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How to Make Beef Jerky

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Make Beef Jerky
Make Beef Jerky

How to make beef/venison jerky

Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • dehydrator
  • meat
  • soy
  • teriyaki marinade
  • salt
  • cayanne pepper powder
  • jalapeno
  • brown sugar
  • garlic cloves
  • onion powder
  • bottle of liquid smoke
  1. Step 1

    First you'll need a food dehydrator,5 lbs of meat(beef or venison),one bottle of soy sauce, a bottle of teriyaki marinade, half a cup of brown sugar, teaspoon of salt, three medium cloves of garlic diced, two tablespoons of onion powder, one tablespoon of cayenne pepper, one jalapeno diced(seeds and all),one bottle of A1 bold and spicy,and a tablespoon of liquid smoke

  2. Step 2

    Freeze meat for 1/2 hour so its stiff but not frozen. Trim meat of fat to your own preferance.Then cut meat into 1/4 inch strips. Now mix all of the other ingredients into a big bowl or pot that will fit in your refrigerator. Now whisk marinade so that there's no clumps of powder or sugar. Put meat into marinade, mix up so that all the meat is covered. Cover bowl and put into refrigerator,marinate for three to four hours

  3. Step 3

    Now when the time has come take the meat out of the fridge and place onto dehydrator racks. Depending on the dehydrator it could take anywhere from 3 to 8 hours to cook. Then set the dehydrator setting on meat and your all set

Tips & Warnings
  • meats usually done when you tear into it and the center is dry but not crunchy

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starlet67 said

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on 5/26/2009 Great recipe and tips for making beef jerky...at home!5*

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on 5/7/2009 Great tips on making beef jerky.

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on 1/30/2009 Thanks for the great tips. I'll have to try this. 5*

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on 1/28/2009 If you don't have a dehydrator just use your oven at the lowest temp... that works too!

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