you may need to cook these in batches we've also included oven instructions in
our post linked in the description or you could totally do this on the grill
too with grill mats they are going to cook for about 15 to
20 minutes flipping halfway through and then they are ready to go load them
with your favorite toppings and enjoy thanks so much for watching we hope you
join us for some delicious summer inspired recipes coming up during the
next few weeks comment below with your favorite summer
dishes or a favorite dish you'd like to see us recreate
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