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hot dog boricua

Puerto Rican Hot Dogs (Hot Dog Boricua)

Puerto Rican hot dogs are piled high with ground beef, onions, mayo-ketchup, and papitas (potato sticks). The ingredient that stands out, in my opinion, are the onions which are cooked in a savory sauce infused with sofrito, tomato sauce, and ketchup. These hot dogs are next-level delicious!
5 from 3 votes
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • 6-8 hot dogs
  • 6-8 hot dog buns
  • potato sticks
  • mustard optional
  • saurkraut optional
  • cheez whiz optional

Ground beef

  • 1 lb ground beef (85% lean)
  • 2 tbsp sofrito
  • 1/2 tbsp beef or chicken bouillon paste Better Than Bouillon
  • 1/2 cup tomato sauce
  • 1/2 small onion
  • 1/4 green bell pepper
  • 1/4 red bell pepper
  • 1 tsp adobo
  • 1 tsp sazón
  • 1/2 tsp onion powder
  • 1/2 tsp garlic powder
  • 1/4 tsp ground cumin
  • 1/4 tsp ground oregano
  • 1/4 tsp chili powder optional
  • 1/8 tsp smoked paprika optional
  • 1/8 tsp ground black pepper
  • water as needed

Onions

  • 1/2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 onion thinly sliced
  • 1 tbsp sofrito
  • 2 tbsp tomato sauce
  • 1 tbsp ketchup
  • 1/8 tsp onion powder
  • salt to taste
  • ground black pepper to taste
  • 1/4 cup water or as needed

Mayo-ketchup

  • 1/4 cup mayonnaise
  • 2 tbsp ketchup

Instructions
 

Cook the ground beef

  • Place skillet over medium high heat. Brown your ground beef and remove any excess fat from your skillet.
  • Add sofrito, tomato sauce, bouillon, onions and peppers. Add seasonings and cook for a few minutes until the vegetables become tender. 
  • Add a little water if the picadillo dries up. Cover and remove from heat.

Cook the onions

  • Place a skillet over medium high heat. Add a drizzle of olive oil and the sliced onions. Sauté for about 2 minutes.
  • Add sofrito, tomato sauce, ketchup, seasonings, and water.
  • Cook for about 5 minutes or until the onions are soft and the sauce has thickened. Cover and remove from heat.

Cook the hot dogs

  • Add hot dogs to a pot of boiling water. Cook for 5 minutes. Drain the water.

Assemble hot dogs

  • Place the hot dogs in the buns. Top with ground beef, onions, mayo-ketchup and a sprinkle of potato sticks on top. Serve and enjoy!

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Notes

Save my homemade adobo and sazón recipes!

I love using my homemade adobo and sazón. They can easily be made with spices you probably have in your pantry. The best part is they are free of MSG, artificial dyes and other harmful ingredients. Better health starts with these homemade spice blends!
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