How to ruin perfectly good Kielbasa

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Dustin Dorsey

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Just follow the provided instructions. They'll be fine. Maybe after they've sat in the fridge go longer.
 

357mag

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Jun 21, 2010
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Piedmont Triad of NC
So I followed all the advise and made awesome tasting kielbasa. Problem, the casing is like shoe leather. The meat is pink and delicious, the casing ruins it.

I got hog casings packed in salt from the sausage maker. I rinsed them then soaked them in water with a little vinegar. I soaked them at least 24 hours. I filled them, dried them in the fridge for 24 hours. I smoked them for 4 hour with the pellet tube. Then SV'd them for an hour at 151 degrees. The meat was perfect, tasted extremely good.

What am I doing wrong?
When I heat smoke sausage or Kielbasa, I put them in my instantpot and steam for 5 minutes then put them on the grill to finish. That usually takes care of tough casings for me.
 
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