We toss our perfected mixture with gourmet jalapeno cheese cubes and smoke the sticks to perfection over smoldering embers of natural hardwoods.
Beef and cheese snack sticks recipe.
First i get all my meat very cold by putting it in the freezer for 45 minutes.
Each package of snack sticks weighs 70 85 lbs.
Either 85 15 or 90 10 lean 1 lb pork butt or pre ground unseasoned pork and 17 19 mm collagen casing or 26 mm sheep or hog.
Mustard seed 2 tsp.
I tried that recipe many years ago and transformed it into what i now consider the best beef stick recipe for my taste at least.
Ingredients for naked beef sticks 5 lbs.
Greg s spicy beef sticks 10 pound recipe 5 pound recipe available below ingredients.
Snack sticks are the perfect solution.
Before you decide to make your own beef sticks recipe you should anticipate that the entire process requires a lot of effort time and patience but.
Beef jalapeno cheese snack sticks start with hand selected cuts of premium beef that are blended our own famous snack stick spice recipe.
Ground beef go for meat with a high fat content so the meat does not dry out completely while cooking 2 tsp.
My recipe started from the sausage stick recipe published by rytek kutas in his great sausage recipes and meat curing book.
This recipe requires fresh beef chuck 20 80 fat to meat ratio though any beef cut can be used.
Cover and refrigerate overnight.
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.
10 pound burger or venison 85 15 venison can also be used just add 10 15 beef or pork fat to the venison.
You ll need 9 lbs ground beef.
The cost of beef sticks gets more expensive and if you love this snack you should know how to make them on your own.
This is my go to recipe for snack sticks.
Paul fowler uses at 70 30 beef pork mix and does not use the eca encapsulated citric acid mentioned in the original recipe below.
This recipe calls for curing salts.
Since i grind a lot of my venison in a 70 30 blend with pork or beef fat the ratios are already correct for most snack stick mixes.