Bacon & Chips Dog
Hot dog topped with crushed potato chips and bacon pieces, a style from the Netherlands.
A casual pub‑and‑football build, this hot dog stacks crispy bacon and crushed potato chips (crisps) for salt and crunch. Sauces vary by crowd—ketchup, brown sauce, or curry mayo—but the idea is the same: quick texture and a savory hit. You’ll see versions at backyard grills and stadium stands rather than a codified city style.
Authentic Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 Hot dogs (European-style frankfurters preferred)
- 4 Hot dog buns
- 6 Bacon strips
- 2 cups Potato chips (Salted crisps, crushed)
- 1/4 cup Curry mayonnaise (Dutch-style)
- 2 tablespoons Mayonnaise
- 1 teaspoon Curry powder
- 2 tablespoons Ketchup
- 1 tablespoon Brown sauce (HP sauce or similar)
- 1 small Onion (Finely diced)
Instructions
- Make curry mayonnaise: Mix mayonnaise with curry powder until smooth.
- Cook bacon strips until crispy, then chop into small pieces.
- Crush potato chips into coarse pieces (not powder).
- Grill or pan-fry hot dogs until heated through and lightly charred.
- Toast hot dog buns lightly.
- Place grilled hot dog in bun.
- Top generously with crispy bacon pieces.
- Sprinkle crushed potato chips over bacon.
- Add diced onions.
- Drizzle with curry mayonnaise.
- Add ketchup and brown sauce as desired.
- Serve immediately while chips are still crispy.
- This is casual Dutch pub-style tradition!
Related Styles (kinda)
4 similar styles
Frankfurter in a hollowed baguette, with mustard-mayonnaise sauce squirted inside. A quintessential Dutch staple from HEMA stores.
Skinless deep-fried sausage (chicken, pork, beef) cut lengthwise, doused in mayonnaise, (curry) ketchup, and minced raw onion; a ubiquitous Dutch snack.
Hot dog or sausage (often lamb, pork, beef) served in a potato flatbread (lompe) or bun with mustard, ketchup, remoulade, and garnishes like raw/fried onions and pickled cucumber.
Bacon-wrapped sausage served in bread with shredded lettuce, onions, horseradish, and pumpkin-seed-oil mayonnaise, an Austrian style.