Making Sausages with a Caulking Gun John the Butcher Tutorials
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
- This week I am going to show you how to make fresh, preservative free, homemade sausages, without the cost of purchasing expensive sausage making equipment.
You will need to pop into your local large hardware store to purchase a silicone/caulking gun. The one I am using was from my local Australian Bunning’s store, AU$11:98. www.bunnings.co...
It comes with 3 nozzles, and you will need to cut one down in order for the sausage meat to pass through. Make sure you leave a minimum of 2.5cms length to push the sausage skin onto, whilst also enlarging the hole big enough to let the meat through. If the cut edge feels jagged, smooth it down with an emery board. If you decide sausage making is not for you, well you still have 2 more silicone nozzles to use for those DIY home improvements.
(If this type of caulking gun isn't available in your country, let me know and I can post one to you, at cost price at exchange rate, plus postage, 5-7 days delivery).
I mention in the video I always cook a little of the mixture in a frying pan before going to the effort of making the sausage, to check I love the flavour. I don’t use a lot of salt in the recipe and you may want to adjust this to your preference. If you are planning to cook, then eat the sausages cold, remember our taste buds cannot pick up flavours as well when food is cold, so more seasoning will be required. This recipe has a sweet chili sauce. You don’t have to add this in, I just like the extra depth of flavour it gives. Experiment with the chili, and seasoning, and add just a little at a time and keep frying & tasting. You can also divide your mixture into batches, and make several flavours, just adding to the basic mince and breadcrumb mixture.
The sausages I am making in the video are beef, traditionally an Aussie favourite. However I will be posting a recipe for pork, and for chicken to follow, which are actually my personal favourites. I have used breadcrumbs instead of rice powder. Rice powder is generally found in Australian sausages. However I actually prefer the lighter fluffier consistency achieved from breadcrumbs, which are generally found in British sausages. You can use either, and rice powder is great if you want a gluten free sausage.
You can add anything you want to your sausage mixture, as long as the consistency can be easily pushed through the gun into a sausage casing. By grating in some carrots and celery for example, you create great flavour, and sneak a few healthy vegetables into your children’s diet.
I hope you have fun making your sausages, and please message me with any queries, and do tell me how you get on!
Stuffing sausage meat with a caulk gun. What an absolute legend!!
It's not a caulk gun. It's called a jerky gun.
I stuff sausage with a funnel
I have watched a lot of DIY sausage tutorials this week, and yours was hands down the best! Thank you for the caulking gun idea!
Very cool. I used a funnel and stuffed it using my finger to push it through. Appreciate the demo.
Hi there, from Florida, I enjoyed your video, very good. I never thought about using a caulking gun! I actually bought something from Amazon a few days before I saw your video. It is similar to a caulking gun a plastic tube with 3 different nozzles and a screw in plunger instead of the trigger. It actually worked quite good and is pretty well made. My wife is from Thailand and misses the Thai sausages from her home town, she cooks for a living and we got all of the ingredients and sausage casing's and had an enjoyable evening making this stuff. Hers are a little more spicy then normal she fried up a little at first to let me try it, to make sure they weren't too spicy. My palate is slowly adjusting to spicy Thai. Thanks again.
I was thinking a large icing spreading gun ? Never seen a caulking gun you fill like that in Canada .
Beauty mate! Saved me buying a sausage machine!
Although I've bought LEM Sausage Stuffer (15-Pound) And really loving it..This is the best looking and functioning Small Device for small Stuffing!
This is brilliant! I don't want a big commercial type mixer in my kitchen, too big and in the way, especially since I can do almost any cooking chore with everyday utensils, a hand mixer, an inexpensive food processor or my bare hands. I gave away a top-of-the-line Cuisinart ages ago because it was so heavy I hated dragging it out and it and the disks took up too much cabinet space. I've been wanting to make sausage for a long time. Off to buy my caulk gun tomorrow! THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!
Thank you from the Philippines!
+diego Thank you for watching, I am glad you liked it!
I was looking for a jerky gun for meat and chanced upon your interesting tutorial. The caulking gun is a good idea. Thank you.
As a Brit living in Canada, I miss traditional British bangers so will give this method a try. I recently bought a caulking gun just like the one you're using to undertake an en suite bathroom reno. Coincidentally, it is called a Sausage Gun here in Canada. Go figure!!!
That is very cluey. Thanks John.
This guy for president . Brilliant
I love, love ,love this idea.. off to the DIY shop now, then to make some bangers..thanks John from Annie in cloudy Liverpool UK.
Yes, worked out a treat , thanks for this easy to clean too. Saved me a couple hundred quid.
A real contribution!
Thanks from England. A jerky gun on Amazon was 99 quid, but now I'm buying caulking gun for a tenner.
Have used many caulking guns never one like this. Do they sell silcon in bottles in Austrlia and you just fill the gun tube yourself ? You made some fine looking Sausages , bet they where good.
I just made some homemade hot dogs and had a terrible time stuffing the casings. It seems emulsified sausages don't really work well with my sausage stuffer attachment to my meat grinder. I've been searching online for an inexpensive solution and Google must have told UA-cam what I was looking for and I came across your video. Well done. I will order my caulk gun soon so I can stuff sausages more easily and efficiently.
Brilliant idea mate, I'm sold!
Hey John. My name is J.P. and live in America and I have been looking for a sausage video for the longest that show the entire process from start to finish. Thank you for sharing and I subscribed too. Keep up the good work.
I would recommend a meat plunger to remove the air pockets. It's quicker work and the results are more consistent.
Hi Mike, yes that would definitely give a more consistent texture, thank you for the feedback, good to pass on. However if you don't want to invest in too much equipment and expense, just pushing the meat into the gun works pretty well for home cooking.
Thats awesome buddy. I was looking for a good way to stuff sausages. I've just been making patties cause I'm too cheap to buy a stuffer. I'm on this like a duck on an orphan June bug
Great demonstration of linking 👍
This is sharp bro you’re a genius
bloody love the idea Mate! cheers
Excellent!
Very hood thanks
this was so awesome and amusing,thank you,i have to try it!
Thank you! Hope it worked well for you!
Thank you! Looks delicious.
Genius
nicely done! Enjoyed the recipe and the video presentation
Thank you for this very interesting video. Belgium here!!
AWESOME!!!!!!!!Thank you so much!
You sir are ... Legend... Wait for it.... Legendary! Thanks for the great video and instruction!
This man is smart
Great video, thanks. I have never seen a caulking gun like that, I'm from the USA. I would like to know where I can order one. Thanks in advance.
In the US they are called Sausage Caulking Guns (referring to "sausages" of caulking material not the food). you can find them on amazon for sure.
I picked up a kit on China Taobao, it uses the same method only Aud 5:00.
your a legend mate thanks, what about drying sausages or salami?
Brilliant!
Thanks, so glad you liked it!
It is a really clever idea. The one thing I would be concerned about though, is the plastic and it not being suitable for food.
Plastics for food and for Kitchen use need to be BPA free As it is harmful.
It is possible a caulk gun is not going to be BPA free and maybe a harmful plastic for food use.
That's Just my take on it. It's still a clever idea but I think I won't risk it.
Hi John, Thank you sooo much. Brilliant! Just what I was looking for. Pat, Tewantin . Qld[I would like to share this with other poor/new sausage makers. I WILL make it known you are from Australia. [As usual, Australians are so innovative] ♥ P.
Thanks Pat, That's great to hear :)
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What an ingenious idea! I had never thought before of using a caulking gun to stuff sausages. Do you suppose this would work with larger fibrous casings to make summer sausage as well?
Hi daemonhati1313, yes definitely :)
I just make them with plastic wrap.. Take a ball of meat put it in the wrap and make sausage shape..
Great idea, John! I'm eager to try it. Do you (or does anyone else) have a recommendation on the thrust ratio of the caulking gun for this purpose?
Do I have to sterilize and clean the gun in anyway if I just bought it straight from the hardware store?
Yes definitely wash it before use, and wash and thoroughly dry after :)
Sorry for late reply!! Hope you cleaned the gun! Yes clean, it would be straight from the factory, so other than possibly a little grease and dust it shouldn't be any more unhygienic than any other household implement.
No need to clean it..it is made for shit that is obviously not food. So sure just use it as is..I see no reason to clean anything you will prepare food with
No way would l have the patience for that.
Why not laying down "sausages" on a cookie sheet straight from the gun? Works for cookies.
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Can attach a sausage stuffer nozzle to these?
You could do ballon animals. 🇦🇺🍺👍
Can't find a caulking gun like that anywhere here in the stupid country of Canaduh.
hahahaha brilliant mate
Thank you!
where can I buy good sausage casings from?
Your local butcher
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First of all, that is not a caulk gun. That's clearly a jerky gun! If it were a caulk gun, it would not be safe for food! Shame on you for this video...
you're going to sawer it?
Excellent!