You know how in the movie Billy Madison Adam Sandler draws a blue duck and then tells his teacher he chose the color because he’s never seen a blue duck before and honestly, he just wanted to see one? That’s how I feel about breakfast hot dogs.
Now, I’m not saying that no one has ever made breakfast hot dogs before, but I’ve certainly never seen them at any restaurants I’ve ever been to. Sure, everyone and their mother is topping burgers with eggs these days, but you never see anyone at all doing the same with hot dogs.
I started off with two 1/4 pound hot dogs, wrapped each one with a slice of Nueske’s applewood smoked bacon and then cooked them in my oven for 25 minutes at 350°.
After that I took two Pretzilla soft pretzel buns, covered them with country style gravy, added the two bacon wrapped hot dogs and topped each one with a sunny side up egg.
My original plan was to cover the eggs with some of the country gravy as well, but they just looked way too perfect sitting there on top of the hot dogs for me to do that.
As it turned out, the sunny side up eggs are what really completed this meal. The second I picked up the first hot dog and pressed the bun down the egg yolk broke open, turning my breakfast into a gooey yet absolutely delicious mess.
This is one meal that I’ll definitely be making again soon. In fact, I already have a couple different breakfast hot dog variations in the works, both of them involving Hollandaise sauce….
@OncUponAFatGirl
July 23, 2012 at 2:30 pm (12 years ago)This.Is.Incredible.
Jeff
July 23, 2012 at 4:03 pm (12 years ago)Funny, I went to your page right after reading this review…
http://newyork.seriouseats.com/2008/12/bacon-wrapped-hot-dogs-crif-dogs-east-village-nyc.html
I guess you should break out the deep fryer next time!
Nick
July 23, 2012 at 5:08 pm (12 years ago)Deep frying the hot dogs is actually a super good idea! Plus, then I wouldn’t have to wait so long for them to cook!
Poco
July 23, 2012 at 7:00 pm (12 years ago)Genius. There is nothing that cannot be improved with eggs and country gravy.
@stobiepole
July 23, 2012 at 10:06 pm (12 years ago)Come Sunday morning I’m making these with cheese kranskies
sam
July 24, 2012 at 5:01 am (12 years ago)i would have been licking the plate clean. i cant leave dropped egg yolk outside of my tummy!!
@evilpez4
July 28, 2012 at 6:35 pm (12 years ago)I have tomorrow’s breakfast planned out. Thanks internet and bad eating choices.
Nix
July 29, 2012 at 3:25 am (12 years ago)Just got home. 4:24am. Yes.
Chase
August 15, 2012 at 12:29 pm (12 years ago)The pretzel bun and gravy are brilliant.
I actually made myself a similar thing about a week ago, but I went the route of a triple-decker grilled cheese with cheddar, swiss, hot dog, bacon and an over easy egg.
jettrocks
August 22, 2012 at 5:14 pm (12 years ago)you’d love the good morning dog at crif dogs!
Nick
August 22, 2012 at 5:30 pm (12 years ago)I just checked out their website. That place sounds amazing!