Turns boring hotdogs into disgustingly-delicious Grotesque Green Grubs (with or without legs)!
A package of hotdogs and green gel food coloring are all you need to completely transform them into something perfect for your Halloween buffet table. The best part is that you can make these as inexpensive or as gourmet as you like—I used veggie dogs to keep these vegan-friendly! But for parties, I’ve even used gourmet sausages and beer brats! I simply boiled them to get them to curl, and then finished them on the grill.
Serve these curled up on a plate and watch your guests shriek with delight and disgust. These are great served as an appetizer as-is with a dipping sauce, or as a main course when served on a bun.
Grotesque Green Grub Hotdogs
- Prep Time8 min
- Cook Time5 min
- Total Time13 min
What You Need
Ingredients
- Plain hotdogs (your brand of choice—I used veggie dogs)
- Gel food coloring (I used AmeriColor in Electric Green and Electric Blue)
- Dry spaghetti noodles (if you want 'legs' on your grubs)
- Water
Other Tools/Supplies
- Knife
- Cutting board
- Pot
- Tongs
Method
Fill a large pot with water. Add a generous amount of food coloring to the water, and stir until combined. Set aside.
Begin by slicing your hotdogs lengthwise, approximately 3/4 of the way through. It’s important not to cut all the way through the hotdog. Then make small slits across the length of the hotdog, again, approximately 3/4 of the way through.
If you don’t want ‘legs’, skip this step. Break dry spaghetti noodles into 2 inch pieces. It is totally okay if they’re not perfectly even in length – no one will care nor look that hard. Insert the dry spaghetti noodle pieces onto the bottom 1/4 of the hotdog that you didn’t cut through. If you have leftover pieces that are a bit smaller than 2 inches, use those for the end pieces of the hot dogs.
Place your grubs in the pot of water, turn the heat on, and bring to a boil. The first grubs I made (with the legs), I brought the water to a boil before plunging the dogs in. The ones without the legs, I put in the cold water, and then brought it to a boil. The color was far more vivid in the second batch, so this is what I would recommend for the deepest color.
When the Grotesque Green Grubs have reach the desired shade of color, or, when the legs have become ‘al dente’ after about 3-5 minutes of boiling, remove the Grotesque Green Grubs with tongs and allow to drain for a few minutes.
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