Making Beef Snack Sticks

Collagen a protein in the connective tissue of animals typically comes from the hide of cattle or sheep in the making of beef sticks.

Making beef snack sticks.

Mustard seed 2 tsp. Choose ground beef with a high fat percentage. Meat curing product must contain salt and sugar. 2 tsp.

You can mix stuff and then hold overnight if not using an additive like ascorbic acid or encapsulated citric acid. Then bump temp up to 175 f till internal temperature measures 152 f. Lean meat will not work well. 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.

Ground beef with high fat content 12 oz. The process used to make a beef stick is like that used to make sausage. Stop at 152 f internal temperature for fresh snack stick style. 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.

Making mild beef sticks 1 place 5 pounds 2250 g of ground beef in a large bowl. Coarse black pepper 2 tsp. Stuff into sheep casings or small stick size casings 17 19mm. Smoke 1 1 2 2 hours at 150 160 f.

Coarse black pepper 1 tsp. Mustard seed 2 tsp. Cheddar cheese shredded 3 whole jalapenos collagen casings 2 tsp. Cover and refrigerate overnight.

Garlic salt 1 tsp. 1 4lb beef roast 1 1lb pork roast 7 tbsp a c. 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. Garlic salt 2 tsp.

Hickory smoked salt 5 tsp.