# Homemade Beef Sticks

- Cook time: 60 min
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 lb ground beef
- 2 tsp morton tender quick
- 1/4 tsp garlic salt
- 1/2 tbsp mustard seed
- 1/2 tbsp liquid smoke
- 1/2 tbsp granulated sugar
- 1 tsp coarse black pepper

## Instructions

1. Mix all ingredients together really well using a stand mixer.
2. Roll the mixture between parchment paper until about 2–3 mm thick.
3. Cut the mixture into strips roughly 1 cm wide by 6 cm long.
4. Refrigerate overnight to cure.
5. Bake on the parchment at 275°F for about 1 hour.
6. Cool until you can handle them, break the sticks apart, blot with paper towels, and refrigerate or freeze.

## Equipment

- stand mixer
- parchment paper
- chef's knife
- bench scraper
- oven

## Tips

- Use a chef’s knife or bench scraper to cut; press straight down and back up rather than dragging the blade through the meat.
- Store in the refrigerator or freezer.
- Freeze by layering flat in a quart-size freezer bag.
- They thaw quickly, making them suitable to take from the freezer in the morning and have thawed by lunch.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbwiuqkCm2B/?igsh=aHZ1cG8ydjV5amJ0
- Creator: Natalie Johnson | Feeding Families Well
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/53633531-d394-434d-8a43-a4b125f2cea6
- Extracted: 2026-08-11

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