Here’s another super simple, extremely delicious keto lunch or dinner that you can do! It takes a total of about 10 minutes to prep everything, but the rest of the time you just have to wait for the oven to be done. It doesn’t get much easier than this. Cheese stuffed bacon wrapped hot dogs would taste exactly how you expect – very savory, rich, and fatty.
The bacon really crisps up nicely, but if you want to, you can always broil it for a little extra crisp at the end. You can also use your own preferences of seasoning here. I like onion and garlic powder, but if you want to add some lemon juice or brush your own acidic glaze over the top – you definitely can.
You can opt for your favorite brand of hot dogs here, but I decided to choose grassfed beef, since it was the best fat to protein ratio I could find. Of course, if you need to add more fat into the macros, you can always add a fatty side dish or make a small dipping sauce for yourself.
Yields 6 Cheese Stuffed Bacon Wrapped Hot Dogs
The Preparation
- 10 ounces beef hot dogs
- 2 ounces cheddar cheese
- 12 ounces bacon
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- salt and pepper, to taste
The Execution
1. Pre-heat oven to 400°F. Make a slit in all of the hot dogs to make room for the cheese.
2. Slice 2 oz. Cheddar cheese from a block into small long rectangles and stuff into the hot dogs.
3. Start by tightly wrapping one slice of bacon around he hot dog.
4. Continue tightly wrapping the second slice of bacon around the hot dog, slightly overlapping with the first slice.
5. Poke toothpicks through each side of the bacon and hot dog, securing the bacon in place.
6. Set on a wire rack that’s on top of a cookie sheet. Season with garlic powder, onion powder, salt and pepper.
7. Bake for 35-40 minutes, or until bacon is crispy. Additionally broil the bacon on top if needed.
8. Serve up with some delicious creamed spinach!
This makes a total of 6 servings of Cheese-Stuffed Bacon-Wrapped Hot Dogs. Each serving comes out to be 452 calories, 42.5g fats, 2.2g net carbs, and 14.3g protein.
| NUTRITION | CALORIES | FAT | CARBS | FIBER | NET CARBS | PROTEIN |
| 10 ounce beef hot dogs | 913 | 83.2 | 7.5 | 0 | 7.5 | 33.1 |
| 2 ounce cheddar cheese | 229 | 18.9 | 1.8 | 0 | 1.8 | 13 |
| 12 ounce bacon | 1813 | 158.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90.7 |
| 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder | 5 | 0 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.3 |
| 1/2 teaspoon onion powder | 4 | 0 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.1 |
| — salt and pepper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 2964 | 260.9 | 11.4 | 0.3 | 11.1 | 137.2 |
| Per Serving (/6) | 494 | 43.5 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 22.9 |
Cheese-Stuffed Bacon-Wrapped Hot Dogs
Ingredients
- 10 ounce beef hot dogs
- 2 ounce cheddar cheese
- 12 ounce bacon
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F. Make a slit in all of the hot dogs to make room for the cheese.
- Slice the cheddar cheese into small, long rectangles and stuff them into the hot dogs.
- Start by tightly wrapping one slice of bacon around a hot dog.
- Continue tightly wrapping a second slice of bacon around the hot dog, slightly overlapping the first slice.
- Poke toothpicks through each side to secure the bacon in place.
- Place on a cookie sheet with a wire rack on top. Season with garlic powder, onion powder, and salt and pepper to taste.
- Bake for 35–40 minutes, or until the bacon is crispy. Optional: Broil the bacon for a few minutes to get it even crispier!
- Serve up with some delicious creamed spinach!
What kind of hot dogs do you use that have no carbs? the ones i find at my grocery all have 2-4g net carbs per sausage.
Whenever I get hotdogs, I usually aim for ones that have the lowest carbs. If your store has a specialty section (or you’re able to go to a specialty store like Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods), you can usually find hotdogs that have no fillers in them.
If you get Hebrew National’s they only have two carbs and they have no fillers
I don not have an oven in the place i live. Can it cook it with pan instead?
Hi Craig – Please share what the side is in this photo? Spinach and Ricotta something? Looks awesome!
Hey Mark – sure thing. It’s just creamed spinach. There’s a recipe for it as well on the website 🙂
Stumbled across this recipe. Brought back a lot of memories. My mom used to make these when I was a kid. Looking at the nutritional value, you would think we all would be a bunch of fat piggies but we were all lean and healthy and still ate bacon. Guess that’s because we didn’t play video games all day. We rode our bike, skated and climbed trees. Those still look good, though. May have to make a batch, for old time’s sake. Thanks for sharing this great little recipe of a wonderful memory.
Those are some fond memories! Thanks for sharing!
Good recipe don’t broil it after you’ve cooked it for 45 mins or it will split open and burn.
Oh no! 🙁
The cheese melted and ran out of my hot dogs through the bacon… :/
Our dinner came out as hard crisp and burnt. 400°F at 35-40 minutes! Did you put the wrong temperature on this recipe?!
No, the temperature was correct. It took about 35-40 minutes for the 2 slices of bacon wrapping each hotdog to cook through.
It seems I used the wrong bacon, I tried this again with thick slices bacon and it was perfect. Thank you for the recipe.
Really glad to hear it worked out the second time!
Could i make these in the air fryer? Same temp, half the time?
I’m not sure to be honest with you, I’ve never used an air fryer before. Based on what I’ve seen, I don’t see any reason why you wouldn’t be able to use an air fryer, though.
Made them in the air fryer and they were DELISH!
Really happy to hear it – thanks for letting me know. How long did you cook them for and on what setting? I’m sure others that are wondering if they can make them in the air fryer would love to know 🙂