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6 Types of Hot Dogs From Around the World (You've Probably Only Had One)
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posted by Sabor Real
Same sausage, same bun, six completely different foods
Ask an American what goes on a hot dog and you'll hear ketchup, mustard, maybe relish. Ask someone from Bogotá, Caracas, or Hermosillo, and you'll get a completely different answer. Same base ingredients, six totally different street foods depending on where you grew up.
1. Colombia: Perro Caliente
Boiled, not grilled, which already breaks the rulebook most Americans expect. Then it disappears under crossed drizzles of pineapple sauce and pink sauce, a snowfall of crushed potato chips, and sometimes a quail egg on top. Sweet, tangy, and crunchy all at once.
2. Venezuela: Perro Caliente
The rule here is simple: more is more. A properly loaded Venezuelan hot dog is stacked with shoestring fries, cabbage, cheddar, corn, ham, and bacon, then finished with guasacaca and a garlic sauce. Done right, you shouldn't be able to find the sausage.
3. Mexico: The Sonoran Hot Dog
Born in Hermosillo in the 1970s, this one wraps the sausage in bacon before it ever hits the grill, then serves it in a soft steamed bolillo roll with pinto beans, onion, tomato, and a jalapeño salsa. In Tucson, it's sold from carts by street vendors known as "dogueros."
4. Guatemala: Shuco
Here it's the bun that goes over the fire, not the sausage. A slightly sweet roll gets charred on charcoal, then spread with a thick, smooth guacamol before the sausage, boiled cabbage, pico de gallo, queso fresco, and chimichurri go on top.
5. El Salvador: Chory
Fried, not boiled, and built in layers: mayo and ketchup on the bottom, the sausage and curtido in the middle, hot sauce and cotija cheese, then another light layer of mayo and ketchup on top.
6. Los Angeles: The Bacon-Wrapped Street Dog
A late-night staple sold by street vendors since the 1980s. The city actually banned it in 2008 over licensing concerns, then declared it LA's official hot dog in 2010 anyway. Bacon-wrapped, grilled, topped with grilled onions and peppers.
Try cooking all six yourself
We turned all six of these into a real, cookable recipe collection with a bucket-list tracker so you can check them off as you make them. Available in English and Spanish.
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