A grinder with a stuffing attachment allows you to pack the collagen cases carefully with your own seasoned beef mixture.
Making beef snack sticks.
Choose ground beef with a high fat percentage.
Stop at 152 f internal temperature for fresh snack stick style.
Smoke 1 1 2 2 hours at 150 160 f.
Legg snack stick seasoning 1 tsp prague powder 1 curing salt 19 21mm collagen casings for the sake of convenience i recommend the 21mm size whereas strongly advising against any.
Then bump temp up to 175 f till internal temperature measures 152 f.
Instructions checklist step 1 in a large bowl mix together the ground beef pork sausage mustard seed liquid smoke worcestershire sauce garlic powder curing salt black pepper caraway seed cayenne pepper paprika chili powder and red pepper flakes.
Cover and refrigerate overnight.
Garlic salt 2 tsp.
Stuff into sheep casings or small stick size casings 17 19mm.
Lean meat will not work well.
You can mix stuff and then hold overnight if not using an additive like ascorbic acid or encapsulated citric acid.
Mustard seed 2 tsp.
2 tsp.
Making mild beef sticks 1 place 5 pounds 2250 g of ground beef in a large bowl.
Ground beef with high fat content 12 oz.
Continue until desired dryness or dehydrate further for slim jim like dryness.
Garlic salt 1 tsp.
With the cure in there the product will start to firm up and when you stuff the next day it will become next to impossible to get it out of most any stuffer.
Cheddar cheese shredded 3 whole jalapenos collagen casings 2 tsp.
Meat curing product must contain salt and sugar.
Coarse black pepper 2 tsp.
1 4lb beef roast 1 1lb pork roast 7 tbsp a c.
Collagen a protein in the connective tissue of animals typically comes from the hide of cattle or sheep in the making of beef sticks.
Mustard seed 2 tsp.
Hickory smoked salt 5 tsp.