Visited the factory outlet store for Jack Link’s this summer; makers of jerky, beef sticks and other snack products. Ended up with a couple of large bags of bits and pieces of beef sticks, a beef/pork snack stick ala Slim Jim’s.
Was trying to think of something to do with them, and ended up pouring a cup of them in a food processor with one egg and two T of bread crumbs – made into a patty, fried in a skillet.
The fail part was one egg wasn’t enough to hold the mixture together, and as you can see from the second foto below, there’s a lot of fat that comes out in the cooking, making it even harder for the patty to stay together.
Flavor- I liked it. As beef snacks are already cooked (smoked), the pan frying is overkill, and the patty gets very dry from the cooking process. It does develop a nice crust, tho. I’ll try again sometime in the future with a different recipe.
Raw Patty
In the pan
Ready for plating
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