Calling all hot dog lovers! You haven’t had a hot dog until you’ve had one Chicago-style with a Lifeway twist. Filled with classic toppings, our Farmer Cheese Chicago Hot Dogs are boosted with the benefits of our creamy, cultured farmer cheese that’s spread on top of the buns underneath the cooked hot dogs for the ultimate mouthfeel of different textures and flavors.
Lifeway Farmer Cheese is packed with protein and contains live and active probiotics that support gut health, so you can enjoy a classic Chicago hot dog with a little lift of nutritional support from Lifeway.
To make this recipe, we cooked all beef hot dogs and then topped them with onions, mustard, sweet green pickle relish, tomato slices, celery salt, and sport peppers that are all nestled inside poppy seed buns topped with Lifeway Farmer Cheese. And of course, Chicago-style hot dogs wouldn’t be complete without dill pickles on the side of the hot dogs, right inside the buns. After assembly, it’s time to eat and enjoy!
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The Benefits of Cultured Dairy for Better Health:
Research continues to show the importance of eating healthy foods, including cultured dairy such as kefir, for optimal digestion and gut health, a strong immune system, and to support the microbiome. Fermented foods like kefir hold important value in this line of research due to the link between the gut-brain axis and overall health. Specifically, kefir has been shown to help diversify the microbiome, improve digestion, reduce inflammation, support healthier blood sugar levels, and improve satiety since the bioavailable protein it contains triggers the release of GLP-1.
Lifeway Kefir is packed with a variety of vital nutrients important for overall health, including bone and muscle health; these include vitamin D3, K, calcium, and vitamin B12. Along with our probiotic-rich kefir, Lifeway also offers artisan-made Farmer Cheese, a creamy, high-protein cheese made with live and active cultures to support healthy muscles and a healthy microbiome. Lifeway Farmer Cheese is easy to spread, free of gums and thickeners, and contains no added salt or sugar for optimal health benefits.
Prep Time: 10 mins Servings: 8
Ingredients
- 8 cooked all beef franks
- 8 poppy seed hot dog buns
- yellow mustard
- sweet green pickle relish
- 1 large chopped white onion
- 2 tomatoes thinly cut into 8 slices (for a total of 16)
- 8 dill pickle spears
- sport peppers
- celery salt
- 2 cups Farmer Cheese
Directions
- Spread 1/4 cup of Lifeway Farmer Cheese inside each of the hot dog buns. Set aside.
- Place a hot dog inside each bun filled with the farmer cheese.
- Run a ribbon of yellow mustard down the length of each hot dog, then top with sweet pickle relish and chopped white onions.
- Place two slices of tomato on one side of each hot dog, running the slices along the inside of the buns.
- Place the dill pickle spears beside the hot dogs on the opposite side from the tomatoes inside each bun.
- Top all the hot dogs with sport peppers, and sprinkle a generous amount of celery salt on top of the hot dogs before serving. Enjoy!
