Ranking The Best New Foods At Dodger Stadium — Including The $40 Forearm-long Hot Dog

“Hey, wherever did you get that?”

“Whoa, really overmuch was that?”

“Is it immoderate good? Can I person a bite?”

I couldn’t locomotion much than 3 feet astatine Wednesday’s Dodger crippled without personification stopping maine to inquire astir my Slugger. I was almost arsenic celebrated arsenic nan Ohtani bobbleheads that evening. Almost.

If you’ve visited Dodger Stadium, you’ve astir apt tried a Dodger dog, nan ail fries that instrumentality pinch you for each 9 innings and a helmet filled pinch carne asada nachos. But person you tried nan caller basking canine that’s apt arsenic agelong arsenic your forearm?

It’s called nan Slugger, and it was Dodger Stadium executive cook Christine Gerriets’ favourite caller crockery to create this year.

“We went done a batch of different variations of sausages and I reached retired to my vendors and I said, ‘Hey, I request a wow item,’” she says. “I request thing that group are going to beryllium talking about.”

The jalapeño cheddar sausage is 16 inches long, pinch nan girth of nan PVC tube nether my room sink.

“It’s decidedly intimidating erstwhile you first spot it and you’re like, yeah, I’m not going to beryllium capable to eat this each connected my own,” she says.

I shared mine, and made my measurement done nan stadium to effort a fistful of different caller items introduced this season. Here’s a breakdown of wherever to eat while you watch our defending world champions. And for nan afloat ranking, cheque retired our video below.

The Slugger astatine Think Blue BBQ successful left-field pavilion, $39.99

This was nan longest and slowest moving statement of nan evening, but cipher seemed to grumble. Diners were rewarded pinch a bluish cardboard carrying lawsuit filled pinch a 16-inch sausage nestled into what seemed for illustration an 8-inch bun, and a mound of fries connected each side. The basking canine is smothered successful food sauce, a maize relish, tortilla strips and a drizzle of cilantro cream. There is nary graceful measurement to eat this, and nan bun will illness nether nan immense weight of nan toppings. But nan sausage is taut and blistered, afloat of melted cheddar pinch a punch of power from nan jalapeño. If you tin find a integrative weapon to trim nan Slugger into 4 portions, there’s not rather capable bun to spell around, but location are capable toppings and fries to share. Just effort to decorativeness it successful 1 seating. Weaving done nan packed stadium crowd cradling my leftover Slugger was a situation I’m proud of but not eager to repeat.

Korean fried chickenhearted vessel astatine Fan Fare successful Loge 133, $24.99

The Korean fried chickenhearted vessel astatine Dodger Stadium is served pinch chickenhearted successful a gochujang glaze, achromatic atom and coleslaw.

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It’s a generous vessel of fluffy achromatic rice, creamy coleslaw and large nuggets of fried chicken. The chickenhearted is coated successful a heavy gochujang glaze that subdues immoderate crunch, but it’s saccharine and spicy capable to time off you licking your fingers.

Home Run Platter astatine Delicious Hospitality successful Field 8, $34.99

The Home Run Platter astatine Dodger Stadium comes pinch teriyaki chicken, rice, ovum rolls, fried dumplings and blistered shishito peppers.

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This location plate-shaped container was 1 of nan items Gerriets says she and her squad “upgraded” this year. Last play location were tempura vegetables. This year, there’s a mound of achromatic atom pinch teriyaki chicken, outpouring rolls, fried dumplings, blistered shishito peppers, saccharine chili condiment and other teriyaki condiment for dipping. Both nan outpouring rolls and fried dumplings are crisp, filled pinch chopped vegetables and served basking capable to pain your mouth. The chickenhearted tastes charbroiled, nan shishito peppers break up nan beige pinch immoderate invited greenish and nan atom is simply a tad mushy but edible. It’s capable nutrient for two, if you consciousness for illustration sharing.

Loaded BBQ baked murphy astatine Think Blue BBQ successful left-field pavilion, $24.99

The caller loaded BBQ baked murphy astatine Dodger Stadium comes pinch macaroni and cheese, fried onions and barbecue sauce.

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It’s loaded arsenic advertised, wholly blanketed successful a hulking wide of macaroni and cheese, shredded cheddar cheese, greenish onions, fried onions, chopped doorbell peppers and barbecue sauce. Brisket is listed connected nan paper arsenic nan included shredded barbecue, but my murphy tasted for illustration it was covered successful pulled pork. The spud underneath was much of a coagulated boulder than a soft, fluffy cushion. It could person utilized much clip successful nan oven and was sadly bland. But nan toppings were capable to prevention nan murphy from striking out.

Pastrami burger astatine Fan Fare successful Reserve 31 and Field 10, $19.99

The pastrami burger from Dodger Stadium.

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This is simply a pastrami sandwich masquerading arsenic a burger, pinch a heap of thinly sliced, thin pastrami that spills from nan mediate of nan murphy bun. The burger, its American cheese, lettuce, herb and pickles get mislaid nether each nan pastrami. This is much of an study than a criticism. If you’re successful nan temper for pastrami, this is nan burger for you.

Sweet breadstuff sundae astatine 7th Inning Sweets successful Reserve 2, $13.99

The saccharine breadstuff sundae from Dodger Stadium comes pinch a quesadilla salvadoreña and soft-serve crystal cream.

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It’s tempting to spell pinch nan churro sundae. Each of nan 10 group successful beforehand of maine ordered it. But I implore you to effort nan saccharine breadstuff sundae astatine your adjacent game. Originally listed connected nan paper arsenic a saccharine food quesadilla, fans expecting nan Mexican-style quesadillas of cheese-filled tortillas were confused. It’s a quesadilla Salvadoreña, a cookware dulce comparable to lb cake. It’s crumbled complete your prime of soft serve, pinch a upland of whipped pick and a drizzle of cocoa sauce. Though nan quesadillas are typically made pinch atom flour, nan Dodger type tasted for illustration a transverse betwixt a maize barroom and a cooky crumble that was somewhat sweet. Equally crisp and chewy, nan texture made for an fantabulous crystal pick topping.

Dill pickle tots astatine Top Deck 5, $11.99

The dill pickle tots from Dodger Stadium are dusted successful dill pickle seasoning and served pinch ranch dressing.

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There’s much of a susurration than a wallop of pickle flavor, but nan tots are hot, caller and crispy. And they travel pinch 2 sides of ranch.

Takoyaki umami astatine Gindaco successful Field 45, $16.99

An bid of takoyaki umami from Dodger Stadium.

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The Gindaco takoyaki concatenation has hundreds of locations passim Japan that specialize successful 1 of Shohei Ohtani’s favourite foods. The franchise opened astatine Dodger stadium successful March 2024 pinch different varieties of nan battered octopus fritters. New this twelvemonth are nan takoyaki umami, pinch Kewpie mayo, dashi condiment and bonito flakes. The orbs are perfectly round, cooked successful hemispherical molds until a crisp ammunition forms and nan wrong becomes a soft, custardy pancake studded pinch bits of octopus.

Chicken katsu nine astatine Delicious Hospitality successful Field 8, $20.99

The chickenhearted katsu nine sandwich astatine Dodger Stadium comes pinch avocado spread, Kewpie mayonnaise, bacon, lettuce and tomato.

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The crispy chickenhearted katsu is decently lubricated pinch capable Kewpie mayo to make nan condiment consciousness for illustration an existent furniture of nan sandwich. It’s a tall, decadent sandwich made moreover much lavish by nan magnitude of food connected each of nan 5 toasted slices of bread. The pieces of fried chickenhearted are crisp patties of nutrient coated successful aureate panko. They’re layered pinch bacon, tomato, an avocado dispersed and arugula. I will admit that arugula is simply a questionable prime of lettuce connected a club, but nan crunch of iceberg isn’t missed and nan arugula contributes a bully peppery spirit to nan remainder of nan sandwich. And it’s 1 of nan much affordable options astatine nan stadium. If you rearrange that 4th portion of bread, you tin divided nan sandwich successful two.