Perro Caliente Colombiano is one of the best ways to serve a hot dog. There are a some of variations to Colombian-Style Hot Dogs in the country, some of the popular toppings are pineapple sauce, pink sauce, ketchup, mustard, crushed potato chips and quail eggs.
Colombian-Style Hot Dogs is one of those recipes that I really enjoyed preparing. There are a lot of things that I miss about my country, but the three that I miss the most are my family, my friends and the food.
Medellin, like other cities in the world, has hot dogs stands on the streets and this recipe is very popular with them. When my friends and I would go out to dance, we would usually end up at one of the best hot dog stands located on Poblado Avenue in Medellin at 2 o’ clock in the morning. I really miss those times.
This hot dog recipe is very easy to make and perfect for a backyard party. Create a hot dog bar with all the toppings and every guess can add their favorite.
How to Make Colombian Hot Dogs?
In Colombia we don’t grill the hotdogs or salchichas, we boil them and the toppings include coleslaw, pineapple sauce, ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard, pink sauce and potato chips. Some people like to add quail eggs, cheese and bacon to their Colombian-Style Hot Dogs.
- In a medium pot bring water to a boil. Add the hot dogs to the boiling water and cover. Cook about 7 minutes.
- Remove and drain on paper towels.
- Place the hot dogs in the buns and top with pineapple sauce, coleslaw, mayonnaise, mustard and ketchup, topped with crushed potato chips. Serve and enjoy!
The full recipe card with exact amounts and directions for the pineapple sauce is below.
Cooking Tips
If you are a vegetarian, you can buy veggie dogs and use the same toppings. They will be delicious.
I recommend buying very good quality hot dogs. I usually boil mine, but if you prefer just grill them.
You can make the pineapple sauce and coleslaw one day ahead to make it easier.
Side Dishes to Serve with Hot Dogs
You can serve these Colombian hot dogs on his own, but if you want to have side dishes to serve with them. Here are some recipes that are perfect for the summer.
Ensalada de Zanahoria y Remolacha (Beets and Carrot Salad)
Chuyaco (Orange and Scallions Salad)
This Colombian-Style hot dog is one my favorite summer recipes. If you want to make more unique hot dogs this season try my hot dog with chimichurri, hot dog with guacamole or salchipapas for your kids.
Colombian Hot Dogs Recipe (Perro Caliente Colombiano)
Ingredients
Pineapple Sauce
- 2 cups fresh pineapple peeled and cut into chunks
- ⅓ cup water
- 2 ½ tablespoons sugar
- 1 ¼ teaspoon cornstarch
- Juice of ½ a lime
Hot Dogs
- 6 hot dogs buns
- 6 pork and beef hot dogs or veggie dogs
- 1 cup pineapple sauce
- 1 cup cole slaw
- 1 small bag potato chips crushed
- Mayonnaise
- ketchup
- mustard
Instructions
To make the pineapple Sauce:
- Put the pineapple and water in a blender and blend until smooth.
- Press the pineapple mixture through a sieve into a small saucepan. Discard the pineapple on the sieve.
- Place the saucepan with the pineapple mixture over medium-low heat and add the lime juice and sugar. Cook, stirring for about 15 minutes.
- In a small bowl blend the cornstarch with 1 tablespoon of water and then stir the mixture into the pineapple sauce.
- Bring slowly to a boil, stirring until the sauce thickens. Simmer gently for 4 minutes while stirring.
- Let it cool and transfer to a serving bowl.
Make the Hot Dogs
- In a medium pot bring water to a boil. Add the hot dogs to the boiling water and cover. Cook about 7 minutes.
- Remove and drain on paper towels.
- Place the hot dogs in the buns and top with pineapple sauce, coleslaw, mayonnaise, mustard and ketchup, topped with crushed potato chips. Serve and enjoy!
Juju
Pineapple? Sounds delicious!
Erica
Hi Juju,
These hot dogs are absolutely delicious!
Tangled Noodle
I love the crushed potato chips! We prefer our 'dogs boiled as well but I'm pretty boring about what I put on it - just ketchup or mustard. The pineapple sauce sounds really intriguing but it's great to see that you also put coleslaw. In North Carolina, coleslaw is a preferred topping for hamburgers - now, I've got to try it with hot dogs!
JP
the pineapple will give u that sweet spot flavor to the hot dog. Super delicious. I love it!!! Colombian hot dogs are the best. In Colombia actually you can find a menu of hot dogs with a variety of more than 20 different styles. i.e. hawaiian, mexican, italian , santandereano, costeno, etc
Erica
Hi Tangled Noodle,
In Colombia we put coleslaw on our hamburgers too.
Felisha
Simply put--my hero. These are the recipes you can not find in the cookbooks from Colombia. I cant wait to show my husband. He will be licking his chops. I would LOVE to see the recipe for the hamburgers like the one I ate in Cali...the corn on the cob that you buy on the street...and my FAV Cholao 🙂 You too have a great 4th!
Erica
Thank you Felisha!
Kim
Looks perfect for the holiday weekend. I've never thought of pineapple on a hot dog before, but I bet it's good. Thanks for sharing..
Felisha
I've also seen this with mozzarella cheese?
Natalia RS
Oh yes, there is a lot of toppings, my grandma used to rent a hotdog stand for our birthdays and I loved the pineapple sauce, melted cheese, crushed potato chips and salsa rosada (pink sauce)
Erica
Felisha,
That sounds delicious!
Pocky
Pineapple sauce on a hot dog! That is really unique and creative. I bet it's a great blend of sweet and savory.
Marta
Deliciosos!!!!!
In Venezuela there's also plenty of hot dogs sold in the street and they pile pretty much anything under the sky on them! these look delicious and certainly remind me of my home as well 🙂
nora@ffr
deliciousness!! love the idea erica.. m sure my kids gonna love em 🙂
thanx for sharing
cheers!!
Cynthia
I love how different and fantastically delicious your food is!
Erica
Thank you all for the comments!
Lucia
Sounds so good. I love your site. Very interesting and informative. I am sure my husband will enjoy this recipe!
Natasha - 5 Star Foodie
I would love to try these fabulous hot dogs with pineapple sauce! Yum!
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Looks tasty ! and Delicious pinapple Yumm!
Thanks for sharing your recipe!
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Thank you, thank you for the wonderful comments!
Olga
Thanks for visiting my blog; glad you liked the squash soup recipe.
This hotdog is mouth watering! Actually after going salsa dancing, I usually crave some food, and this would definitely satisfy!
Nicole
yummmmyyyy:) in cali we add bacon and mozarella cheese.
Patty
OH. My. Gosh! Pineapple on my hot dog! That is brilliant! I just happened to buy some sausages the other day, so I'll definitely be giving this recipe a try! No doubt it is absolutely delicious! Thanks for sharing!
Janis Bland
¡Muy interesante!
This reminds me of a West Virginia hot dog. In certain parts of the state, the perfect dog requires a steamed bun, boiled dog, topped with a chili sauce of finely ground meat, and then a finely chopped and creamy slaw.
Respondon
Now that's a recipe I never thought I would see online, or anywhere for that matter. I completely forgot about the pineapple sauce and the crushed potato chips. It's like being on a street corner in Bucaramanga or Bogota again. 30 years ago I lived with a host family in Bogota where the matriarch was convinced that hot dogs were made from stray cats (and then there were the pinchos...), so I just stopped telling her what I had for lunch.
Nats
I tried explaining how different Colombian hotdogs were to my husband, and he just looked so confused lol Maybe I will make them for him so he can he how much better they are! =)
Jackson Asasia
Thanks for the nice recipe, Erica. It seems to be very delicious, according to the images.
I bookmarked it and sent a link to my sister, asking her to cook it ASAP =)
Regards,
Jackson Asasia
Alex Harvey
I remember having some dogs out in Belem in Medellin with all these ingredients, and as the guy said up top, a big slab of mozzarella covering it...wow they were killer!
La Gringa
There is a place that puts bacon on there hot dog here in Colombia..its great with the cheese, pineapple, and the chips.... I love Colombian hot dogs.
April Ballesteros
I am so excited to have found your site! My husband is from Bogota, Colombia and we have 2 children ( a girl 4 and a boy 1). I want to be able to cook good traditional Colombian food for them from time to time. Pedro has spoken of the "perro calientes" from the street vendors. Cant wait to make this for him and your mom's tamales too!
Thank you for sharing!
Claudia
NO LO PUEDO CREER!!!! POR FIN!!!!
Thank you. I cannot wait to make the hot dogs.
For me, being from Cali, it was the perros de la 44.
My mouth is watering just thinking about having one (or two) with Coca Cola.
Gracias!
Anonymous
I made this on Saturday, and I actually could not stop eating it.
Andrea
So cool that you have a recipe for these infamous hot dogs! But you forgot the quails eggs!!! Two quails eggs should be added on top... And maybe you should add how to upgrade the hot dog, by turning them into "Perras calientes". Add bacon and melted mozarella cheese on top of the chips, and extra sauce... mmmm 🙂
Tatiana
Gracias por la receta,
Sabes? yo juraba que no era mayonesa sino alguna otra salsa que no se conseguia aqui.
Yo vivo en Long Island NY y de vez en cuando manejamos una hora solo para comer perros en un sitio Colombiano en Queens.... lol... que aficion.
Voy a ensayar los tuyos, asi puedo comer mas seguido.
Anonymous
I made these for my Easter party today and everyone loved them. Thank you so much for your recipes.
Carlos
I really miss Colombian hotdogs. But I think they are better with chuncks of pinapple and not just the sauce, the way we eat them in Bogota. We also don't add coleslaw and use chopped onions.
Sara
We made these hot dogs yesterday for some friends and they loved them. Different and delicious.
Margot
What an exotic version of hot dog! My family would love it 🙂
wahid
wow.. it is nice.. it must be deslisious. I'll try..
Anonymous
We made these last sunday and they were a hit. Thank you....delicious with that pineapple sauce.
JORGE
DON'T FORGET THE QUAIL EGGS ON TOP
TERESA
NO SOY MUY FANATICA DEL PERRO CALIENTE.
PERO ESTE ME FASCINA , ME ENCANTA.
paola
the colombian hot dog, outstands because of the variety of flavors. pineapple is one of the flavor that satnd out , in combination with ketchp and mayonise, also another topic that makes it unique its a crunchy chips on top,some people often put cheese as well and bacon. depending on the size the hot dog may include small pieces of boil eggs. so delicious!!!!
Diana Lopez
I just made these for dinner and they were so good, I had two of them! I had made these in the past but totally forgot about adding the cole slaw which gives it a really nice touch. Yes, the hot dogs you get in Medellín will come with cornish hen eggs but if you don't add those, that's totally fine. I did use pineapple jam instead of making my own sauce and store bought cole slaw (KFC to be exact), it is just too much work to make those and it's easier and faster to have them on hand to make these hot dogs. Thanks Erica!
Start a Hot Dog Stand
Thanks for the hot dog recipe. I'm gonna try this out and see if the folks around here like it.
karol
Erika me encanta tu pagina. y ver estos perros con la salsa de piña wow!!!!. sos maravillosa mujer, mil gracias
Vonnie
Ahhh!! Erica, this is great. When I was a young girl, I went to Cali during summer vacation (3 months of chowing down every day) and I specifically remember eating these hot dogs at a drive-in movie theater - except I don't remember the pineapple but I'll try it out. Thanks for this awesome blog. 🙂
Alicia
i am actually here in colombia right now, barranquilla, te be exact. And they dont put mayo, mustard, or ketchup. Instead, they put salsa tartara, salsa piña, and salsa rosada (which is ketchup and mayo already mixed together). Also, the coleslaw, which they call verdura, costeño cheese, and the potato chips. Of course, it can get as extravagant as you can imagine when you ask for something like a suiza or a hayawano .
EL PAISA.
Thats the recipe I been looking for, thank you for sharing
rambabu
Thank-you for your great post, its really intresting and mouth watering. Its easy to prepare and very intresting to read. Definetly ill try this tonight.
DowntownFoodie
Ahhh you know how to make the salsa de pina que se le pone a los perros!! You're amazing!! Yo no soy muy fanatica de los perros pero si me encantan las hamburguesas colombianas! Ahora por fin tengo la receta de la salsa de pina. Que rico! Gracias!!
Jasmin Ortega
Que verguenza! Hasta ahora estoy viendo este articulo. Los perros son deliciosos pero no como cualquier perro. Solo las salchichas Americanas. Uy, riquisimas. Pero una cosa, veo que dices que tiene cole slaw. Umm..pues depende donde se los compre. Es que soy sureña (de Charlotte, Carolina del Norte) y cuando vino mis papas para visitarnos ella hizo "southern cole slaw" y mi esposo no sabia que era. Le gusto pero fue diferente nunca lo habia probado. Lo habia visto (y yo tambien) una vez en un restaurante pero se llama "ensalada". Y se encuentra muy rara vez. De pronto en Medellin o otro lugar si, pero aca en Bogotá no. Mas se ve la salsa piña, salsa roja, mayonesa, papas y huevos. Hasta en los cines sirven perros calientes con condimentos de la linea Fruco (piña, salsa roja, mayonesa, salsa de tomate).
Sook
Mmmm colombian hotdog sounds wonderful! yum yum!
peter mac
made these for my wife and our colombian friends and they went nuts,thank you for such a great website.
mark
Had these superb dogs all over Cartagena 30 years ago. Does anyone know what type of mayonaise is used? What ingredients are in the mayonesa? Brand name?
After the third dog I had this unique taste imprinted on my tastebuds forever and I would like to reinvent that taste.
Loved Columbia and the people.
carlos
que ricos! i have these in miami all the time, they are definitely great late-night after dancing!
Ana Maria
Mi familia aqui en USA piensan que estoy loca con esta combinacion, pero lo mismo yo pensaba de su "peanut butter & jelly" jaja.
Despues de rumbiar yo tambien comia estos ricos perros calientes en mi linda Cali.
Yo uso la mermelada de pin'a o la de naranja cuando ando con el antojo 🙂
Maya
Mmm brings back memories...love the salty and sweet contrast of flavors.
Marcela
Hola Erica!
el mes entrante mi bebita cumple un año y no hago sino pensar en la fiesta... probablemente la harè por la tarde y estaba pensando en hacer unos pasabocas y como "plato fuerte" perros calientes, tenia solo un problema: vivo en Italia y acà no se consigue la mermelada de piña, pero con esta receta acabas de salvar mi idea!! Una pregunta: que es "cornstarch"? maizena? A mis amigos italianos les va a encantar pero antes de probar seguramente me van a decir que eso les hace daño...LOL!!!
Erica
Marcela- Es "Maizena" y Buena Suerte con tu fiesta.
Miriam
Recetas Colombianas en ingles. Fantastico....A mi me encanta la comida Colombiana.
Herman
Hola! buena página. Una consulta.
Estuve en colombia hace unos años (2009) y recuerdo que en Medellín me hicieron probar una "perra", que es parecida a tu receta, pero con tocino. Me gustaría saber si se trata de la misma, o alguna variación, pues no logro encontrar informacion en Internet. Gracias! 🙂
Danielle
I LOVE these! I live near Jackson Heights in Queens, New York City, where we have a huge Colombian population. We are blessed with incredible arepas, empanadas (these are the BEST https://www.mamasempanadas.com/), cholados, and of course, perros calientes. If you ever get homesick, Jackson Heights, Queens is possibly a great place to visit to get a taste of Colombia without a passport.
My boyfriend and I actually taste tested two top places for perros (https://www.seriouseats.com/2010/02/colombian-hot-dogs-perro-caliente-queens-jackson-heights-nyc.html) (among many), and he was a huge fan. He also loves bunuelos and Colombian roasted chicken (https://www.yelp.com/biz/pollos-a-la-brasa-mario-jackson-heights). We'll definitely have to try this recipe, thank you for sharing!
Anonymous
Oops sorry I get it now
Mary
I've had this recipe pinned forever already and I'm finally going to make them this weekend for Father's Day. I'm so excited! I'm wondering...Did you mix the ketchup and mayo together? Looks like that might be the case in a few of the pics. I've never had them before and I want to make sure I get it right!
I really like your blog, btw. Everything looks so good. Lots I want to try. It's hard to find recipes like the ones you share, so thank you!
Erica Dinho
Hi Mary,
Yes, I mixed the ketchup with mayo.Or you can make this pink sauce instead:https://www.mycolombianrecipes.com/salsa-rosada-or-salsa-golf/
Juan Camilo Gamboa Higuera
You definitely need the bioled quail eggs on top! That's like the cherry on top! I usually put two quail eggs cut in half ( pink sauce + quail eggs = magic).
Gustavo
Which sausage brand do you recommend the most?
Josh
I know this is a very old post, but I would love to know the name and location of your favorite hot dog stand in El Poblado. Currently staying here though the sixth of Jan and would very much like to try one! Thank you and here's hoping that I hear back from you!
Erica Dinho
My last time visiting a hot dog stand in Medellín was in 2000.
Santiago Gómez Mejía
¡Ay Dios mío!
Es la 1:48 a.m. en Shanghai, muero del hambre de solo ver estás fotos, justo hoy pensaba en las deliciosas PERRAS qué venden en Envigado, el mismo perro pero con MUCHA TOCINETA (Bacon) imposible ver nuestra Fast Food en otros lugares.
Este fin de semana, quiero Hot Dog, perrito caliente, leyendo me hiciste acordar de los cebolludos de la 10. Qué maravilla, mis preferidos, Tomate - Cebolla y todo lo demás....
Y ni hablar de las delicias (Qué siempre odiaba allá) de Dogger......... es el mejor invento de la historia, Perros Calientes Buffet.
Uno de mis sueños acá es tener un Latin Fast Food Truck, vendiendo Arepitas Rellenas, Patacones, Perros y Hamburguesas en nuestra manera latina.
Gracias por el blog me encanta, yo tengo mis "versiones" Veggies, me gustaría pasartelas, igual las escribiré en mi nuevo Blog, qué delicia todo esto.
dandydogsbiz
So good. My family loved it.
Ruth Rorke
What is the pink sauce on the hot dog?
Erica Dinho
https://www.mycolombianrecipes.com/salsa-rosada-or-salsa-golf/
sonia howard
Colombian hot dogs are a favorite in our house for birthday dinners ❤
Anonymous
Im colombian too and my hubby is american he loves colombian hot dog.. instead of going thru all the work of making the pineapple sayce we buy pineapple jam it taste delicious too! I love your blog btw ! Saludes desde NY
Tariq Hossenbux
The combination of flavours are so complementary to one another that they are in unison. Just be careful that you don't use too much mustard though because that may be overpowering. I'm going to be experimenting a little with hot sauce on this later too!
Yanin
I seriously hate Colombian hot dogs. I'm from Miami and they were a trend down here for a while, and I absolutely don't get it. I call them "everything but the kitchen sink hot dogs". They use like 20 toppings on the same dog, toppings that make no sense. All those clashing flavors make it so it just tastes like mud.
ZinNC
Ugh. Take the negativity elsewhere. Some people don’t like lots of things...you don’t need to jump on here and be a hater. Why did you even click on the link or waste time to spread your ugliness?
Maria
Cual marca de salchichas usas. Estoy en Houston. Gracias
IZZO326
Thank you!!1