Making Hot Dogs from Scratch - How to Make Natural Casing Hot Dogs at Home

In today's video, we're making hot dogs. That's right, hot dogs! Using only normal, quality ingredients, we're cranking out a batch of honest-to-goodness franks completely from scratch. We're going to process some meat, mix up a great seasoning blend, stuff our natural casings, and link it all up into a big pile of individual hot dogs.
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Stuff used in this video:

Natural Sheep Casings
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Electric Meat Grinder
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5LB Sausage Stuffer
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Seasoning Recipe (for 5LBS of meat):

2 Tablespoons smoked paprika
1.5 Tablespoons garlic powder
1.5 Tablespoons onion powder
1.5 Tablespoons Kosher salt
1 Tablespoons mustard powder
1.5 teaspoons white pepper
1 teaspoon ground Nutmeg
1 teaspoon brown sugar
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00:00 - Intro
01:44 - Cuts of Meat
03:03 - Cutting Meat
03:31 - First Grind
04:07 - Seasoning Blend
05:46 - Second Grind
06:09 - Natural Casings
07:53 - Sausage Machine
08:13 - Loading Casings
09:33 - Stuffing Sausage
12:22 - Twisting Links
14:08 - Pre-Cooking
15:13 - Cutting Links
15:35 - Comparison
16:51 - Cooking Hot Dog
17:00 - Conclusion
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