If you've ever been interested in making your own sausage, but put off by the equipment needed to do it, Bon Appetit has a smart method that uses just one low-tech tool: a Chinese soup spoon.
In the video above, Chef Kris Yenbamroong demonstrates how to stuff sausages with a spoon, using the narrow end to gather the casing and the wide end as a sort of funnel to more easily stuff in the sausage mixture. It will probably take a few tries to become as adept at the process as Yenbamroong, but if you're looking for a budget-friendly way to take up a new DIY project, it's worth a try.
And whether you're stuffing it into casings or simply shaping it into free-form patties, the included recipe for spicy, savory, sweet and sour Thai sausage mixture sounds like a keeper.
→ Get the recipe: Sai Uah (Thai Sausages) at Bon Appetit
Do you have any tips or tricks for making your own sausage?
Related: Quick Meal Tip: Keep Sausages on Hand for an Instant Flavor Boost
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I ran into this problem once when some friends and I were doing an "around the world" dinner party and we were cooking the cuisine of Germany. We decided to make sausages. We went to our rather pricey, but local kitchen store to buy a sausage funnel and they didn't have one. The only item they had for sale was a sausage "kit" that had a cheapy meat grinder and all the accoutrement for $60+. Disinterested in buying that, our spirits deflated a bit. The clerk noticed and said "You know, in a pinch, you can cut off the top of a water bottle and use that." Boy was he right! We tried 3 different kinds of plastic bottles and found that the easiest one to use was a Minute Maid Lemonade bottle. Cost us $1 and is pretty much the exact same thing as a sausage funnel. I highly recommend this method.
BRILLIANT!!!!!