Shanna got me a meat dehydrator for valentines day so I made some beef jerky.
I bought 2.5lbs of top sirloin and split it in half for 2 bags of marinate. One bag was soy sauce based and the other was worcestershire. We put a shitload of fresh minced garlic cloves, roasted garlic powder, red pepper flakes, habanero tobasco, lemon, lime, sea salt and cracked pepper in both bags. I trimmed the steaks and poked em with a fork and they sat marinating for about 14 hours.
We used kitchenaid meat grinder attachment and ground the meat twice. We had 4 different seasonings and cures that shanna got me. We packed it all in a meat gun and put strips into the dehydrator at 150 for 2 and a half hours. It's a lot different from any storebought jerky I've had. It is crispy on the outside but still very chewy and has a lot of flavor.
Clockwise from top left: cracked pepper and garlic, hot n spicy, smokey, and teriyaki.
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