What to make with hot dogs: 14 easy dinners
Every dinner here is built on hot dogs, easiest first. The quickest is Microwave franks and beans, on the table in 8 minutes, and the cheapest is Corn dog casserole at $1.22 a serving. Nine of them are simple enough for a first try.

Microwave franks and beans
$1.40 a serving
8 min

Korean sausage and vegetable stir-fry (sausage yachae bokkeum)
$2.67 a serving
20 min

Hot dog mac and cheese
$1.34 a serving
25 min

Air fryer pigs in a blanket
$1.29 a serving
30 min

Budae jjigae (army stew)
$3.52 a serving
30 min

Corn dog casserole
$1.22 a serving
40 min

Filipino chicken sopas
$2.13 a serving
40 min

Poor man’s meal (hot dogs and potatoes)
$1.60 a serving
40 min

Chili dog casserole
$1.63 a serving
45 min

Hotsilog (hot dogs, garlic rice and eggs)
$2.28 a serving
30 min

Sonoran hot dogs
$1.67 a serving
35 min

Filipino spaghetti
$2.27 a serving
45 min

Arroz con salchichas
$1.41 a serving
50 min

German lentil soup with sausages
$1.46 a serving
60 min
Costs are estimates for one serving at typical US grocery prices, counting only what each recipe uses.

Dinners from what you already have
Dollop looks at what’s in your fridge and cupboards, plans a week of dinners around it, and writes a grocery list with only what you still need.