Hot Dog Onions

I love the push cart hot dogs, mainly because of the onions they serve on top...so I mixed and matched many different ingredients until I came up with the perfect combination for this recipe! This tastes just like the kind of onions I often would get from my favorite hot dog stands!

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons corn oil
• 1 extra large onion, thinly sliced
• 1 ½ teaspoons hot pepper sauce (such as Frank's RedHot®)
• 1 teaspoon prepared yellow mustard
• 1 teaspoon white sugar
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 0.25 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 0.25 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
• 0.5 cup water
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste

Steps

1. Heat the corn oil in a skillet over medium heat. Stir in the onion; cook and stir until the onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in the hot sauce, yellow mustard, sugar, chili powder, salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper. Reduce heat to medium-low, and continue to cook for about 5 minutes. Stir in the water and tomato paste; simmer until liquid has reduced, about 20 minutes.