Help a vegetarian cook hot dogs

[Anonymous]

These are organic beef hot dogs - hot dogs nonetheless from Whole Foods if it matters. I usually just boil them for the kids, but I'm told that's the worst.

I can't grill, but I have an oven and a toaster oven with a rack and tray. Could I put them on the grilling option in the toaster on a wire rack with the drip pay underneath so there's no fire? They are precooked.

Would just the regular oven work? I also have a cast iron fry pan.

[Anonymous]

If it's not grilling season, we always boil or microwave. Wrap 1 hot dog in a paper towel and nuke for 1 min. If you're going to boil - slice the bottom half into quarters (don't cut the pieces off). When the hot dog boils, the bottom slices curl up and make hot dog octupuses - so much fun for the kids! Yes, grilling is better but I don't see what's wrong with boiling. Kids aren't picky.

[Anonymous]

Boiled hot dogs are gross - to me at least! Grilled is best but all winter I bake in a toaster oven - just put the hot dogs on a tray and bake at 375 deg for 10 min or so - about halfway thru roll them over so both sides get browned. Easy peasy.

[Anonymous]

If you microwave poke them several times with a fork so they don't explode (like potatos)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Boiled hot dogs are gross - to me at least! Grilled is best but all winter I bake in a toaster oven - just put the hot dogs on a tray and bake at 375 deg for 10 min or so - about halfway thru roll them over so both sides get browned. Easy peasy.

+1 to both. Boiled hotdogs are disgusting. Put them in your toaster oven either on broil, or 375-400 on the bake setting.

[Anonymous]

thanks! so enlightening me, what is broiling them versus just cooking on 375? I've only ever broiled something to brown the edges.

is one better or just crispier? If I want to be really adventureous, next time could I wrap them in some pilsbury-ish biscuit thing? like pigs in a blanket?

sorry! I just don't cook and have been a vegetarian most of my life + I'm a horrible cook.

[Anonymous]

You can also just cook them on the stove top in a frying pan. Leave it dry -- no oil -- and use medium heat. Keep an eye on them, and when the side facing down starts to get small crispy brown patches, turn them 90 degrees. Once you've done all four sides, they're done.

[Anonymous]

Interesting....my son loves boiled hot dogs.

You can just do in a frying pan. I actually add enough water to boil, but either just add a little water or none.

[Anonymous]

Ew - I'm veg too and can't stand cooking hot dogs. I've done it once or twice, and just boiled because it seems less drippy with fat and doesn't smell quite as bad.

[Anonymous]

I'm a life-long veg but cooked beef hot dogs the other day for my kids. I boiled them - but I had no clue that was "the worst". What do you mean by that? I would have thought boiling is healthier than grilling/frying in oil. Please enlighten me.

[Anonymous]

Use a frying pan, no oil, as PP suggested.

[Anonymous]

I love boiled hot dogs. I'm normally a salt fiend, but I find that grilled hot dogs are too salty, and boiling the dogs gives them a "cleaner" taste. Besides, let's not fool ourselves, we're talking hot dogs, not brats.

[Anonymous]

I'm 9:52. To the vegetarians, think of the difference between boiling and roasting potatoes - boiled potatoes are fine but soft and bland, whereas roasted potatoes are crisy and flavorful. That's the same distinction between boiled hot dogs, on one hand, and broiled/grilled/baked hot dogs, on the other. No fat drips off of hot dogs when you bake or broil them, btw, so I get it if you don't like the smell of cooked meat but they are not dripping with fat or anything. And yes op, you can bake them with crescent rolls - I cut each uncooked hot dog in half, wrap in crescent rolls dough, and bake at 375 for 10-12 min. My kids love them that way.

[Anonymous]

Boiled hotdogs are great

[Anonymous]

Other options out there - you can stick them in the crockpot, or my favorite is to cook them in my showtime rotisserie oven.