A Michigan hot dog, Michigan red hot, [1] or simply "Michigan" is a steamed all-beef hot dog on a steamed bun topped with a meaty sauce, generally referred to as "michigan sauce", and is a specialty in and around Plattsburgh, New York.

Nov 20, 2024 · A Michigan hot dog is served with a unique meat sauce that is a bit chunkier and thicker than most hot dog sauces.

This sauce is a key ingredient for an Upstate New York Michigan, which is a red hot (usually Glacier hot dog) on a New England Style Roll, with meat sauce and onions. Recreate the Northern New York roadside stand staple in your own kitchen!

Two With, Buried: The History of the Michigan Hot Dog unravels a century of fact and myth about the Michigan hot dog, Plattsburgh’s great contribution to the world’s culinary table. No longer is the hot dog—Michigan style—lost in local lore.

Jan 29, 2023 · While you may be familiar with a classic chili dog, or even a Coney Island dog, there is a variation of this meat sauce-covered hot dog that is unparalleled in flavor and service: the...

Aug 23, 2024 · This summer, local author Dan Ladue has written a new book, Two With, Buried: The History of the Michigan Hot Dog, that tells the story of the famous hot dog’s origins here in the North Country.

Aug 10, 2018 · Michigan has some of the highest hot dog standards in the country, disallowing the use of mechanically separated beef, an excess of fat and offal, and limiting the amount of water a hot dog can contain to just 10%. The best come in natural hog casings to offer snap and spring with each bite.

They are traditionally produced in New York State and Québec. This tasty street food staple consists of a long steamed roll and a steamed hot dog sausage in natural casing, and the whole thing is topped with a meaty sauce called Michigan sauce, chopped onions, and occasionally, yellow mustard.

Sep 21, 2011 · Like most food-origin stories, the legend of the michigan is as murky as the water in a hot-dog vendor’s cart at the end of the day. One widely accepted version has it that Eula and Garth...

The Michigan hot dog, a meat sauce—or, rather, Michigan sauce—slathered hot dog, originated in Plattsburgh, NY, and was advertised as early as 1927. Though how exactly the Michigan hot dog was first concocted, as well as how it acquired its unique name, remains contested and steeped in local lore, the specialty remains a staple of the region.