In order to keep the cost of making these snack sticks down we look for bargains on beef.
Making snack sticks in dehydrator.
Be sure before you start that the meat is cooled to at least 30 degrees fahrenheit.
Meat grinding stage one.
1 4lb beef roast 1 1lb pork roast 7 tbsp a c.
Also remember dehydrators are designed to remove moisture from the products that you place inside of them.
Doing this to your snack sticks is going to make for a very dry product.
Meat grinding.
Beef snack sticks in a dehydrator step 1.
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.
Cooking the sticks can be accomplished in the oven on a smoker or in a temperature controlled dehydrator that can be set to at least 160 degrees.
You will be looking for a final internal temperature of 158f and this will be difficult to achieve if your dehydrator oven only goes to 155f.