Extra ground beef meats one thing…. Jerky sticks!!

Homemade Jerky Sticks….

I’ve been asked about this many times so here it is.

When I make jerky, I typically only use ground meat. This is an amazing way to use all the little scraps from an animal and or use up some of the massive amount of ground meat that comes from a large animal.

This is 25lbs of ground that will all become jerky sticks. My first batch came out and the next will go in overnight.

I personally use these for work snacks all the time and keep them frozen due to their low salt content.

My basic recipe
90% meat
10% fat
1.75% salt by weight
0.5% pepper by weight
0.2% smoked paprika by weight.
1 beer

Mix very well, let marinade if you’d like then dry for 6ish hours or until done to your liking.

That’s it!

Note – these are not shelf stable and the device I’m using is called a Jerky Gun.