Your favorite beef hot dog, wrapped in a thick slice of bacon, then grilled to crispy perfection. It’s then placed on a bun with a slice of American cheese, some onion rings and a little hickory smoked barbecue sauce. Serve with your favorite summer salad and baked beans.
One of my favorite hamburgers is a Western Bacon Cheeseburger from Carl’s Junior. It’s two all-beef patties, bacon, American cheese, crispy onion rings and barbecue sauce. Since it’s a long drive to the nearest Carl’s I now have to make them at home if I want my fix.
A while I was making the burgers at home and got the idea to make them with hot dogs instead of burgers. We gave it a try and oh my, they are amazing! I’ve never been a big fan of hot dogs, but now I’m a huge fan.
HOW TO MAKE GRILLED WESTERN BACON HOT DOGS
Step 1: Onion Rings
Cook onion rings according to package directions.
Step 2: Wrapping the Hot Dogs
Wrap bacon tightly around hot dogs and place on grill, seam side down.
Step 3: Grilling the Hot Dogs
Cook for 10-15 minutes rotating occasionally until the bacon is golden and crispy.
Step 4: Assembly
Place hot dog on bun along with a slice of cheese, an onion ring and some barbecue sauce.
VARIATIONS TO THE RECIPE
Western Bacon Hot Dogs can also be made in a 400°F oven. Just place the bacon wrapped dogs on a baking rack and cook for 15 minutes or until the bacon is golden and crispy.
They can also be made in a skillet, just cook over medium heat rotating the dogs occasionally until the bacon is golden and crispy.
STORAGE INSTRUCTIONS
Store the grilled hot dogs in an air tight container and refrigerate for up to 4 days. To reheat, microwave for 30 seconds at full power.
Grilled Western Bacon Hot Dogs
Ingredients
- 1 package onion rings frozen
- 8 all-beef hot dogs
- 8 slices bacon thick-cut
- 1 package hot dog buns
- 8 slices American cheese
- barbecue sauce
Instructions
- Cook onion rings according to package directions.
- Wrap bacon tightly around hot dogs and place on grill, seam side down.
- Cook for 10-15 minutes rotating occasionally until the bacon is golden and crispy.
- Place hot dog on bun along with a slice of cheese, an onion ring and some barbecue sauce.
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We just had hot dogs the other night! Now I want to make these!
How delicious! Thank you for sharing!
Nancy
Yumm!! Those dogs look amazing!
Wow, they look like a real guilty pleasure, yum! I’d definitely have some of that corn salad on the side, too! #DreamTeam
They’re the best and the corn salad is family favorite.
They look delicious, thank you for sharing at The Really Crafty Link Party. Pinned!
Oh man! I just told Hubby we were going to wrap our dogs in bacon next time we grilled! These look fantastic!
The bacon adds the most amazing flavor to the dog.
Oh my goodness, these look amazing! Thanks for joining in with #ThatFridayLinky
Wait til’ you try them!
Happy summer! These look like a great outdoor weekend at the grill treat. Thanks for bringing them to Fiesta Friday!
One of our favorite summertime treats.
These looks like the perfect summer treat! 🙂
Dropped by from #BloggersPitStop and glad I did. 🙂
Hope this weekend treats you kindly. 🙂
I’m glad you did too!
I love hot dogs and this looks like a wonderful and delicious variation! Thanks for sharing.
We eat a lot of hot dogs in the summer, so we have to add a little variety.
I love a good hot dog and bacon is always a treat! A great combo 🙂 Thank you for sharing this with us at Fiesta Friday!
The barbecues sauce really brings everything together.
I’d probably skip the onion rings, but how I’ve never thought of adding bacon to a hot dog is unbelievable. Definitely trying this next weekend #thatfridaylinky
It’s a favorite in our house!
Yum yum! Thanks for sharing with the #DreamTeam
We will really enjoy your delicious bacon hot dogs, yum! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday and hope you are having a great week.
Miz Helen
Hi Robin, thank you for sharing on the Classy Flamingos….You’ve been PINKED!