Beef jerky recipes

[craigster59]

Originally Posted by OK-944

As an alternative to smoking...what about just adding some chipotle powder to the marinade?

That's why I add the chipotle peppers in adobo, gives a great kick.

[stevej37]

None of the comments have mentioned turkey jerky
There's a jerky store near here that make/sell about 25% turkey.
My fav is the teriyaki turkey jerky.

[drkshdw]

Originally Posted by stevej37

None of the comments have mentioned turkey jerky
There's a jerky store near here that make/sell about 25% turkey.
My fav is the teriyaki turkey jerky.

Haven't tried turkey jerky but the best jerky I've every tasted was ostrich. Not sure if it was the marinade or the meat but the best burger I've ever eaten also happened to be ostrich as well. My mouth is watering just thinking of that stuff. Sadly the farm that raised ostrich down the highway from us closed shop because the market just wasn't there. And that was 20 years ago. They were a bit ahead of their time but everything ostrich we got from them was the best we ever had. A highly underrated meat.

[drcoastline]

Originally Posted by craigster59

Once you make your own you'll never buy jerky again. I'm about due to make a few batches, the guys at work go crazy for it!

Spot on. The bagged kind taste like chemicals and are slimy.

My recipe is very simple. Place meat in a 1 gallon zip lock bag, Mix 1 cup soy, 2 tbs liquid smoke. I prefer hickory. Pour marinade in bag and tumble to coat all the meat. Let sit in fridge a day or so turning every so often to allow all the meat to absorb marinade.

Pre heat oven to lowest temp. My oven is 170 degrees. dry to your liking. About ten hours in my stove. Dry but not wood hard.

Place jerky in clean zip lock sprinkle with extra fine sea salt and shake to lightly coat jerky.

On occasion we will add other spices to the marinade such as red pepper or black pepper, fresh minced onion or garlic. Sometime Worcestershire sauce or hot sauce. But most often just plain

[drcoastline]

Originally Posted by OffCamber00

a box fan and some HVAC filters are all you need to make jerky.

Sounds crazy, but it works very well. no need to for extra appliances. Idea came from Alton Brown of Good Eats fame.

Doesn't sound crazy. Jerky came from American Indians. Thin slice of meat dried in the sun hanging on sticks. They built a smoky fire around the drying meat to keep bugs away. No fancy gadgets just the heat of the sun and a little accidental smoke for flavor.

They also made pemmican the same way but dried the meat completely then added fat and berries for long term storage nd protein.

[unclebilly]

This is kind of an important step in Beef Jerky...

The one on the left is less than an hour old and hasn’t taken its first steps yet, the one in the right was born Tuesday morning.