New-York-Style Vegan Hot Dogs (recipe)

These lentil and carrot hot dogs (Veggie Desserts) tick all the boxes, if you’re a fan of New-York style hot dogs, served in finger rolls with fried onions, mustard, gherkins and ketchup. And because they are made with natural ingredients, they are more nutritious and affordable.

Unlike many ‘meaty hot dogs’, these are not ‘rubbery’. So they don’t taste exactly like meat hot dogs, but they are very delicious, all the same!

Food Safety Tips

Avoid sausages for young children and people with swallowing difficulties. For older children, cut them into short narrow lengthwise strips, to avoid choking.

Avoid feeding leftovers to pets, garden birds or wildfowl (due to salt, onion and paprika). If you’re making hot dogs with vegan sausages, some (like Moving Mountains) are coloured with iron oxide (pet-toxic). Great for humans, not for animal friends.

Why Make This Recipe?

In a country with 60 million people, there are millions who don’t eat meat. And for those who do, there is not enough land for everyone to eat free-range. So to avoid factory-farms, these beauties are animal-kind, better for your health (no cholesterol) and super-tasty too!

Ingredients Needed?

All you need to make these hot dogs are carrots, onions, spices (smoked paprika is the ‘must-have ingredient)’, veggie stock (or water) and a little flour.

Most store-bought veggie stocks contain palm oil. So if you can’t find anything suitable, you can just use water. Or make a batch of homemade vegetable stock (from food scraps). This lasts up to a week in the fridge (in a covered container) so good to make soups or pasta sauce.

Once you’ve blended the ingredients, you just form into hot dog shapes, then gently bake, grill or fry. Serve in rolls with your choice of fillings. Leftovers will keep in the fridge (in an airtight container) for a few days.

The Best Hot Dog Rolls?

Most supermarket hot dog rolls are made with palm oil, and sold in plastic packaging. Venture out to an independent baker (or the farmers’ market). And you’ll likely find better quality rolls, made with a few base ingredients by skilled bakers. Take your own cloth bag!

How to Recycle Empty Packaging

Most red lentils are sold in plastic packs, so just recycle at kerbside (most councils take soft plastics). If you find tinned red lentils, always pop the lid inside the tin (or pop the ring-pull over the hole). This stops wildlife getting trapped, if they came across them.

Compost Food Scraps?

Unless you’re an expert composter, avoid composting too many acidic scraps (onion, garlic, leeks, shallots, chives, tomatoes, citrus, rhubarb) as this could harm compost bin creatures. If in doubt, just bin to break down naturally.

Peaceful Politics in Action!

Making your own homemade dogs using carrots and onions, is a peaceful political act! You are sending a strong message that you value seasonal plant-based produce over plastic-wrapped ready meals, made with factory-farmed animal ingredients. And you’ll love these so much, you’ll never go back!