Nixta calls the Crispy Dog a “pure pinch San Antonio production.”
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Two months back, popular Austin taco joint Nixta Taqueria briefly changed its menu into what it called Sci-Fi Tex-Mex. It wasn’t implied to be futuristic, however rather an alternate universe for the home cooking, manufactured with Nixta’s nixtamalized tortillas and other procedures.
Though the Tex-Mex menu is long gone, one product has actually remained. The crispy dog, a bygone San Antonio staple going back to 1949, has actually emerged triumphant. It will stay on the menu, albeit in a minimal capability, for the time being. Made with 44 Farms all-Angus beef hot dogs, Boar’s Head American cheese, tomato catsup, mustard, relish, and covered in a crispy, nixtamalized tortilla, it has rapidly end up being a crowd favorite.
“It’s a very simple dish, but it brings a smile to everyone’s face,” chef Edgar Rico just recently told Austin Monthly. “It’s almost like a corndog in a sense and I think it just reminds people of backyard hangs in the summertime.”
When we checked out the Nixta pop-up back in February, the crispy dog had the very same kind of result. But there was a barrier to entry for the product in the starving eater’s mind for the rarity that was once a ubiquitous San Antonio treat. Texas Monthly Taco Editor Jose R. Ralat presciently discussed the history of the crispy dog less than 2 weeks prior to they struck the Nixta menu.
