Easiest Way to Make Any-night-of-the-week Texas Hot Links
by Elizabeth Webster
Texas Hot Links
Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, texas hot links. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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To begin with this 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:
Make ready Spicy Cure Paste
Take 1 bottle of beer
Make ready 2 tbsp coarsely ground black pepper
Prepare 2 tbsp red pepper flakes
Get 2 tbsp cayenne pepper
Take 2 tbsp Hungarian paprika
Make ready 3 tbsp kosher salt
Make ready 2 tbsp mustard seeds
Make ready 1/4 cup garlic, minced
Get 1 tbsp garlic powder
Get 1 1/4 tsp Prague powder #1 (6.25% sodium nitrate)
Make ready 1 tsp bay leaf, ground
Take 1 tsp coriander
Take 1 tsp dried thyme
Get 1 tsp whole anise seed
Get 1 tsp msg (I use Accent)
Get 1/2 cup non-fat dried milk (optional, see notes)
Make ready Ingredients
Prepare 6 lb Boston butt (fat somewhat trimmed)
Prepare 1 lb 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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