First on our list: the Philippines hot dog! According to the chart, it has a βbright red notched dog served with banana ketchup, rice, fried egg (no bun)β. Letβs plate it up a bit as part of the prep:
Plain, right? I did my research and this is supposed to be hotsilog, which at its essence is notched hot dogs, garlic fried rice (sinangag), an egg and maybe some sauce- soy sauce if you must. Itβs also more commonly served as breakfast. Letβs make this with some sinangag:
There we go! This was pretty good. I can see why Filipinos eat this for breakfast. I followed a sinangag recipe that told me to make the rice more crunchy, but Iβd prefer to heat the rice through next time. It went well with the other components, especially with the egg. The hot dogs were good, fairly rich, and went well with the banana ketchup. The banana ketchup consistency wasnβt quite what I expected, especially with the texture being so different, but it really didnβt taste that different from our ketchup on a hot dog.
Now, this meal isnβt the only way the Philippines uses hot dogs- thereβs also Filipino spaghetti. I followed a reduced version of this recipe from here. Here it is:
This was pretty good. Think Bolognese sauce with hot dogs and ketchup, but it just works.