Ground Beef Jerky

Ground Beef Jerky

Ingredients:

  • 2 pounds of ground beef (use 90% fat free for best results)
  • 1/4 cup of  soy sauce
  • 1 teaspoon of paprika
  • 1 teaspoon of black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon of onion powder
  • 1 teaspoon of garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon of meat tenderizer (I never use this)
  • 2 teaspoon of curing salt (I use smoked salt)
  • 2 tablespoons of liquid smoke (I skip this one as well)
  • 2 tablespoons of worcestershire sauce
  • 1-2 tablespoons of brown sugar

 

Directions:

  1. Combine all of the ingredients into a cooking bowl and mix them thoroughly.
  2. Add the ground beef with the ingredients mixture from step 1.
  3. Let it all marinate by covering the bowl and letting it refrigerate for a couple of hours. Just long enough to allow everything to settle.
  4. Now pack your jerky gun full of the marinated beef and dispense evenly sized jerky strips onto a tray as normal.
  5. Place all the strips inside a pre-heated oven at a temperature of about 145 degrees F for 8-12 hours, checking it periodically. Remember that this isn’t an exact time frame because you have to make the jerky to your specifications and for your taste buds.  Alternatively you can use a dehydrator set on 160 degrees for 4 – 6 hours.
  6. Store in an airtight container after it reaches room temperature.  I usually store it in the refrigerator.