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Bites of La Frontera: Sonoran Hot Dog

Season 2 | 1m 28s

The overloaded Sonoran-style hot dogs have become a thing in Arizona. Pati Jinich crosses the border into neighboring Sonora, Mexico, to see how they’re making them at Hot Dogs El Pariente in Nogales.

Support for LA FRONTERA WITH PATI JINICH is provided by University of California San Diego, International Community Foundation, Visit Tucson, County of San Diego, Chicanos Por La Causa, Duty Free Americas, Destination El Paso, City of Laredo, Laredo Economic Development Corporation, City of Nuevo Laredo, Desarrollo Económico de Ciudad Juárez, Tecate, and Fundación FEMSA. Major support is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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