Chicago relish recipe: 59 photos
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4-5 Kirby cucumbers (usually available year round in Asian markets) 1/2 cup minced onion 1 cup white vinegar 1/3 Cup white sugar 2 teaspoons mustard seed 2 teaspoons celery seed 1 tablespoon salt 2-1/2 cups water 1 Tablespoon water & 1 Tablespoon cornstarch Blue -- yes blue -- food coloring Split the cucumbers ...
Chicago-style relish is a type of sweet pickle relish typically used on Chicago-style hot dogs. The unique color of the relish, often referred to as neon green, is created by adding blue dye to regular pickle relish.
Vienna Beef adds blue dye to its sweet pickle relish and, when mixed with the pickles and vinegar, the dye comes out as a brilliant green hue.
If you can't find Chicago-style relish, you can substitute with sweet relish. And you can substitute other pickled peppers for the sport peppers.
Why take the painstaking time of assembling the 7 ingredients of a classic Chicago hot dog when you can just use The Original Chicago Sauce?
- Pickles.
- Tomatoes.
- Onions.
- Yellow Mustard.
- Sweet Relish.
- Sport Peppers.
- Celery Salt.