Maxwell Street Polish

[Ronan]

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I went on vacation to Chicago and fell in love with the food. Everything from the Italian beef sandwich,the Chicago hot dogs that have been dragged through the garden and lastly the Maxwell Street Polish. The Maxwell Street Polish was from what I could make out was a smoked kielbasa that is grilled , put on a soft steamed bun with yellow mustard and a pile of caramelized onion.

These pics are from the summer when I tried and I think came at least close to recreate the Maxwell Street Polish.Is there anyone from the Windy city on here :)

[PitRow]

I've never been to Chicago, but those look good to me!

[Richtee]

Huh I got no pix. Not a fan of the salad hot dog. But deep dish done right is a marvel. No help on the meat stix, but yeah, there’s some old skool butchery going on there.

[Ronan]

Oh the chicago dog is delicious Rich.Its very different and i really love how all the ingredients elevate the dog,the kicker for me is the celery salt. You are from coney dog country?

[Richtee]

You are from coney dog country?

Pretty much. But I’ll sometimes get a side salad ;)

[Ronan]

now is that the coney with the heart meat in it? I would love to try some Michigan Coneys as it seems a distinct kind of chili sauce.

[Richtee]

now is that the coney with the heart meat in it? I would love to try some Michigan Coneys as it seems a distinct kind of chili sauce.

Some do have the original heart meat. Now if you mean real "Original” you’ll need to go to New york. Coney island. But yeah, we been at it a while too. Kogel’s is my brand of dog. Flint, MI.

[Ronan]

Yeah been to NYC and coney Island and it was very nice. I actually prefered the dogs from Greys Papayas, they have a tangy onion sauce which was delish. But still may favorite in the Chicago dog followed by the maxwell street polish. I actually bought a well used hot dog cart but it needs fixing up. Plan is to hopefully one day stop construction and work for myself selling hotdogs.

[nickelmore]

There use to be some great hot dogs in Chicago, not so much any more. I had to actually made a comment to an owner of a fast food place last week about cost control and making a nice hot dog. Seems over the years dogs have gone down from 8 to 1 lb to 10 to 1 lb and I actually asked him if what they are selling is 12 to 1. He really did not like my comment that the pickle was larger than the dog and the way the Qtr of a tomato was shoved into the bun could have been used on three dogs.

The best Chicago dog is a "slice" of pickle, slim slices of tomato, raw onions, mustard and celery salt. They should be 8-1lb and Ketchup is only allowed if you are under the age of 5.

Maxwell street polish is the best and pretty simple, a nicely flavored sausage. a nice sized bun, just a little smaller than the sausage and a little onion either fresh or grilled onion and a little slather of musterd

[strength_and_power]

So thankful we now have a few Portillos in Texas. Going to have to make a trip to one soon.


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[chefrob]

8,10,and 12 to 1#? i only use 4-1's for the old folks at work......i wanna see those fake chompers workin' double time! 12-1....ain't them those lil' weenies in the cans?

[Ronan]

So thankful we now have a few Portillos in Texas. Going to have to make a trip to one soon.


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its so good.I wish i had one near my.I think i would be twice the size i am now if there was, especially downing a cake shake with a dog.

[nickelmore]

8,10,and 12 to 1#? i only use 4-1's for the old folks at work.....?

Thats what I buy. And thats the size I will be making as soon as I finish my buffalo chopper rebuild.

[Ronan]

There use to be some great hot dogs in Chicago, not so much any more. I had to actually made a comment to an owner of a fast food place last week about cost control and making a nice hot dog. Seems over the years dogs have gone down from 8 to 1 lb to 10 to 1 lb and I actually asked him if what they are selling is 12 to 1. He really did not like my comment that the pickle was larger than the dog and the way the Qtr of a tomato was shoved into the bun could have been used on three dogs.

The best Chicago dog is a "slice" of pickle, slim slices of tomato, raw onions, mustard and celery salt. They should be 8-1lb and Ketchup is only allowed if you are under the age of 5.

Maxwell street polish is the best and pretty simple, a nicely flavored sausage. a nice sized bun, just a little smaller than the sausage and a little onion either fresh or grilled onion and a little slather of musterd

I really dislike the ketchup here and when i visit Ireland i come back with a suitcase full of curry sauce,ketchup,tea and chips. The ketchup here is so sweet and doesnt taste at all like tomato.The ketchup at home has more twang and acidity to it and is slightly darker in color.Now in saying that i just use ketchup for burgers ,i only like ketchup and mustard on burgers..no may and hot dogs is just mustard. I do like the darker brown deli mustard if i want to have a change when having a dog but mainly the bright yellow american mustard is best.

[gmotoman]

There use to be some great hot dogs in Chicago, not so much any more. I had to actually made a comment to an owner of a fast food place last week about cost control and making a nice hot dog. Seems over the years dogs have gone down from 8 to 1 lb to 10 to 1 lb and I actually asked him if what they are selling is 12 to 1. He really did not like my comment that the pickle was larger than the dog and the way the Qtr of a tomato was shoved into the bun could have been used on three dogs.

The best Chicago dog is a "slice" of pickle, slim slices of tomato, raw onions, mustard and celery salt. They should be 8-1lb and Ketchup is only allowed if you are under the age of 5.

Maxwell street polish is the best and pretty simple, a nicely flavored sausage. a nice sized bun, just a little smaller than the sausage and a little onion either fresh or grilled onion and a little slather of musterd

Ten to one twelve to one I was like OMG. So I had to check my local restaurant supply store. Yeah they have 10:1 . I mean wtf is that like just a Vienna sausage ? But I was happy to see that they had a "Chicago" style frank ALL BEEF 3:1 .