Munchie Monday: Carrots Dogs! Yes!

 A while ago, maybe two or three years ago, I found a carrot dog recipe which was really so good.  Sadly, I did not make a note of which one it was when I added it to my electronic cookbook with the numerous other carrot dog recipes, most of which were trash....

This past week I found a pretty good recipe on Krocks in the Kitchen who got it from Chuck Underwood at Brand New Vegan.  I tried it almost the way he/they wrote it.

The recipe as I made it:

1/4 cup Braggs Liquid Aminos (or you can use soy sauce but I wanted to empty the Braggs jar)
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
1/4 cup vegetable broth
2 Tablespoons maple syrup
1 Tablespoon liquid smoke
1 teaspoon yellow mustard
1 teaspoon garlic granules
1 teaspoon onion granules
Quite a few carrots, peeled and cut into bun length. Well, a few carrots actually.

For me, the Instant Pot was the right equipment but you can boil the carrots until barely fork tender. before proceeding with the marinating.  I put all the marinade ingredients in the 6-quart Instant Pot and stirred very well.  After adding the carrots and sort of swishing them around in the juice, I set the pot pressurizing for 3 minutes on HIGH.  A Quick Release is then called for.

Gently slosh the carrots around in the marinade then return the cover and let them sit for as many hours as you can stand to, four or five would be great, or even overnight.  If you are going to marinate them overnight, do cover them in a flat dish, and put them in the refrigerator.

No.  You will not think you are eating a hot dog, unless you are a tiny child who has never had a hotdog...but lying to a child is a VERY BAD THING.  Just tell them this is what we are having for supper. 

As you can see, I used a slice of bread with relish and mustard.  Next time I will add sauerkraut.