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Why wrap meat in bacon? Seriously are you kidding? Wrapping meat, fish or veggies in bacon ads fat and flavor. With certain shellfsih that cooks quickly you may want the slightly cook the bacon first.
We don’t have to worry about cooking the bacon a bit first when it comes to hot dogs. In this recipe we’re not only wrapping the dogs in bacon, we’re stuffing them with cheese. We used cheddar cheese to be specific because it takes a bit longer for it to melt than some other cheeses. And if you freeze the cheese and use it immediately and cook immediately then the gooey melty doesn’t happen until the very end of cooking.
Our dogs are medium-sized. If you want to use big one-pounder hot dogs, then you’ll probably need 2 slices of bacon and an extra toothpick for the area where the two slices meet (or meat) in the middle of the dog.
I like to grill a bit then add sauce, to warm and lightly caramelize. It is difficult to get it completely caramelized without losing some cheese, so it’s a tradeoff and cheese usually wins with us.
Anything wrapped in bacon is great. Take the All-American hot dog, stuff it with cheese and then wrap it in bacon, well that just the best hot dog ever. Of course we have added our own spin on this by sprinkling our Award-Winning BBQ Sweet Heat rub and our original Sticky Sweet brown sugar bbq sauce.
Notes
This bacon-wrapped cheese-stuffed hot dog was Dad's favorite guilty treat.
Ingredients
- 6 ea Hot Dogs
- 6 ea Bacon slices
- 6 ea slices of cheese (aged cheddar is good for this)
- 1 tsp Sweet Heat spice rub
- 1 Tbsp Sticky Sweet sauce (or Sweet & Spicy)
- 12 ea toothpicks, soaked in water for 30 minutes
- 6 ea Hot Dog buns
Instructions
- Partially slice thru the hot dogs lengthwise. They should look like a hotdog bun themselves, opening partially.
- Cut the cheese slice in into 4 slices.
- Place each half slice into hotdog opening.
- Get 2 toothpicks and one slice of bacon.
- Sprinkle Sauce Goddess Sweet Heat spice rub on one side of the bacon slice.
- Using one toothpick attach one end of the bacon to the hotdog spice side facing towards the hotdog.
- Wrap the bacon around the hotdog from one end to the other, attaching the second toothpick.
- Place on the grill and cook until the bacon is slightly.
- Baste the hotdog with Sauce Goddess grilling sauce.
- Cook until sauce is caramelized and bacon is completely cooked.
Make this recipe the next time you tailgate or want something different for any grill out.
