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Aiken Pool Hall Hot Dogs
"This is reportedly the recipe for the topping used on the famous Aiken, SC City Billiards "pool hall hot dogs", with a minor adjustment made on my part regarding the amount of onions used (original recipe states "4 medium onions"). It's a sweet and tangy mixture; I like it topped with lots of shredded extra-sharp cheddar cheese. (I've made this with ground turkey and it tastes pretty fine, too!) This makes enough topping for about 4 hot dogs."
photo by Anonymous
- Ready In:
- 1hr 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef
- 3⁄4 cup hot water
- 1 1⁄2 cups minced onions
- 4 tablespoons ballpark mustard
- 3 teaspoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 1 cup ketchup
- salt
- 4 hot dog buns
- 4 hot dogs
directions
- Break up and lightly brown the ground beef in a 4-quart saucepan.
- Add onions and cook for 5 more minutes.
- Add hot water to make a thick mix and stir together.
- Add mustard, sugar, vinegar, chili powder, and ketchup.
- Cook slowly for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
- Salt to taste.
- Use to top hot dogs in buns.
- (I like to lightly toast the buns with a little garlic butter first).
Questions & Replies
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Can someone give me the calories for this recipe?
Reviews
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I love these I live in Aiken and just ate there today. The recipe taste the same as the real thing. Yumm!!! -
There’s chili, then there’s Hot Dog Chili. This is the best Hot Dog Chili you’ll find. Been using this recipe for years and years! Highly recommended!!! -
Taste like good ole SC hot dogs. I dont brown the beef (the southern way), just mix hot water with it until you have a thick slurry. Skim off the grease as it cooks. Mix rest of ingredients in although I up the chili powder a tad and sometimes use spicy mustard for the kick. I cook for at least a hour NO BEANS!! -
?? the BEST hotdog chili ??
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My grandmother used to make hot dog chili very similar to this when we visited her. I never got her recipe but now I wish that I had. This tastes very similar though and is very good.
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Tweaks
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I am not familiar with Aiken Pool Hall hot dogs, but I wanted to try this recipe anyway. I am very familiar with A & W chili dogs, being from Ohio, so I was hoping for something similar, but with a southern twang. I was not disappointed with this sauce. We used Ballpark all beef jumbo dogs and served it on a Ciabatta roll instead of a hot dog bun. I felt it held more sauce since Ciabatta is porous. It was yummy! I would do these again. Thanks for posting!
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YUM! This stuff is addicting.... I followed the directions almost completely as I have people in my family who can't tolerate onions so I used 1 teaspoon onion powder instead. I had chopped onions on the side for those who wanted it and otherwise topped the dogs with cheese. It was a bit spicy for all but one of the kids but Alanna, my 3-year old granddaugher (one of the twins) ate this on a bun without a hot dog and she loved it! As others have said it served way more than 4 for us (more like 8 servings) and I was generous with the servings. I am positive I will never use another recipe to top our dogs!
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I left out the mustard, did 3 T sugar and used cumin in place of chili powder because I was out of chili powder. These were still awesome! On a side note... This sauce would be awesome as some sloppy joes. =) Thanks for sharing, we'll be using this often.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
EdsGirlAngie
LaSalle County, Illinois
