Friday, November 11, 2011

Anyone ever made their own beef jerky in a dehydrator? Any suggestions?

We have made jerky a couple of different ways. You can slice your meat about 1/4" thick, marinate in a liquid marinade in a ziplock bag at least overnight and put in the dehydrator. Another option is to grind your meat into burger but keep as much fat OUT of it as possible, mix in seasoning, which can be dry, wet or a mixture of both. Either use a jerky press to flatten into pieces or roll between 2 sheets of foil, slice and put in dehydrator. This method does not require overnight seasoning. We use teriyaki sauce a lot. If you go to the website for Liquid Smoke they have a bunch of seasoning recipes there. You can also buy seasoning packets in grocery store and meat markets. Dry until jerky pieces feel dry to the touch and bend but not break.

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