Homemade Vegan Hot Dogs
This delicious homemade vegan hot dogs recipe will blow your mind! No seitan makes them gluten free and a hit for all! Try them with your favorite BBQ toppings!
Servings: 6 hot dogs
Calories: 189kcal
Ingredients
- ½ cup dried lentils, rinsed and drained
- 1 cup vegetable broth
- 1 tablespoon flax
- ½ large red onion, chopped into 4 pieces
- ½ large carrot, cubed
- ½ juice of lemon
- 1 cup baby spinach, roughly chopped
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 ½ cups oat flour, or 1 ½ cup rolled outs made into oat flour, see directions
- 1 tablespoon vegan worcestershire sauce
- ½ tablespoon Italian seasoning
- ½ teaspoon liquid smoke
- ½ tsp cumin
- ½ teaspoon mustard powder
- ½ teaspoon smoked paprika
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- ⅛ teaspoon dried marjoram
- ⅛ teaspoon celery salt
- 1 pinch nutmeg
- hot dog buns
Instructions
- Add vegetable broth to a pan over medium heat.
- Add in lentils and cook until soft and no liquid remains, about 30 minutes.
- While that is cooking, make oat flour if needed by putting rolled oats into a food processor and blending until it's a fine powder. *Skip this step if using store bought oat flour.
- Chop your vegetables as directed.
- Put all remaining ingredients into a food processor, including the cooked lentils when done, and puree until everything is well blended.
- Refrigerate mixture for four hours, or overnight.
- Once mixture is chilled, scoop out the mixture into 4-6 equal size portions depending on how big you want.
- Roll the mixture into hot dog shaped forms. *Preferred method (see post for other options to doing this:Place a scoop onto a piece of wax paper and then, holding two sides, move the sides up and down until it molds into a long log, or hot dog shape. Helping mold when needed.
- Cook hot dogs in an air fryer at 350 degrees F for 15-20 minutes, very carefully flipping once halfway through. *See post for oven directions.
- Remove from heat and place on hot dog buns with your favorite toppings.
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Notes
*You can double the recipe, cook the same way and freeze the hot dogs to use as needed.
*See post for notes about Top 8 Allergy Free variation
**Nutritional facts are just estimates. Please utilize your own brand nutritional values to double check against our estimates.
*Chickpea flour could also be used. We would recommend 1 cup vs 1 ½ cups oat flour
Nutrition
Serving: 1hot dog | Calories: 189kcal | Carbohydrates: 31g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 336mg | Potassium: 436mg | Fiber: 10g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 2515IU | Vitamin C: 7.5mg | Calcium: 54mg | Iron: 3.3mg
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