Thanks Squirt for your input. Here is what we came up with:
5 lbs pork butt
4 1/2 t salt
6 T onion flakes
1 t cure #1
1 t garlic granules
5 t finely chopped parsley
2 t crushed thyme leaves
3 t Cayenne pepper
1 1/2 t red pepper flakes
1/2 t allspice
1 small bay leaf, crushed
1/2 t Soileau's seasoning
1 t chipotle powder
1 lb crawfish tails
First, we ground the pork:
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Wow - $1.11 per lb
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Next we combined our seasonings and chopped up the crawfish:
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We added these to the ground pork and mixed it all together:
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Stuffed and ready to grill:
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We sampled some - not on the grill. It has a nice kick to it, and we can't wait to grill some!
seemore
Looks great!
Love those 'used pork butt' sales at Schnucks.. (normally like 3.50/lb there) Didn't realize you had one way up there.
Yes - we have had a Schnucks for about 7 years now. It is not too far from our house, so we take advantage of those 'out of date pork butts' sales when we see them.
:):):):):)
seemore
Scott
Looks freaking AWESOME
Looks great can't wait to see how you like them off the grill
Awesome!!! So many great ideas...so little time.
good job
Lon
Scott,
So is Soileau's seasoning a type of cajun seasoning or just a seasoning salt of some type?
Lon
Lon it is a bayou bend seasoning salt I get from squirt the cat it is very good stuff
scott
Lon, they only sell it in small stores here in Central IL. The family is from Louisiana and they mix it by hand in a small restaurant kitchen. They drive around and stock the area stores every couple weeks.
It's good stuff. It also has a serious kick, so a little goes a long way.
If you want to try it, shoot me a PM w/ your address and I can drop a bottle in the mail..
That sausage looks good Seemore!
mudbugs! Yummers!!!
So what is the verdict? they look like you could just stuff yourself til you can't walk. I got the goods from Squirt, so ready to try.
Lon
Lon,
It is very tasty, but it is very spicy. If you don't want a lot of heat, don't use as much cayenne.
seemore
Thanks for the heads up, I don't mind the heat but I appreciate the flavors more. Now I just have to make the time to put everything together.
Thanks,
Lon
Looks and sounds GREAT semore's. :o
Money shot? ;D
Been huntin and still playin catch up here, time for this rookie to start makin sausage. ;)
Ok... aside from the (FREAKY HIGH) cost of mudbug tails...
Any other reason for 5 to 1? instead of 5 to 2?...
Would it stick together ok?
Hal, since we had never done this before, we went with just the one-pound package.
If I do this again, I will use 2 pounds of crawfish instead of just one. I do not think there would be any problem with it holding together.
The drawback is that we went from .98 cents a brat to make with one package of crawfish up to $1.65 a brat. And it made only 19 brats. :o
seemore
Great recipe and great price on the pork butt!
Thanks Seemore and Squirt, made some (backed off the heat by @1/3) and added to a 15 bean Cajun soup mix yesterday. Let it slow cook all day. Wow, you both did good. We'll be having this again for sure.
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Pikeman, I must have the wrong number, tried to get hold of you but.... you know I'll try harder next time.
thanks for the great sausage.