Where's the beef (hot dogs)?

[mickey jay]

Seems like pork sausages outnumber beef sausages in this forum by 50:1. Anyone have an all beef hotdog recipe they'd like to share?

 

[BGKYSmoker]

5 lb beef chuck ground

4 t kosher salt

1 t cure (if smoking)

2 T dry colemans mustard

1 T paprika

1 t black pepper

1 t mace ground

1 t garlic powder

1 t coriander ground

1/2 t celery seed

2 t liq smoke (opt) if not going in smoker

1 cup water

sheep or hot dog casings.

Mix all the dry items and set aside

Cut and cube meat grind 2x thru fine plate, mix the dry along with the water, mix well. If you like put meat in small batches in food processor or blender to emulisfy adding ice if needed.

 

[so ms smoker]

  Sounds like a winner. Where do you get hotdog casings? I might have to try this!

  Mike

 

[BGKYSmoker]

Online

26mm plastic (non edible) hot dog casings or 24mm collagen (edible)

 

[jarhead]

22/24 or 24/26 Sheep Casings from B&P.

Pricey, but good.
 

 

[fagesbp]

I bought the cellulose non edible casing from a guy on ebay very cheap. Search on there for cellulose casing if you want to go the skinless route. He might have some left. I have made hotdogs with them twice and I'm very happy with the results.

 

[mickey jay]

Thanks nepas, Jarhead, and fage! I'm going to pick up some sheep casings from Butcher Packer and see how these beef hotdogs turn out. Will post again on this in a few weeks.

 

[boykjo]

22/24 or 24/26 Sheep Casings from B&P.

Pricey, but good.
 

 

[mickey jay]

Finally got my B&P 22-24mm sheep casings (holy cow they reek), and found a few hours to whip up some dogs using the recipe above.  This was my first time using sheep casings, and they are very delicate.  Had one blowout, and the twists kept getting breaks.  You can see some meat pushing through in the picture below.

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• mickey jay
• Mar 3, 2013

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• mickey jay
• Mar 3, 2013

They came out a little mis-shapen.  I need some more practice to get a more even fill.  The lengths are uneven as well.. I was in a hurry when I was linking them.  I'll have to explain to the family that they're "homemade".  Taste test tonight.

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• mickey jay
• Mar 3, 2013

 

[lu1847]

Thanks for the recipe nepas.

You can't taste looks Mickey I'm sure they will be delicious.

 

[junkcollector]

even for a first time, those look awful good to me....

 

[mickey jay]

Well they definitely pass the taste test. You don't even know the sheep casings are there, they're very good. My son was asking for seconds!