After many re-shoots, lots of hot dogs, and almost an entire bottle of Japanese cooking oil, the long awaited Shoyu Weenie video is now out. My girlfriend, her roommates, and a couple of her friends must have eaten this dish at least five times this week while I was trying to work out the exact measurements for this recipe. This is a semi-original dish that my dad always used to make for my sister and me when we were growing up. It's surprisingly simple and easy to make and literally costs only the price of a package of hot dogs. The original name of the recipe is entitled "Sautuu Shoyu Weenies" but when I asked my dad what that meant he replied, "I don't know? That's what my old man used to call it when he would make it," and so the name "sautuu shoyu weenie" just stuck. Maybe my grandpa was really trying to say sautee. Who knows? I'm not exactly sure how this came to be the next recipe on the list exactly, I think it was just one of those days where I got tired of eating fried rice. Nonetheless, the full video and cooking instructions are listed below.

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Ingredients:

- 3 tbsp Mirin
- 3 tbsp Soy Sauce (shoyu)
- 1 1/2 tbsp sugar
- 5 hot dogs
-green onions (however much you prefer)


Cooking Instructions:

1. Cut up the hot dogs into 1/4 inch slices and set aside in a bowl.
2. Prepare the sauce that the hot dogs will be frying in.
- 3 tbsp soy sauce
- 3 tbsp mirin
- 1 1/2 tbsp sugar
mix these three ingredients in a small bowl and stir gently until all ingredients have
blended into a uniform mix.
3. cook the hot dogs in a frying pan on medium-high heat for a few minutes, until they have
a nice brown tinge to them (usually 2-5 minutes)
4. after hot dogs have "browned" immediately pour the sauce into the same frying pan and cook
for another five minutes or until the sauce begins to thicken. Stir occasionally.
5. garnish with some freshly chopped green onions and place onto a plate to serve.


Pictured above is the shoyu weenies with a scoop of rice garnished with Japanese Aji Nori Furikake and three mushrooms which will be its own separate recipe coming soon.
Below is the instructional video on how to make the dish.