Texas-style hot links, adapted from Chuds BBQ and GirlsCanGrill

If you’ve ever had Texas barbecue, chances are you’ve had hot links; they are almost a requirement at most Hill Country BBQ joints. Here’s how to make them at home. There are several versions of hot links sausage, depending on where you are from. Growing up, to me hot links were a sort of hot dog, obviously a spicy one. | @huntgathercook #texashotlinksrecipe #howtomaketexashotlinks

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Hot Links Texas StyleChef Willie’s Recipe Started with a 8.25 lb. butt. Trimmed the fat and de-boned. I ended up with 6.5 lbs. of usable meat and fat....

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Texas style link sausage, the real homemade stuff, comes in many variations and types. I have been around it all of my life and tried many recipes, maybe hundreds of recipes. Both sets of my grandparents made their own homemade sausage and they were very good but of different styles as they came from different parts of Central Texas. There are many recipes for the different regions and ethnic groups of Texas. I came to favor those made by certain groups from Llano, Mason, Fredericksburg and…

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