To make a hot dog in the Grow a Garden game, follow these steps:

1. Go to the Cooking Pot located in the middle of the island.

2. Gather the ingredients needed for the hot dog. There are various recipes depending on the rarity you want to make:

   • Legendary Hot Dog: 1 Pepper + 1 Corn
   • Mythical Hot Dog: 2 Peppers + 1 Corn
   • Divine Hot Dog: 1 Corn + 1 Lucky Bamboo + 3 Bone Blossoms
   • Prismatic Hot Dog: 4 Bone Blossoms + 1 Corn There are also simpler recipes such as 1 Pepper + 1 Banana or 1 Ember Lily + 1 Corn.

3. Equip an ingredient and interact with the cooking pot to add it to the pot. Add all your selected ingredients similarly.

4. When all ingredients are added, press the "Cook" button to start cooking.

5. Once cooked, interact with the pot again to retrieve your hot dog.

6. To get rewards, equip the hot dog and give it to Chris P. Bacon by talking to him and choosing "Try this food I cooked up!"

For better rewards, you can stack extra ingredients like corn, peppers, or bone blossoms after setting your base recipe to increase the dish's weight. Bigger weight results in better rewards from the fat pig NPC. Keep in mind that using larger or higher-quality crops increases cooking time but improves potential rewards. Also, feeding Chris P. when he is craving a hot dog grants better rewards. In summary, the basic recipe to try first is 1 Pepper + 1 Corn, cooked at the cooking pot, then given to Chris P. Bacon for a hot dog in Grow a Garden.