Sheriff Don's Coney Dog Sauce

Name: Sheriff Don's Coney Dog Sauce
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 lbs ground beef chuck (80-20%); 10 each all meat hotdogs; 2 each yellow onions, finely diced; 3 Tbs bacon grease; 4 Tbs real butter; 12 oz beef broth; 6 oz tomato paste; 1/2 cup fresh garlic cloves, minced; 2 Tbs yellow mustard; 2 Tbs white vinegar (optional); 3 Tbs paprika; 3 Tbs chili powder; 3 Tbs cumin; 3 Tbs cane sugar; 1 Tbs celery seeds; 1/2 tsp allspice; pinch Grim Reaper pepper flakes; 1 tsp black pepper; 1 tsp sea salt

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Prep:30minCook:1h

The first 'coneys' appeared in 1914 in Ft. Wayne, IN and/or Jackson, MI (still hotly disputed). For sure, they DID NOT first appear in New York! The initial coney vendors were Greek immigrants and thus named their product after landing in New York and visiting the very memorable Coney Island amusement park. The original recipe called for beef hearts & kidney meat. However, those meats are rarely sold over the counter today, so an ideal substitute is all meat hotdogs. This also makes sense when you consider that the sidewalk cart vendors would have ground up their leftover hotdogs and added them to the next day's recipe, which gives the sauce it's distinctive deli-meat flavor.

Updated at: Sat, 20 Sep 2025 19:36:47 GMT