Sonoran hot dog

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Two Sonoran dogs topped with minced onion, green chile sauce, diced tomato, pinto beans, mustard, and mayonnaise.
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A Sonoran hot dog, with pinto beans, tomatoes, green salsa, jalapeño, mustard, and mayonnaise, and with avocado and cotija cheese on top
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Sonoran hot dogs, with mayonnaise on top

The Sonoran hot dog is a style of hot dog that originated in Hermosillo, the capital of the Mexican state of Sonora, in the late 1980s. [1] [2] It is popular in Tucson, [3] [4] [5] [6] Phoenix, [7] and elsewhere in southern Arizona. [8] It consists of a hot dog that is wrapped in bacon and grilled, served on a bolillo-style hot dog bun, and topped with pinto beans, onions, tomatoes, and a variety of additional condiments, often including mayonnaise, mustard, and jalapeño salsa. [9] [10]

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The Sonoran hot dog is prepared and sold by vendors called "dogueros" at street carts. [1] It was estimated in 2009 that over 200 places in Tucson purveyed the Sonoran hot dog, and that Phoenix had even more. [1]

Notable purveyors

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