Hot Dogs With Homemade Tomato Relish

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 cups grape tomatoes or 3 cups cherry tomatoes, halved
• 1 cup finely chopped red onion
• 6 garlic cloves, minced (or 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder)
• 2 tablespoons snipped fresh oregano or 2 tablespoons parsley
• 2 tablespoons honey mustard
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon packed brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 8 hot dogs (smoked) or 8 cooked bratwursts (smoked)
• 1 cup red seedless grapes, halved or quartered
• 8 hot dog buns, split and toasted

Recipe

• 1 for the tomato relish, fold a 36x18-inch piece of heavy foil in half to make an 18x18-inch square. in a medium bowl combine 2 cups of the tomatoes, the onion, garlic, oregano, mustard, water, salt, brown sugar and pepper. place mixture in center of the foil. bring up two opposite edges of the foil; seal with a double fold. fold the remaining edges to enclose the mixture, leaving space for steam to build.
• 2 for a charcoal grill, place the foil packet on a grill rack directly over medium coals. grill for 10 minutes; turn packet. grill about 10 minutes more or until onion is tender. (for a gas grill, preheat grill. reduce heat to medium. place foil packet on grill rack directly over heat. cover and grill as above.).
• 3 meanwhile, place hot dogs on grill rack around foil packet; grill for 5 to 7 minutes or until heated through, turning occasionally.
• 4 carefully open rellish packet and stir remaining 1 cut tomato halves and the grapes into hot relish mixture. place hot dogs in toasted buns; serve tomato relish with the hot dogs.