BEEF STICK DAY!

How to Make Beef Sticks at Home

Who does not like beef sticks? They are tasty, packed with protein, and can last quite a while if preserved properly. However, it seems like every year they get more and more expensive to buy at the grocery store and not everyone knows how to make them at home.

Ingredients for Beef Sticks recipe:

• 5 lbs. Ground Beef – Go for meat with a high fat content so the meat does not dry out completely while cooking

• ​2 ½ Tsp. Mustard Seed

• 2 ½ Tsp. Coarse Black Pepper

• 2 ½ Tsp. Garlic Salt

• ​1 Tsp. Hickory Smoked Salt

• 5 Tsp. Meat Curing Product (Must contain salt and sugar)

How to Make Naked Beef Stiks at Home

Step 1) Mix all of your ingredients thoroughly in a large bowl. Make sure your spices are mixed before applying to the meat. This ensures that you do not get pockets of strong spices inside your finalized cook.

Step 2) Cover your bowl with plastic wrap and let it set in the refrigerator overnight. This lets the meat absorb the flavors of your spices.

Step 3) Take the bowl out of the fridge the next day and uncover your bowl. Mix the meat again. If you want to make something delicious, you need an even and thorough distribution throughout the meat.

Step 4) Cover the bowl again and let it set in the refrigerator overnight once more.

Step 5) The next day, take the bowl out of the fridge and line a baking sheet with parchment paper and form your meat into logs.

You want them to be about eight inches long and two inches in diameter. Space these on the baking sheet at least two inches apart.

Step 6) After you properly formed them on the baking sheet, start baking at 150°F for eight hours.

If you want the best possible results, turn the formed sticks every two hours.

That's it! The naked beef sticks are ready. You can now let them cool and store these in the refrigerator for two weeks or in the freezer for six weeks.