KETTLE CORN DOG WITH CHIPOTLE HONEY MUSTARD DIPPING SAUCE

Kettle Corn Dog with Chipotle Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce image

Provided by Amanda Freitag

Time 1h

Yield 12 servings

Number Of Ingredients 17

Chipotle Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce:
2 cups honey
5 to 6 chipotles in adobo, plus 2 tablespoons adobo sauce
Salt and freshly cracked black pepper
1 cup Dijon mustard
Kettle Corn Dog:
Vegetable oil, for deep-frying
2 2/3 cups yellow cornmeal
1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for the hot dogs
3 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper
Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper
4 large eggs, lightly beaten
2 cups whole milk
2 cups crumbled kettle corn
12 hot dogs

Steps:

For the dipping sauce: Puree the honey, chipotles and adobo sauce in a blender or with a stick blender. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Mix the chipotle honey with the Dijon. Set aside.
For the kettle corn dog: Add vegetable oil (about 8 cups) to a deep-fryer and preheat to 350 degrees F.
Whisk together the cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon pepper. Stir in the eggs and milk. Gently fold in the kettle corn. (You will have about 5 cups batter.)
Pat the hot dogs dry and then insert a bamboo skewer lengthwise through each one; roll in flour to coat.
Dip a hot dog in batter, turning to coat completely. Allow excess batter drip off before lowering the battered hot dog into the hot oil. Immediately repeat with 2 hot dogs. Fry until deep golden brown, 5 to 7 minutes, turning to cook evenly. Repeat with the remaining hot dogs, working in batches of three.
Transfer the corn dogs to a paper-towel-lined baking sheet to drain, turning the corn dogs to blot oil.
Serve the corn dogs with the dipping sauce.