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Active Time
40 minutes
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Total Time
40 minutes
This delicious vegetarian take on a backyard barbecue staple swaps traditional hot dogs for glazed carrots packed with earthy umami flavor and spice thanks to a combo of maple, soy, and adobo sauce. Adding white beans to the bright cilantro coleslaw adds extra protein to this easy weeknight meal.
Ingredients
4 servings
Step 1
Combine carrots, maple syrup, soy sauce, adobo sauce, and 1 cup water in a deep, large saucepan. Cover and cook over medium-high heat 10 minutes. Uncover, reduce heat to medium-low, and continue to cook, shaking pan occasionally, until liquid is completely reduced and carrots are coated in glaze, 2–3 minutes more.
Step 2
Meanwhile, whisk honey, salt, pepper, 1/2 cup mayonnaise, and 3 Tbsp. lime juice in a large bowl until smooth. Thinly slice half of onion to yield about 1/4 cup. Add onion, cabbage, beans, and 1/3 cup cilantro to bowl and stir to combine.
Step 3
Prepare a grill for medium-high heat or heat a grill pan or cast-iron skillet over medium-high; oil grate or pan. Grill carrots, turning once, until browned and slightly charred, about 2 minutes on each side. Transfer carrots to a plate. Toast buns until golden brown, about 30 seconds. Transfer buns to plate.
Step 4
Finely chop remaining half of onion to yield 3 Tbsp. Mix remaining 1/4 cup mayonnaise and 1 Tbsp. lime juice in a small bowl until smooth.
Step 5
Nestle 2 carrots into buns with large ends on opposite sides. Drizzle with mayonnaise mixture, then top with finely chopped onion, Corn Nuts, and 3 Tbsp. cilantro leaves. Serve with coleslaw alongside.
Do Ahead
Step 6
Carrots and slaw can be made 3 days ahead. Store separately in airtight containers and chill.
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Reviews (12)
Back to TopI made these for our vegetarian dinner tonight, as my husband doesn’t like hot dogs or sausages, for health concerns. He liked them so much he went back for more! I made the recipe exactly as written and thought it was great.
AMReing
NJ
6/9/2022
Only made the carrots (not the slaw) and love them. I used yogurt for the drizzle because I don’t care for mayonnaise and it was a great sub. Broiled but otherwise made as written, wouldn’t change anything else.
Anonymous
Colorado
8/9/2020
made these boys without the buns and toppings, I am usually not a fan of cooked carrots but the texture of these changed my mind
amggiles2156
burlington, vt
7/16/2020
I made exactly per instructions except had no corn nuts so substituted with a few crushed corn chips. I wasn't expecting this to taste like a hot dog. It doesn't but it tastes BETTER! Great texture works well with the bun. Thoughts for the next time: add a little fat and a bit more adobo. The slaw was a bit bland. I like the idea of the beans but the ratio of beans to cabbage was too high. I think I'll find a way to get the beans on top of the dog.
kundwild
Walpole, MA
9/1/2019
Absolutely delicious, with or without the coleslaw.
alexgj
Toronto
8/22/2019
一个好的素食食谱对于我们这些不喜欢豆腐Pups and can't easily find Beyond Sausage. Agree that the carrots should marinate overnight first, if possible, and I would add some Ac'cent to the marinade. I don't get what the corn nuts are doing in there and left them out. As with many vegan recipes, this would be better with more fat; I added oil to the marinade and basted the cooking carrots with it. (I wrote the cookbook Vegan Food for the Rest of Us.)
ahhodgman
Washington, CT
8/14/2019
Not a vegetarian and I still love this recipe. The carrots have great texture and a flavor that's surprisingly similar to hot dogs. You really could top them however you prefer a real sausage. I could do with a little bit more adobo sauce—the smoky flavor is great, but I'm keen for more heat. 10 out of 10 would make it again.
pithzester
Alabama
7/24/2018
We really like the flavors of these carrot "dogs". I personally don't think they taste like hot dogs, so I'm not sure if most people would think so, like another reviewer suggested. I do make them a little differently than suggested, though. Instead of cooking the carrots on the stove top in the liquid with the cup of water, I cut the carrots in half lengthwise and put all the ingredients minus the water (syrup, soy sauce, adobo sauce, honey, salt and pepper) with the carrots in a ziploc bag and marinate overnight. When they marinate in the liquid overnight, they become soft. Then they get grilled, and I add a bit of brown sugar to the marinade and reduce it to a syrup and drizzle that over the carrot dogs once they are in the buns. Then the mayo mixture gets drizzled on them and cilantro sprinkled over the top. We didn't use the corn nuts. I think the flavors taste like sweet barbecue sauce, and the carrots retain some crunch but are still tender. We have made this twice now, and each time, we wished we'd made more for lunches the next day.
madremia
Saint Paul, MN
7/31/2017
Neither of us liked this recipe at all. I can't believe it got 4/4 and 100
khennin
Albuquerque, NM
7/24/2017
Carrot hot dogs? Oh no, I thought, that couldn't possibly work, but as I've been eating a plant based diet for 3 weeks now I decided that I had to at least give it a try. Well, I couldn't have been more delighted that I did! This really does work! Tastes just like a hot dog but do much better for you and no animals were harmed in this production! You better believe I'll be making these again, especially to amaze all my friends who gave me that "look" when I told them about these little pleasers! I do think that next time I'll try putting on some other condiments too just to see how that works. Anyway, this is a real keeper recipe, I just love it!
Anonymous
La Habra, CA
7/23/2017
This was so delicious! Surprisingly hot dog like in flavor. Perfect "bite." Next I'll try them with baby carrots and make beans and weenies or pigs on a blanket! The meat eaters in the family loved them, too!
lynnedurham4409
Atlanta, GA
7/14/2017
These carrots were delicious! I did not serve as directed - just used a double batch as a side dish yesterday at a bbq, where vegetarians and omnivores alike devoured them all. Their charred exterior was so pretty against their bright orange center. I will definitely make these again.
jfruit
Baltimore
6/26/2017
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