Jerky Recipes

[SouthPaw]

Well my brother and I just got our first dehydrator yesterday. We made a batch of ground beef (93/7) jerky from the pacakges of seasonings that came with the dehydrator. It was ok, a little dry but not bad for our first attempt. Anyways I wanted to see what you some of your guys' favorite recipes are. I pulled out two pounds of ground elk, bought some thin lean steaks, and a friend of mine is giving me 2.5lbs of rump roast. Any good recipes or advice?

[HoneyBadger]

In my experience, leaner meat will make your jerky last a lot longer. Fat spoils the meat and allows bacteria to grow. I've tried everything from just salt and pepper, to steak rubs and dillo dust and cayenne pepper.... Just play around until you find something you like.

[SouthPaw]

Ya I bought quite a few different spices from wally world last night to try. I wasn't too sure on marinades though. Does it just take longer to try when using marinades? I would say the batch we made last night was about 2-3 hours over done and we used no marinade, just seasoning.

[bnred9]

I have never tired the dehydrator method, just cus I was not a fan . I have always used a smoker and High Mountain Seasonings.

QDogg's method of making Jerky never fails for me. However, the seasoning and method should work just as well with a dehydrator.

QDogg's Jerky 101

Jerky 101

Start with 5 pounds of flank steak.

I've tried almost all cuts of meat and I keep going back to this. I use High Mountain Seasonings cutting board and knife kit for a consistent cut. Along w/their seasonings, Inferno (not as hot as you would think) and hickory in this batch. Their website: http://www.himtnjerky.com/ I have tried other cures, and these are great and very consistent.

All of the meat cut into desired strips and in zip lock bag curing for 24 hours. Make sure you go the full 24 hours and turning the bags a few times.
Put the strips in a smoker or your dehydrator. My smoker takes about 6 hours to get the right dryness.

Bob

[HoneyBadger]

Soaked some flank steak strips in teriyaki sauce once before drying them... pretty yummy!

[bnred9]

Jerky thread you can take a look at from cookshack.
http://forum.cookshack.com/eve/forum...4/m/7442972427
Bob

[SouthPaw]

I have never tired the dehydrator method, just cus I was not a fan . I have always used a smoker and High Mountain Seasonings.

QDogg's method of making Jerky never fails for me. However, the seasoning and method should work just as well with a dehydrator.

QDogg's Jerky 101

Jerky 101

Start with 5 pounds of flank steak.

I've tried almost all cuts of meat and I keep going back to this. I use High Mountain Seasonings cutting board and knife kit for a consistent cut. Along w/their seasonings, Inferno (not as hot as you would think) and hickory in this batch. Their website: http://www.himtnjerky.com/ I have tried other cures, and these are great and very consistent.

All of the meat cut into desired strips and in zip lock bag curing for 24 hours. Make sure you go the full 24 hours and turning the bags a few times.
Put the strips in a smoker or your dehydrator. My smoker takes about 6 hours to get the right dryness.

Bob

Good stuff there! I know I can google a lot of recipes but I like the more home made kind. Especially spicy stuff!

[Ashton]

[Great-Kazoo]

Soaked some flank steak strips in teriyaki sauce once before drying them... pretty yummy!

Don't forget to add garlic AND red pepper flakes, to taste.

[Rooskibar03]

Bumping this instead of a new thread. Working on my first batch. Grabbed 5lbs of flank from Costco and sliced it up into two batches. Picked up some of those High Mountain and Cabelas kits but I'm looking forward to developing my own recipes.

Working on a batch of apples right now, jerky tomorrow.