How are hot dogs made in Venezuela?

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Ingredients:
8 sausages
8 loaves for sausages
1 onion
¼ head of green cabbage
200 grams of potato chips
Mayonnaise
Mustard
Ketchup

preparation:

Cook the sausages in a pan with boiling water. Remove them from the water when they are well tender and cooked.

Cut the onion into pieces and place it in the food processor until it is finely chopped. Remove it and do the same with the green cabbage. Take the potato chips and squash them until they are in small pieces.

Open the sausage loaves and place a sausage on each of them. To assemble the hot dogs, cover with onion, green cabbage and potato chips sausages. Place enough mayonnaise, ketchup and mustard.

Depending on the place where you are, the ingredients vary in this case the vegetables and even grains, in some cases they place avocado in other cucumbers like other vegetables.

In this case we will cite a specific city where hot dogs are made:

The hot dog is one of the most popular fast food dishes in the world and because it is present in many countries, it takes a personal touch in each city where it is made. The ingredients, the combinations, the tastes, etc. Venezuelans do not escape to the hot dog fan club and we create our own version of this delicious dish ... the asquerositos.

In Caracas, it is common to see in the main corners of the city numerous trolleys, trailers or food trucks where the famous "asquerositos" are sold, the name given to the hot dog in Venezuela, and that hot dog is part of life daily in the main cities and there will always be a place near where to eat a hot dog, it is usually eaten as a snack, for dinner or when we are caught in a hurry when having lunch or as they say in Venezuela "Eat a cold bullet". It is normal to see these positions always with customers at full throttle and you may have to wait your turn to be attended if you go for a hot dog at a peak hour. If the food truck is close to a disco or nightclub, you will be able to see many customers when the party ends.

Depending on the trailer, the flavor and preparation vary, it is difficult for one person to prepare a hot dog equal to another and it is not that there is a competition between them, but that each one puts his touch when preparing hot dogs and a diversity of flavors around this.

Usually the basic ingredients of a hot dog in Venezuela are: bread, sausage, onion, potato chips, yellow cheese, tomato sauce, mayonnaise, mustard, cabbage and carrot salad and year-round cheese. Depending on the tastes of the customers the most common variants are the dog without onion, without mustard and the pure potato.

In the main cities there are many ways to ask for a "dog", but the phrase that a hot dog seller will most listen to is: "Give me a dog with everything". Which means that you have to put the hot dog in question all the possible ingredients without sparing any effort.

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A very elaborate variant created to differentiate the most demanding palates is the special dog and which really varies a lot from local to local, but that as a rule carries the ingredients of a normal hot dog and other ingredients are added such as: bacon , avocado, ham and lots of yellow cheese to overflow.

At the moment of eating a hot dog from Caracas, there are ingredients that will be left to your criteria, such as sauces and dressings, which you can add simultaneously while devouring your hot dog. Among the most common dressings are tartar sauce, German and guasacaca.

It is also possible to find more stylized versions of the hot dog in some places and commercial centers, perhaps with a smaller amount of ingredients but with a better presentation and a more defined flavor due to the use of better ingredients, such as lettuce, alfalfa, corn, black olives, gherkins and sausages of recognized brands.

It is also possible to hear the Venezuelan talk about the homemade or familiar versions of this popular dish, which knowingly of its trainers far exceed any proven street version of the famous asquerositos.

The truth is that where you eat a hot dog with Venezuelan seasoning you will enjoy a bite with a special touch and flavor, which can encourage the diner to repeat a hot dog more and say the famous phrase ... "Give me a dog with everything".

Sources of information: venezuelaparaelmundo.com & informe21.com/gastronomia/perro-caliente-al-estilo-venezolano.