Beef jerky

[britincali]

After spending 13 years in California I'm a serious fan of beef jerky, not the sweet sickly soft gooey nonsense they sell here as jack links but proper crispy dry highly spiced good stuff

It seems to be the perfect diabetic food, zero carbs a great on the sofa munch snack and really long time filling if you have a fair bit.

I'm upset tonight as I'm down to my last packet of proper stuff, made in New Mexico.

I went on eBay and ordered a dehydrator, so next week the house will be full of drying raw meat


Anyone here into jerky or have made it?

 

[Brunneria]

I love it, but have never tried making it.

More likely to dehydrate salmon. It must be delicious!

 

[britincali]

I love smoked salmon and salmon sashimi but dried? I've never even thought of it, have you tried it?

 

[britincali]

Wow just learned something new! This I'm gonna have to try.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/salmon-jerky-recipe.html

 

[Brunneria]

 

[Grkify]

I've been wanting to try rabbit jerky as they are ridiculously cheap/free here most of the time.

 

[britincali]

Rabbit should be good, I've tried elk jerky and that's really games so rabbit shouldn't be that different.

I think it could be the ultimate LCHF food

 

[AndyS]

I don't do jerky but I do the South African equivalent (Biltong) that I like better anyway.

Occasionally make it at home myself but can also get it from biltong.co.uk.

The droewors is my favorite but does have a slight carb content so straight up biltong is often best. The stokkies are best since they are nice and super dry and you can niddle / chew on them. Beware the spicy ones though.. they do have some kick.

/A

 

[britincali]

Spicier the better for me, I'm a serious chilli head

 

[AndyS]

Spicier the better for me, I'm a serious chilli head

Oh well I that case you want their chilli sticks. Enjoy!

 

[britincali]

First run tonight, marinaded in ground New Mexico chilli, paprika, cayenne pepper, salt and garlic powder.

Gotta wait 20 hours now

 

[britincali]

All done .

I haven't tried any yet as I've only just got up and don't fancy burning my mouth off yet...

 

[Brunneria]

Well...?

Are they as good as they look?

 

[britincali]

They came out beautiful, I'm never buying premade jerky again, not that much hassle to make either

 

[Brunneria]

Excellent!

What cut of beef did you use?

(Want some NOW!)

 

[britincali]

I used some cheap top round, from what I've read you just need as little fat as possible.

 

[britincali]

I stuck it in the freezer for about half an hour then sliced with the grain as thin as I could.

 

[Ali H]

Too thick still, try a really sharp knife, will take forever at that thickness. Ours are 6 to 8 hours to dry.