New York City-Style Hot Dog

Ingredients

For the Classic Cart-Style Onion Sauce:

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 large white onion, diced
• 1 clove garlic, grated or chopped
• Salt and pepper, to taste
• 1/4 cup tomato paste 6 ounces beer, your favorite kind
• 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch

• 1 cup sauerkraut, warmed
• Salt and pepper, to taste
• 8 all-beef hot dogs, split and griddled or grilled
• 8 hot dog buns, toasted or grilled to warm through
• Ketchup, for topping
• Spicy mustard, for topping

Directions

To make the onion sauce, heat a small saucepan over medium-high heat with the olive oil.  Add onion, garlic, salt and pepper, and cook for 5-7 minutes until caramelized and brown.  Add tomato paste, stir and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.  Deglaze with beer, add vinegar and brown sugar and bring to a bubble.

In a separate bowl, whisk together cornstarch and 1 tablespoon of water.  Stir the slurry into the bubbling beer/onion sauce.  Once thickened, about 1-2 minutes, remove from heat.

To build hot dogs, place cooked dogs in buns, top with onion sauce, sauerkraut, ketchup and/or mustard.