Pizza Hot Dogs
These pizza hot dogs are made with vegetarian sausages, topped with melted mozzarella and your favourite toppings. A match made in heaven!
A small part of me feels I should apologise for always putting ‘pizza’ in front of otherwise normal dishes. Pizza enchiladas. Pizza roasted chickpeas. Pizza quesadillas. And now… pizza hot dogs!
The other, much larger part of me thinks that pizza never (ever) needs any apology. I have yet to find anything that isn’t improved by slathering it with tomato sauce and adding a good amount of melted mozzarella, and I will pizz-ify things until the end of my days. Here’s hoping you agree.
Pizza toppings
To add to the pizza vibe of these pizza hot dogs, you can top them with whatever pizza toppings you usually like on your pizza (how many times can you say pizza in a sentence?). My favourites are mushrooms, olives and sweetcorn, so that’s what I went for. Just pick whatever toppings you fancy.
Vegetarian hot dog sausages
I don’t often use faux meat on this blog, but vegetarian hot dogs are one of the few veggie ‘meats’ that I think are absolutely spot on. It’s really hard to tell the difference between the vegetarian ones and the meat ones.
I mean, I haven’t eaten meat for nearly 20 years, so really I haven’t got a clue what I’m talking about… but given how little actual meat there probably is in even the ‘real’ ones, it wouldn’t surprise me if I’m talking truth. Give them a try if you haven’t already!
I griddled mine for a few minutes after boiling them, mostly just because I enjoy the char lines – but you can totally skip this step if you want to.
I nestled my hot dog buns right up against each other when I added my sauce and cheese – I enjoy the dramatic moment of pulling them apart and seeing that mozzarella streeeeetch. You can top them individually though, if you only want to make one or two – they’re very low effort, so you don’t have to make a big batch unless you want to.
What toppings would you put on your pizza hot dogs?
Pizza hot dogs
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- 4 vegetarian hot dog sausages
- 4 hot dog buns
- 8 tbsp tomato sauce
- 1 large handful grated mozzarella
- Your choice of pizza toppings, e.g. mushrooms, black olives, sweetcorn, onions, peppers, etc.
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C (Gas Mark 4 / 350°F).
- Cook the hot dog sausages according to the instructions on the packaging. Mine were frozen, so I boiled them first, then cooked them for a few minutes in a hot griddle pan.
- Cut the hot dog buns in half lengthwise, and add the hot dogs. Place them on a baking tray. Spoon some tomato sauce over the top, and sprinkle with grated mozzarella cheese. Add your favourite pizza toppings (I used sliced mushrooms, black olives and sweetcorn).
- Bake for around 20 minutes, or until the cheese has melted and turned golden brown.
- Alternatively, if you’d rather not use your oven, place the hot dogs under the grill (broiler) for a few minutes instead.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional information is approximate, and will depend on your exact ingredients. Please calculate your own nutritional values if you require accuracy for health reasons.
Note: Nutritional information is approximate, and will depend on exactly what ingredients you choose. Information above is for 1 hot dog.
Love anything topped with cheese? My pizza baked tofu is pretty amazing too:
Pizza hot dogs now that’s is very innovative. I am waiting to see how many more ideas you come up with with pizza flavourings. :)
Don’t tempt me ;)
Wow, what an interesting recipe! Going to share with people
Pizz-ify is a brilliant new word, I love it! These will be a massive hit with two of my brood who would eat pizza and/or veggie dogs every day if I let them (maybe with pasta thrown in for good measure!)
Haha now you’re making me wonder how I could combine all three… ;)
Hot dogs and Pizza! Gosh, these are my favorites! Seeing your photos make me want to make it by myself now. Looks really yummy!
this is my heaven. i’m craving for some now actually. drools
Oh this is such a fun recipe! I totally have to make a few of these with some different toppings and see how the guys like them.
You could totally customise them with all kinds of pizza toppings :)
Well that’s a new one for me I have never seen these before. I would give them a go if they children wanted to try them.
O…M…G… these look FABULUS! Don’t ever apologise for pizza-ifying ANYTHING. It’s amazing. You’re dead right about veggie hot dogs though. The OH is a veggie and I always steal his. They taste just as good :) Still I’d probably top my pizza hot dog with pepperoni coz that you just can’t substittue!
I’m glad I’ve got confirmation from a meat eater that the veggie ones are just as good! I think you can actually get veggie pepperoni but I’ve never tried it – doesn’t appeal to me at all!
You can. Jon likes it but I really don’t. It has the same texture as quorn bacon and tastes NOTHING like the real thing.
Yay to being vegetarian! I love the sound and look pizza hot dogs, this would be so good with potato wedges and salsa yum!
Ooooh yes I LOVE potato wedges, especially spicy ones :)
Oh wow! that looks so delicious. Will have to make this myself!