Hot Dog and Sausage Recipes

How to get snappy, juicy links on the grill, plus dozens of topping ideas.

Poach

Grilled Italian Sausage With Sweet and Sour Peppers and Onions

Perfectly cooked sausages, with a sweet-and-sour topping.
Grilling

Cevapi (Southeastern European Meat and Onion Sausages)

A must-try Balkan sausage.
Quick and Easy

Grilled Bratwurst With Beer, Mustard, and Sauerkraut

Avoid split sausages by simmering your brats in sauerkraut.
Grilling

Homemade Merguez Sausage

This lamb sausage is a powerhouse of spicy and earthy flavor.
Mains

Grilled Hot Dogs With Sauerkraut

Don't just throw your dogs on the fire!
Grilling

The Best Grilled Hot Dogs

The tricks to making a truly great hot dog.
Mains

Smoked Bologna

Ever cooked a whole bologna low and slow?
Pork

Sheftalia (Cypriot Lamb and Pork Sausage)

A lamb and pork sausage with excellent crust.
Beef

Ryan Farr's New York-Style Hot Dogs

Snappy homemade all-beef hot dogs.
Grilling

Orange and Leek Loukaniko (Greek Sausage)

Greek loukaniko with orange and leeks is a brightly flavored sausage that's perfect for summer grilling.
Grilling

Grilled Breakfast Sausage

Sweet and spicy breakfast patties.
Poach

Grilled Mexican Chorizo With Spicy Tomato Caper Sauce

Better sausages start in a bath.
Grilling

Buffalo Chicken Sausages

Fan of Frank's?
Grilled Chicken

Grilled Spicy Mango Chicken Sausage

Dried mango meets cilantro and garlic in these juicy chicken links.
Grilling

Green Chorizo

Green chilies season this fresh Mexican sausage.
Potato

Grilled Bratwurst With Warm German Potato Slaw

German potato salad and red cabbage are combined to make a warm slaw topping for tender bratwurst.
Grilling

Spicy Roasted Poblano Sausage

It's worth buying a meat grinder attachment for these.
Grilling

8 Great Hot Dog Topping Ideas

Ketchup, mustard, relish...boring. There are so many more ways to top hot dogs than with just those condiments.