Hot Dog Cart Breakfast?
Hey Hot Dog Profits Slingers,
I’m looking for suggestions on serving a yummy hot dog breakfast.
Here are the hot dog items I have so far; hot dogs, all beef please, sausage links or patties, shredded cheese, bacon, onions, hash browns, coffee, orange juice , scrambled eggs.
I need suggestions on the gravy to put on the top. Serve it up early in the morning, where foot traffic is heavy, in a Styrofoam tray.
Let me know any ways to perfect this breakfast, or any hot dog slingers out there that serve up the hot dogs early in the morning.
Happy hot dogging to all of you!
Gary The Hot Dog Man
P.S. I hope I made you all hungry!
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Those hot dogs and scrambled eggs at the top of this article are looking pretty good to me. I hope the comments below give you some great ideas for serving breakfast from your hot dog cart. For a complete education on making money with mobile food vending please consider joining Hot Dog Profits Premium.
All right slingers, let’s hear you in the comments. Gary needs us!
-Steve
Could also try a wrap as all the above sounds delicious inside of one. Add salsa and you have a great twist on a breakfast wrap. We have a festival we are doing at the end of this month and we will be serving sausage bowls. Sauteed peppers, onions, italian sausage, marinara, mozarella cheese. I bet it would be like an omelette if you added srambled eggs.
Have fun!
Salsa on eggs rocks!
I’d go with a country gravy as it is traditional for breakfast- think biscuits and gravy.
My Breakfast Dog;
A bed of scrambled eggs in a fresh bun, two sausage links, covered with country gravy, topped with shredded cheese. Life is good!
Wrap it up in a tortilla n sell them
Hello,
Most of the time we don’t have the opportunity for breakfast, but when we do, we do very well with sausage and pancakes on a stick. Costco sells these in the freezer section. Open one end of the package and lay them in the steam pan and in a few minutes you have a tasty breakfast snack. Kids really like these.
I like the easy prep!
Sunny side up egg on the top of the dog onion, and hot sauce. Simple easy and very good.
I like it!
Gary, if you do use gravy, such as over the eggs, or hash browns, etc., or maybe even biscuits and gravy, I like making my sausage gravy with half milk and half sour cream, sprinkle some season-all and onion power into it as it’s cookin’ – ummm good! Everyone raves about it as the best they’ve ever had. A lot of places where there are other vendors for the lunch crowd, you can make a big hit (and bucks) by offering breakfast and a good cup of hot coffee or hot chocolate when no one else has that available, especially on those chilly fall or spring monrings.
Sour cream makes anything better, sweet or savory.
Hi Gary,
You are on the right path, but lets see if we can fine tune this!
Try this,
Cut up hot dogs (all beef) fried or grilled and mixed with,
Scrambbled eggs, Bacon, Onions, sauteed Red & Green bell peppers (diced) and Hashbrowns all mixed together!
Topped with sausage country gravy, and then shredded cheddar cheese on top so that it will melt on top of the gravy!!!!!
How’s that?
Crumbled breakfast sausage cheese and country scrambled eggs wrap in a tortillas shell place on a flat top or low temp grill with steak weight serve also bacon egg and cheese
I have a great breakfast I used to serve when i had a restaurant now I do this on my cart two eggs country scrambled with
Homemade sausage cheese hash browns salsa wrapped in a tortillas placed on a flat top or low temp grill with a steak weight heat serve
Nice.
Sounds good Pete.
Hot Dog on the bun, scrambled egg, (walmart sells precooked egg patties frozen) I use 1/2 pattie chopped..getting 18 servings to a bag @ 2.79, and microwed about 30 seconds. Sprinkle with bacon,(precooked frozen diced from GFS)..put bacon in a strainer and quick dip in dog water, add finely shred cheddar, onions if they want it and top with SALSA! think Breakfast burrito like McDonalds..seriously..we do these for the early auction crowd and they love em. $4.00
Good margin!
I love the idea. Try a brat w/ sausage breakfast gravy. Loaded served with a spoon and fork…and some of the hot-dog scrambled eggs on the side….gravy on the eggs too please.
Gravy! More Gravy!
Hey just some quick info, I do serve breakfast,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,very easy
Jimmy Dean sandwiches are less than $1 and I sell for $3
But I have a food warmer I put them in. Not sure how you can doit.
Also I have a griddle so that is another way. Let me know your thoughts
Larry
I’ve done those at garage sales where I have access to electricity. Sells well.
How about a Polish sausage. Had a lot of people ask for that.
I like the photo, we had scrambled eggs and dogs since I was a kid. I’m on the cusp of doing a breakfast too. I like that scramble pic(maybe using any left over dirtys?) on a roll, bun, Eng Muff, Croissant… with a slice of american or shred Ched. As for gravy on that delicious sounding bowl, I vote for sausage gravy like for biscuits and gravy(mine has bacon in it to, and extra sage ;~)
Good Luck!
Don
Mmm Hmm!
With what you described I would suggest a simple country gravy (recipe below) with maybe some herbs or chopped tomatoes added.
INGREDIENTS:
1/2 cup vegetable oil
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
4 cups milk
DIRECTIONS:
1. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Whisk in the flour, salt and pepper until smooth. Cook and stir over medium heat until browned, about 10 minutes. Gradually stir in milk so that no lumps form, and continue cooking and stirring until thickened. If the gravy becomes too thick, you may thin it with a little more milk.
I love white gravy! Thanks Dale.
How about sausage grave
Here in Colorado its popular with biscuits , place on the western slope called Starvin Arvins yum
Scott S
How about placing hash browns on a pancake, breakfast sausage patty on hash browns
cover with brown beef gravy, top that with a sunny side up egg then another pancake
Yep. I’d eat it.
Hard to go wrong with breakfast tacos (that name got 34% of the “fan vote” when they asked for public input on naming San Antonio’s WNBA team). Everything can be pre cooked (helping with pesky regs)”, and quickly assembled on a bun or tortilla. It isnt just for breakfast as a ton of restaurants start selling them at midnite for the bar crowd.
Lol.
Lots of good ideas from everyone. I’m thinking if going to a breakfast at my resturant. Customers are always suggesting this and that. But a few I will cook special itiems for and 2 of them is BLT with an egg, and polish split and grilled on a biscuit. I like the wrap idea a lot.
Sounds like you have a lot already. I would add fresh fruit and donuts or danishes as well. Do you have a griddle for the hash browns? If so, I would serve pancakes wrapped around a sausage link and serve it with a small container of syrup. Pancakes cook quick and are very cheap to make. You could probably also cook them in your commissary and then steam them before serving.
Do you brew the coffee on site?
Nothing smells better in the morning that coffee brewing.
Personally, I don’t want to be out that early, I already open at 10:00 am.
Good Luck!
Gary the first thing I’d do is call a local restaraunt supply store and get the eggs in a boil bag.The bag is big but you can boil it on the cart. I’d use sausage links over patties so I’m only stocking one form of bun some cheese and salsa work well but I’d avoid gravy if your working the streets as it would get sloppy for folks going to work and it’s another thing to hold in the steam trays. Toppings are whatever moves well localy but I’d avoid strong cheeses and garlic as these folks will have to work all day smelling like your foods and by 11 o’clock it’s bad addvertising for you.
To all my fellow hot dog slingers:
Thank you for all the amazing suggestions and combos ! If reading all that doesn’t make you hungry, then you must be on a diet I know am targeting a breakfast first @ the bait shop here in Peru where had my first interview with the local paper 10 years ago Though November the ninth is open day for muzzle loader season, more foot traffic , even @ five in the morning when hunters show up, and the smell of the gravy, sausage, and onions, tells them they have to eat @ Garys Weener wagon! So much fun, and real true short story, the former owner of this store, who passed away five years back, used to have this bait shop as a hobby shop H
My friend who used to own the bait shop where will sell this great breakfast scramble, had a hobby shop here, a very creative man, named Buford Gross This man built two full scale models of the original Wright brothers flyers, to full scale size! Life selling hot dogs is never a bore, and Buford , maybe silently you were sent into my life, to teach us to learn how to soar, learn how to fly in life with these hot dog dreams The sky is the limit as far as how many hot dogs I
Plain crêpes with toppings or dog-crêpe wraps for the salted ones.
These menus are all excellent! Are any of these approved for vending by your local health department? I have a place where I know that I could do very well at breakfast, but not sure how to approach the idea with my very strict health dept. Can anybody address how they received permission to serve the breakfast items? Thank you very much for the information. -Lou
Hi Lou,
You most likely will have to prepare most of the food at a commissary. Then hold it at a safe temperature during transport to the selling location. When finished, any unserved food will have to be cooled to 40 degrees quickly and stored in the commissary. You may need to file a written procedure document showing how you will comply with the food codes. In any case, talk to your inspector and see what is required where you live.
When I do Farmer’s Markets the set up time is usually early…too early for a hot dog. I get a case of prepared egg patties from GFS. I bring larger, nicer burger buns…pre-coked bacon, cooked sausage patties and the cheese I use for the burgers on my cart. Then I’m all set for breakfast sandwiches. I can get everything heated up on my flat top while the buttered bun is browning. I sell the for $4 and my cost is about $1.
Sounds tasty!
Here in the west/southwest, green chili is a big seller, you could always top it off with some green chili and some cheese over that.
I love green chili! I lived in El Paso TX for several years and I miss the green chili on everything.
Hey I agree with Lucky Dawg, I am retired, I don’t want to be out that early. I open up at 10:30 am, on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and go home after 3to4 hours with 3 to 4 hundred dollars in my pocket. “HOT DIGGDY DOG” I love being a “Slinger.”
Nice!
Ain’t no way I’m getting up that early!
LOL! That’s one of the main reasons I got into this business in the first place. I get to decide what time I start and stop working.
I had a hotdog restaurant for 3 years, now I still have my cart and an approved commissary in a 10 X 20 storage shed. We used to have hotdogs with everything: hotdogs with baked beans, hotdogs in chili, hotdogs with scrambled eggs, split and fried hotdogs, etc. When my daughter got married a few years ago, her new husband fixed her a hotdog she started screaming. LOL She said, do you know how many hotdogs I had to eat as a kid? I found that amusing.
That is funny!
Great ideas! My cart should be done late this week and ready for final inspection next week. Once I get experienced with hot dogs, I’ll try precooked sausage in a bun w/without egg.
What is GFS?
Way to go Mary! GFS is Gordon Food Service. It’s a chain of stores that sells food to restaurants at wholesale and discount pricing.
Wondering i just want but hot dog cart and I will succee hope because we are the deaf.
Well Steve I’m in Dallas metro. I have a Top Dog cart made from Fla. But im looking for a spot and gigs to work. Any suggestions would be great. Vienna beef products is my go to suppliers, RD.
I buy precooked saugsage patties, frozen biscuits (which I cook at home) and slice of cheese cut in half. My cost is $1.10 for two sandwiches which I sell with a soda for $5.
Nice margins Dawn!
Guys everything u slingers r saying sounds great my son and I r just getting into the HotDog Cart business need help with a good name if it helps we r in Pittsburgh Pa thank u looking forward in future talks with u exsperiance slingers
Glad you’re here Ron and Michael! How about “Three Rivers Hot Dogs”?