Recipe(tried): Coney Island Hot Dog Chili

Here's a hot dog chili that I've developed and really like. After researching the subject, I found that the secret ingredient in Coney Island hot dog chili is hot dogs! Give it a try!

CONEY ISLAND HOT DOG CHILI

1 lb ground beef (or ground turkey)
1 Tbs cooking oil
1 tsp minced garlic
4 hot dogs (ground up, added to chili)
12 oz (1 1/2 cups) water
6 oz tomato paste
1 Tbs beef base or 1 beef beef bouillon cube
1 Tbs prepared yellow mustard
3 Tbs mild chili powder
1 1/2 tsp medium hot chili powder (or 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper, instead - or to taste)
1/2 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp onion powder
1 Tbs butter
seasoning salt and pepper to taste

Saute the ground beef with cooking oil in a skillet until itʹs no longer pink and sligthly browned. Add minced garlic and saute for a couple of minutes. Drain off excess fat.

To a food processor bowl, add hot dogs, 12 oz (1 1/2 cups) water, tomato paste, beef base or bouillon cube, mustard, mild chili powder, medium hot chili powder, ground cumin, and onion powder. Process until hot dogs in mixture are ground into a paste.

Add ground hot dog mixture to browned turkey in skillet.
Simmer covered on low heat for 20-minutes. Add a little more water as needed if mixture gets too thick.

Season to taste with seasoning salt and ground black pepper. Stir in butter.

Serve over hot dogs in buns topped with a some chopped onion.

Makes 2 1/2 cups of chili.