Seattle Smoked Salmon Hot Dog
This hot dog, topped with smoked salmon, cucumber, and cream cheese will put you in the summer mood, and help you celebrate the sunny months like a real Seattlite.

It’s almost the 4th of July!!
A) How is it almost JULY?
2) Light up all the grills
iii) These might not be milkshakes, but they will bring all the boys to the outdoor vegetative patch on which you recreate. The yard? Yeah, that.
FOUR) It’s officially Hot Dog Week 2014! Are you ready? I really hope so, because I have waited for this week, since last year! Hot dog week is my favorite theme week of the year, and I hope it’s yours, too.

Seattle is all a bustle with salmon season in full swing. Yesterday I went down town to our famous Pike Place Market with two of my best girl friends, Beka and Corinne, two of my best girls and bridesmaids from our wedding a couple summers ago. Corinne and I have been best friends since college, and she’s been back in the lower 48 for the last month from Alaska!
And homegirl’s one request was to go to Pike Place Market. How could I argue with that?

Her other request was to go to the Space Needle, but it was so popular you practically couldn’t get a ticket. So we opted for the Great Wheel instead.
Did I mention that I’m afraid of heights? And small spaces? Basically it culminated in me having an epic laugh-panic attach and crying in an orb hanging over Elliot Bay. After the second rotation on the thing I was in a much better place and the tears had subsided. I’m a peach.

But after that, I earned my Beecher’s mac and cheese and a walk through the market. And with salmon season in full swing, smoked salmon is E-V-E-R-Y where!! And if you can get your mitts on some good smoked salmon, make sure you toss it on a hot dog! It will be life changing.
And don’t forget the cream cheese. I promise, this will be the one condiment that will make a permanent appearance on every hot dog for the rest of your days. Game Changer.
Come back tomorrow and the rest of the week to celebrate all things grilling and hot dogs!
And don’t forget to catch up on Hot Dog Week 2013 for all of last year’s new classics!
Poblano Bacon Mac and Cheese Dog


Seattle Smoked Salmon Hot Dog
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Grilled
- Cuisine: American
Description
This hot dog, topped with smoked salmon, cucumber, and cream cheese will put you in the summer mood, and help you celebrate the sunny months like a real Seattleite.
Ingredients
- 4 All Beef Hot Dogs
- 4 Hot Dog Buns, toasted
- 4 ounces Salmon Salmon, flaked
- 1/2 Cucumber, minced
- 4 ounces Cream Cheese, cut into cubes
- 1 Shallot (or red onion) thinly sliced or minced
- 1/4 cup Cilantro, minced
Instructions
- Preheat grill to medium high heat. Cook hot dogs until grilled thoroughly.
- While the hot dogs are on the grill, prepare all ingredients.
- Toast the hot dog buns until golden brown. Top grilled hot dogs with flaked smoked salmon, shallots, cilantro, cucumber and cream cheese. Devour immediately.
You are kicking off hot dog week with one KILLER look dog. I love the idea of salmon and cream on my hot dog. So awesome!
OK…the way I look at hot dogs has changed FOREVER! Whoa. So going to make these and I cannot wait!
PS…you are one brave girl. I had a little panic attack for you just reading your instagram caption yesterday!
Dude, for reals? I flipping love hot dog week! This version looks amazing!
Whoa. Such creative toppings!
It sounds as though you had a great time with your friends!
And this hot dog…it’s like Seattle collided with New York in a very good way.
I never even thought to add cream cheese to hot dogs- love it!
Ohhh yeah, you will be totally won over by the cream cheese. I will never NOT use it again!
Smoked salmon is such a fave – but I would have never thought to put it on a hot dog! This is absolutely brilliant!
Smoked Salmon was a bold move, but I’m so glad I did it. You will be won over with it!
Every time we head into the city, I contemplate it, but heights and I just do not get along. You really are a peach! The smoked salmon is killer, and on a hotdog, pure genius. I love this!
I know, that Wheel is terrifying – but by the second go around I was much better. Give it a try, you might be surprised.
Somehow you made a hot dog look like a piece of art, this looks incredible!!
What a compliment!! Thanks Matt!
I am so beyond excited for Hot Dog Week! It’s the best week of the year!
I totally agree!!! Best week ever!!
Salmon on a hot dog! You are a genius!
Aww shucks girl!! Thanks!!
I would’ve never in a million years thought to put salmon on a hot dog…but dang that looks so delicious I’m glad you thought of it. I’ll have to give this a go at least once this summer!
Yes, totally try it!! And cream cheese on a hot dog is a dream and a half!
This sounds fantastic!
Thanks Jenn!! I’m dreaming of them again already!
I love you a little bit more today than I did yesterday.
And I heart you, too!! Just wait for the rest of the week 😉
Pingback: Mexican Mole Hot Dog » Country Cleaver
Pingback: Breakfast Hot Dog » Country Cleaver
Pingback: Philly Cheesesteak Hot Dog » Country Cleaver
Pingback: 10 Delicious Ways to Upgrade Your Hot Dog – Honest Cooking
Pingback: Bacon Blue Cheese Cowboy Hot Dog - Country Cleaver