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smoked sausage cut into 3 inch pieces with slices in center of cutting board with green onions on the side
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Smoked Sausage

Smoked Sausage starts with a pork shoulder that is ground and mixed with delicious peppers and flavorful seasonings. Delicious made into links and grilled with hickory smoke. 
Prep Time1 hour
Cook Time2 hours
Total Time3 hours
Course: Grilling
Cuisine: American
Keyword: homemade smoked sausage, pork sausage, smoked sausage on a grill
Servings: 7 pounds
Calories: 447kcal
Author: Milisa

Ingredients

  • 8 pounds pork shoulder
  • ½ green bell pepper minced
  • ½ red bell pepper minced
  • 1 tablespoon minced jalapeno
  • ¾ cup brown sugar
  • ¼ cup granulated garlic
  • ¼ cup onion powder
  • ¼ cup onion flakes
  • ¼ cup chile powder green or red
  • ¼ cup dried thyme
  • 2 ½ tablespoons smoked paprika
  • 2 ½ tablespoons kosher salt
  • 2 ½ tablespoons black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon dry mustard
  • ½ cup vegetable oil

Instructions

  • Place sausage grinder parts in the freezer.
  • Place 3-4 hog casings in cold water. 
  • Mix brown sugar, spices, salt and pepper, set aside.
  • Cut pork into 2 inch chunks, divide into 2 bowls and refrigerate.
  • Assemble grinder and grind one bowl of pork at a time, keeping the other chilled.
  • Add all of the ground pork to a large sheet pan or bowl.
  • Use your hands to mix ground pork with peppers.
  • Mix in spices.
  • Add vegetable oil and mix to combine.
  • Divide mixture into 2 bowls. Refrigerate one.
  • Run all of the pork mixture through the grinder one more time.
  • Divide mixture into two bowls and refrigerate.
  • Clean the grinder and add sausage stuffer attachments.
  • Rinse a casing with cold water running through it. 
  • Thread onto sausage stuffer and tie off the end. 
  • Run sausage mixture through the stuffer, filling the casing. You may need to prick the end with a toothpick to let the air escape at first.
  • When the casing is about full, stop the grinder and tie off the end. 
  • Form sausage into a coil and refrigerate while you stuff the remaining sausages.
  • Chill sausage links until grill fire is ready.
  • Prepare a grill fire to about 300° using pecan or hickory for smoke flavor.
  • Place sausage on the grill over indirect heat. Our grill only had room for 2, so we used a baking rack to stack the third sausage. 
  • Cook with the grill lid closed keeping the grill temperature between 250° - 300° for about 1 1/2 - 2 hours. Sausage needs to reach 165° using a digital thermometer to be cooked through. We removed ours at about 1 1/2 hours and an internal temperature of about 180°.
  • Remove to a sheet pan and cool slightly before slicing.
  • We cut ours into about 3 inch slices and vacuum sealed them  after they had cooled. 

Notes

Store in vacuum sealed bags or ziploc freezer bags.
Refrigerate up to 4 days. Freeze up to 6 months, be sure to label with contents and date. Thaw in refrigerator.
Sausage can be sliced and served cold or at room temperature.
Sliced sausage can be heated in a skillet with a tablespoon or two of water over medium heat. Flip to heat through on both sides.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 447kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 31g | Fat: 32g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 18g | Cholesterol: 117mg | Sodium: 659mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 5g
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