Sonoran hot dog
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The Sonoran hot dog is a style of
hot dog A hot dog (uncommonly spelled hotdog) is a food consisting of a grilled or steamed sausage served in the slit of a partially sliced Hot dog bun, bun. The term hot dog can refer to the sausage itself. The sausage used is a wiener (Vienna sausag ...
that originated in
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, the capital of the Mexican state of
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, in the late 1980s. It is popular in
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, and elsewhere in southern
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. It consists of a hot dog that is wrapped in
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and grilled, served on a
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-style hot dog bun, and topped with
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, onions, tomatoes, and a variety of additional condiments, often including mayonnaise, mustard, and jalapeño salsa. The Sonoran hot dog is prepared and sold by vendors called "dogueros" at street carts. It was estimated in 2009 that over 200 places in Tucson purveyed the Sonoran hot dog, and that Phoenix had even more.


Notable purveyors

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El Guero Canelo El Güero Canelo is a restaurant in Tucson, Arizona, United States. In 2018 it was named one of America's Classics by the James Beard Foundation. History Daniel Contreras, a native of Sonora who was born in Magdalena, Mexico, opened the restau ...


See also

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Hot dog variations Different areas of the world have local variations on the hot dog, in the type of meat used, the condiments added, and its means of preparation. United States Hot dogs are a very popular sandwich throughout the United States. Many regional ...
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List of hot dogs This is a list of hot dog dishes. A hot dog is a type of cooked sausage, traditionally grilled or steamed and served in a partially sliced bun. This type of sausage was culturally imported from Germany and popularized in the United States, where ...
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References

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