If you’ve ever experienced the delicacy that is a Chicago Style hot dog, then you are familiar with Vienna Beef Chicago Style Relish! Or, as most Chicagoans know it as, Vienna Beef Neon Green Relish. Nestled between the Yellow Mustard and onion, the Neon Green Relish brightens up the Chicago Style dog while packing a flavorful punch. But have you ever wondered what exactly Vienna Neon Green Relish is made of? Or what makes it so neon? Today, we’re giving you the 4-1-1 on one of Chicago’s favorite condiments. What is Neon Green Relish? We hold our condiments to the same high standards as our meat products. And those of you who are fans of Vienna Beef Hot Dogs, Sausages, and Deli Meat know that that is saying a lot! That’s why we only use the finest ingredients when creating our Neon Green Relish. Our Neon Green Relish is made with garden-fresh cucumbers. Using a special recipe, this Relish has a sweet, tangy taste and that signature neon color that Chicagoans have come to know and love. What Makes it Blue? The key to making our Relish so vibrant has nothing to do with radioactive substances… all it is is a little blue food coloring! The addition of the blue food coloring has no impact on the overall taste of the relish, but every Chicago Style hot dog-lover knows that it’s all part of the experience! Ways to Enjoy Neon Green Relish While our go-to use for Neon Green Relish will always be a Chicago Style hot dogs, there are a number of ways to enjoy this vibrant condiment. Here are just a few:
Spice up salads
Slather on sandwiches
Add flavor to meat like fish
Add it to chicken salad or potato salad
Mix it with Greek Yogurt for a vegetable refreshing dip
The unique color of the relish, often referred to as "neon green", is created by adding blue dye to regular pickle relish. The first use of Chicago-style relish on a hot dog has been attributed to several different restaurants, including Fluky's and Superdawg.
Our Neon Green Relish is made with garden-fresh cucumbers. Using a special recipe, this Relish has a sweet, tangy taste and that signature neon color that Chicagoans have come to know and love.
Plump, flavorful and loaded with snap, Vienna® Beef Polish Sausages are made with our century-old family recipe featuring fresh, domestic beef and our secret blend of spices. Hardwood hickory smoking adds the famous Vienna taste in every hearty Polish Sausage.
We love turning garden fresh cucumbers into our classic Vienna® relish. Our relish is made from our own special recipe for a sweet, tangy taste and that signature Vienna® color.
Relish exhibits clear signs when it has gone bad. Check opened relish and unopened relish for: Mold: Any visible mold growth on the surface is a sure sign of spoilage. Smell: A sour or off smell indicates that the relish should not be consumed.
According to the FoodKeeper app, relish should be eaten with 30 MONTHS of purchase if it's in the pantry. If it's opened and is being refrigerated, it should be used up within nine months.
Both sport peppers and that crazy neon green relish are available online if they're not stocked at your local supermarket. What is this? But if you don't feel like hunting them down, you can substitute whole peperoncini and sweet relish, respectively. Bonus: your relish won't look like a nuclear meltdown.
There is a discernible difference between a relish and a pickle. The important difference being the way in which they go about preserving, whether it is mostly with vinegar/salt (pickles), sugar (jams and jellies, relish) or a mixture of the two (relish).
The ingredient lists on most jars of Sweet Green Relish reveal cucumber, sugar, celery seed, mustard seed and turmeric, as well as a thickener such as xanthum gum.And, food colouring. (Some versions add minute flakes of red pepper for colour.)
At Vienna® Beef, we're extremely proud of the quality of our products. The meat used in our beef products is 100% beef and beef trimmings from a carefully selected group of suppliers. We also grind and mix all of our own ingredients. We produce real hickory smoke to finish off that signature Vienna® look and taste.
The Chicago Style Hot Dog became an institution during the Great Depression, thanks to its bounty of condiments and five-cents price tag. Today, Vienna Beef products are made right at home in Chicago, in small batches according to our traditional recipes.
After opening a package of hot dogs you can keep them for a week in the refrigerator (40 °F/4.4 °C or less). These meats can also be frozen for 1 to 2 months for best quality. Frozen foods are safe indefinitely. See also our fact sheet on Hot Dogs and Food Safety.
Sachertorte: This chocolate cake is one of the most famous Viennese desserts. It was created in 1832 by Franz Sacher, and it is made of two layers of chocolate cake filled with apricot jam and topped with a layer of chocolate icing.
A: Dill relish is seasoned with the dill herb and hs a minimal quantity of sugar. Sweet relish is spiced usually with clove, and it has a large quantity of sugar or other sweeteners.
As the lactic acid bacteria multiply, they produce lactic acid that makes brine even more acidic.This acid reacts with the chlorophyll of the cucumbers causing it to become an olive-green.
When potatoes are exposed to direct sunlight, they will naturally start to turn green. The green color comes from chlorophyll, a term you probably haven't heard since middle school science class. Chlorophyll is a harmless compound that gives plants their green color.
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