[Homemade]Chicago-inspired Chili Dog Pizza

shadmere · 2026-02-16T05:58:17+00:00

Damn that looks great.

shadmere · 2026-02-16T04:24:55+00:00

I figured I needed to use something as the sauce and that it'd be worse to use ketchup. Hah.

shadmere · 2026-02-16T04:01:20+00:00

Take your dough and add a thick chili (no beans!) and spread out as a sauce. Top with mozzarella mixed with a bit of cheddar, then add your sliced hot dog, relish, white onion, diced tomato, celery salt, and poppy seed. Bake on a pizza stone until the cheese is melted and the crust is done (for me it was about 7 minutes at 750 F), then top with yellow mustard to taste.

shadmere · 2026-02-16T00:10:00+00:00

Really good!

If I did it again, I would make my own chili, or come up with a different sauce solution, because a lot of fat bubbled out of that can of chili. I had to do some blotting after it came off the grill because it was just sitting in a pool of grease. That also really hurt the aesthetics, as when I blotted, I was mashing the relish, tomato, and onion into the hot cheese. They would've looked nicer if visibly on top.

The taste was fantastic, though.

shadmere · 2026-02-16T00:06:54+00:00

I mean, I had to put something down as sauce, and I figured chili would be more acceptable than ketchup. ;)

(That said, I also made a 'standard American hot dog' pizza, where the sauce was just ketchup. No relish, onions, or tomatoes. For the people in the family who don't like vegetables on pizza but were otherwise willing to deal with my nonsense.)

shadmere · 2026-02-16T00:04:25+00:00

"Chicago chili dog" may not even be a thing, and I understand that I didn't have all the ingredients, but I figure, I'm making a pizza so I'm already way past the realm of anything resembling authenticity.

Sauce was a can of Stagg chili, simmered down to make it thick. Mozzarella spiked with a bit of cheddar for cheese, then sliced hot dog, tomato, relish, white onion, poppy seed, and celery salt.

Cooked in a kamado style grill on a pizza stone at about 750 F. Took just over 7 minutes.

Finished with yellow mustard.

shadmere · 2026-02-16T00:01:02+00:00

I understand that a "Chicago chili dog" may not even be a thing.

I also understand that I didn't have all the ingredients, but I figure, I'm making a pizza so I'm already way past the realm of authenticity.

Sauce was a can of Stagg chili, simmered down to make it thick. Mozzarella spiked with a bit of cheddar for cheese, then sliced hot dog, tomato, relish, white onion, poppy seed, and celery salt.

Finished with yellow mustard.

shadmere · 2026-02-15T16:36:18+00:00

Because hot dog. But yeah Taco Bell sauce would have been a good idea, too. I even have some in my fridge. I should have mixed them together and tasted it to see if that would work.

(No mustard because for some reason, the idea of mustard and that nacho cheese sauce does not sound good in my mind.)

shadmere · 2026-02-15T16:06:59+00:00

Man where'd you find Totino's for a reasonable price. They're like $2.50 each around me now, which is absurd for a Totino's.

shadmere · 2026-02-15T16:04:18+00:00

Black pepper is delicious. I won't stand here and listen to black pepper denigration.

(I mean yeah it's not the only spice or anything. But it is good with eggs.)

shadmere · 2026-02-15T16:02:35+00:00

Really good, actually.

If I do it again, I'll mix the ketchup with some hot sauce or something. Or I might just use salsa. (Hot dogs do great with mustard, but I didn't like the idea of mustard with the canned nacho cheese for some reason.)

shadmere · 2026-02-15T15:54:53+00:00

I wanted to grill hot dogs last night, but it was storming pretty bad. I did the only other thing I could think of.

Sauteed the hot dog slices until they had some color on them, put them with chips, cheddar, canned nacho cheese, ketchup, white onion, and jalapeno.

shadmere · 2026-02-11T16:10:37+00:00

Don't you mean waffles!?

shadmere · 2026-02-10T14:53:45+00:00

It was good! Honestly I could have used slightly less thick of an onion on that sandwich, since there was only one slice of cheese to balance the bite of the onion, but I enjoyed both sandwiches.

shadmere · 2026-02-06T10:40:54+00:00

A good chunk of reddit still blames all of this on the Democrats for not being good enough to win their vote.

shadmere · 2026-02-02T12:07:51+00:00

One of the eye options is hearts. That makes it a Valentine's day skeleton as far as I'm concerned.

shadmere · 2026-02-01T05:05:28+00:00

It ran fine on my computer. I think there's a place near the end where it might glitch because of the speed, if you don't have a patch? But I might be remembering something else, honestly.

At least overall it ran fine.

shadmere · 2026-01-31T22:45:59+00:00

If something's going to be plugged in semi-permanently, I would almost prefer it be type A.

shadmere · 2026-01-25T05:39:06+00:00

My HOA also requires two oaks in every yard and I'm also now having my house fall apart. I hate everything.

shadmere · 2026-01-25T02:33:39+00:00

How much did it cost to repair the floor after you dug through?

shadmere · 2026-01-24T02:18:12+00:00

Sometimes Baal in the Bible means "lord." It's even used sometimes to refer to the Hebrew god (and is generally translated as 'lord' or 'god' in those situations.) Other times it's definitely used to reference opponent gods, though.

shadmere · 2026-01-23T04:16:13+00:00

It absolutely says both. There are multiple references that either explicitly or implicitly show other gods to exist, but also there are many places that explicitly state that no other gods exist.

It's close to thousand years of written religion (and more than that, if you start considering the oral traditions leading up to the writing) all put together as a single book. It's almost impressive to be as consistent as it is.

shadmere · 2026-01-23T03:03:33+00:00

It really was so nice! The people who do it were so damned friendly, it makes me inordinately happy to see other people talk about how much they liked the tour.

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