Step-by-Step Guide to Make Super Quick Homemade Texas Hot Links
by Louisa Ruiz
Texas Hot Links
Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, texas hot links. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook texas hot links using 22 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Texas Hot Links:
Take Spicy Cure Paste
Make ready bottle of beer
Take coarsely ground black pepper
Take red pepper flakes
Take cayenne pepper
Take Hungarian paprika
Get kosher salt
Get mustard seeds
Take garlic, minced
Make ready garlic powder
Get Prague powder #1 (6.25% sodium nitrate)
Take bay leaf, ground
Prepare coriander
Prepare dried thyme
Prepare whole anise seed
Take msg (I use Accent)
Get non-fat dried milk (optional, see notes)
Prepare Ingredients
Get Boston butt (fat somewhat trimmed)
Make ready fatty bacon
Take natural hog casings
Take apple wood chunks for smoking
Steps to make Texas Hot Links:
Cube the pork into 1-inch pieces and dice the bacon. Set aside.
Combine all of the spicy cure paste ingredients in a large bowl. Stir to combine.
Add the pork cubes and bacon to the bowl and mix vigorously using your hands making sure all the pieces are well coated.
Store in a covered container or gallon Ziploc Bags in the refrigerator overnight.
In the morning, pull the marinated pork pieces out of the refrigerator and grind them using a medium plate. Rebag and put back in the refrigerator for two hours or the freezer for 1 hour.
Grind a second time using a small plate. Mix briefly with your hand to distribute the spices but not enough to let the fat get greasy. If need be, refrigerate further. This is important to the final texture.
Prepare the casings per instructions on the package and load the stuffer horn, tying off the end. Poke a small hole in the casing to help release any air bubbles.
Stuff the casings. Do not stuff the casing tightly. Save some room to twist into links.
Twist into 6-inch links. Poke small holes in the links to release any air bubbles that may swell during smoking.
Be sure to fill the smoker waterpan up so the links don't dry out. Fire up the smoker and add a couple chunks of applewood. Hang the hot links.
Smoke at 130°F for the first hour. Add more applewood if necessary.
Smoke at 150°F for the 2nd hour. Add more applewood if necessary.
Raise the smoker temperature to 190°F-200°F and continue to smoke the links to an internal temperature of 152°F. Add more applewood if necessary.
Place the hot links in a container and seal. Allow to cool and place in the refrigerator to allow the smoke to mellow.
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