Hot Dog Melt

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 6 slices bacon
• 1 large onion, sliced and separated into rings
• 4 large hot dogs
• 1 loaf rye bread or 1 loaf pumpernickel bread, sliced in half lengthwise (one-pound)
• 4 slices swiss cheese
• 2 slices american cheese

Recipe

• 1 in a large skillet, cook bacon until crisp.
• 2 drain on paper towels.
• 3 reserve 2 tablespoons drippings.
• 4 cook onion in reserved drippings until tender.
• 5 cook hot dogs in boiling water for 5 mintues or until heated through.
• 6 drain.
• 7 toast bread under broiler.
• 8 to assemble sandwiches, cut hot dogs in half lengthwise, cutting to but not through the other side.
• 9 place cut side down on bottom half of bread.
• 10 top with bacon.
• 11 alternate and overlap cheeses on top of bacon.
• 12 top with cooked onions.
• 13 place under broiler for about 1 minute or until cheese is melted.
• 14 top with top half of bread.
• 15 cut into 4 pieces.