(singing) hot dog, hot dog, hot diggity dog
alright you ready?
oh crap you're already filming don't
include that please don't include that part (laughing)
hey y'all welcome back to Make It Dairy
Free i'm Larisha and today we're
talking about one of my favorite summer
classics hot dogs
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okay so i eat them year-round that's
besides the point but that's right we
are moving right into summer recipes
i don't know about you but i am tired of
soups and casseroles and ready to move
into all things
summer i am ready for grilled burgers
and veggies and peach cobblers
and ice cream all vegan of course in
case you guys don't know a lot of our
recipes are based around things that we
loved before going vegan and trying to
figure out how to veganize it we know
that if we
liked it before going vegan the fact is
that probably a majority of you guys
liked it before going vegan
and so if we can help you along on your
journey then we are doing our job so
today we are talking about one of my
favorites and hopefully yours too
hot dogs we wanted to create a healthier
version
of a hot dog that was also gluten free
and vegan
that wasn't just a marinated carrot i
mean carrots are good and all there's
even carrots in our recipe but sometimes
it's nice to have more than just a
carrot on a hot dog bun this recipe is
easy to make but it does need a bit of
time to set up however you can cook it
in
an airfryer in the oven or on a grill it
is one of our favorites one of our kids
favorites and hopefully soon it will be
one of your favorites too so
let's get right into the kitchen and
show you how to make these
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alright so the first thing we're going
to do is pour vegetable stock into a pot
and then add lentils
lentils is going to be the base of this
dish it's perfect because it has a meaty
and hearty texture which is perfect when
creating a meat substitute like hot dogs
you want to use green lentils here
because red ones get too mushy
bring to a boil cover and reduce to low
cooking according to the package which
is about 30 minutes
while that's cooking we are going to do
the rest of our steps in order to keep
this gluten-free we are going to be
using oat flour for this recipe
you could also use chickpea flour see
the post for instructions on swapping
flours
if you don't have oat flour you can just
blend up rolled oats until a powder in
a food processor
once you have that you need to roughly
chop your vegetables
quarter a red onion peel your garlic
roughly chop some carrots and spinach
you want to roughly chop because the
food processor will do the rest but
without roughly chopping you will have
chunks in your mixture and we don't want
that
okay so the ingredient list gets along
when adding the spices
we fully understand there's a lot
however they are so good when mixed
together and if you want the perfect
taste then you'll just trust us
okay? okay. so we added flaxseed italian
seasoning
cumin celery salt smoked paprika
marjoram
mustard powder and nutmeg once you have
all those add in your roughly chopped
vegetables
i always try to evenly distribute them
in our food processor so it blends more
equally
next are liquids i like to wait to add
these until i'm about to add the cooked
lentils so they don't soak into the
spices or flour too much while waiting
we added vegan whoosh-ta-shy-er
worcestershire (giggles) sauce tomato paste
liquid smoke and freshly squeezed lemon
juice once your lentils are done you are
going to be adding those directly into
the food processor as well
take your lid off and give them a good
stir make sure that all the liquid has
evaporated during the cooking process
excess liquid in the recipe will cause
the hot dogs to be more temperamental to
work with
once you have all your ingredients in
blend until evenly combined
you're going to let your mixture sit for
at least four hours or overnight
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okay so your mixture after sitting for a
while should clearly be less moist at
the top
you allow the mixture to set so the oat
flour has time to absorb the liquid and
make for a better cooking experience
pull your mixture out of your food
processor and shape it into a big ball
then you are going to separate it into
equal sizes you should be able to easily
get
six hot dogs from this mixture however
if you want them smaller you could do
eight
this doesn't have to be perfect but try
to get them as equal as possible
now it's time to shape your hot dogs we
tried a hot dog mold and while they work
we found the mold to be much smaller
than a normal hot dog so
yeah not doing that then we tried
shaping by hand and felt like unless our
hands were super oiled
too much came off but it did work so our
preferred method is to take a ball of
your mixture
set it on a piece of wax paper and then
move the sides up and down
using your hands to gently mold into a
log or a hot dog shape
these are moldable and forgiving so if
it breaks or you roll it too long
just redo it roll it out until it's the
length of your hot dog bun
i place these on a clean sheet of wax
paper and then repeat the process with
the rest of the mixture
we don't like to waste the wax paper but
it's better than the waste on our hands
when trying to do it by hand
alright now it's time to cook we are
using our airfryer to give a crispy
browned outside with a soft texture
inside
you want to make sure your air fryer is
non-stick and if it's not then spray
some cooking oil on it
depending on the size of your air fryer
you may need to cook these in batches
we've also included oven instructions in
our post linked in the description or
you could totally do this on the grill
too with grill mats
they are going to cook for about 15 to
20 minutes flipping halfway through
and then they are ready to go load them
with your favorite toppings and enjoy
thanks so much for watching we hope you
join us for some delicious summer
inspired recipes coming up during the
next few weeks
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dishes or a favorite dish you'd like to
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