My daughter and I both love beef jerky. I didn’t feel comfortable with the additives in the jerky we bought.
So I tried making it myself a few times and it was surprisingly delicious. Not only better than the bought taste, but also do it yourself clean and sanitary. No need to buy beef jerky again!
What is dry beef
Dry beef is a type of meat that has been preserved using salt and spices. The name comes from the way it looks after being dried out.
The most popular variety of dry beef are those made with soy sauce. They can be found in supermarkets.
Homemade dry beef Recipe
Ingredients:
| Beef | 1000 g |
| Salt | 1.5 teaspoon |
| White sugar | 1 teaspoon |
| Shallots | 1 |
| Garlic | 3 cloves |
| Ginger | 6 slices |
| Light soy sauce | 2 tablespoons |
| Old soy sauce | 1 tablespoon |
| Star anise | 2 |
| Sichuan peppercorn | 1 teaspoon |
| Bay leaf | 2 tablets |
Tips & Variations
Homemade air-dried beef
1. Remove the fascia from the fresh beef and cut it into strips about 1.5 cm wide and 8 cm long, soak in cold water for two hours, and change the water 2-3 times in between.
2. Drain the beef as much as possible, add all the seasonings, and knead with your hands for 5 minutes. I use a standard measuring spoon.
The capacity of the small spoon is 5 ml, and the capacity of the large spoon is 15 ml. T
he onion, ginger, and garlic should be cut into pieces, the star anise should be broken, and the bay leaves should be broken, so that it is easier to taste.
After kneading, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 48 hours, take out and stir once in between.
3. Put the marinated beef on the grill and leave it at room temperature for 24 hours. The room temperature in my house is 22 degrees. It is relatively dry in winter. After 24 hours, the meat strips will lose a lot of water.
4. This is the state after 24 hours.
5. Cover the baking tray with tin foil and place the air-dried meat strips, put it in the upper and middle layers of the preheated 180-degree oven, turn on the hot air function and bake for 30 minutes, then lower the oven temperature to 150 degrees and continue to bake for 40 minutes.
The temperature is different, it is recommended to observe at any time when baking. After roasting, I continued to put it in the oven for 30 minutes, using the residual heat to further dry the jerky.
6. Delicious beef jerky is out, weighing about 400 grams. Store at room temperature. It is recommended to eat it within a week. If you can’t finish it, put it in the freezer. My family will eat it up in less than two days😄.
Homemade Dry Beef
Ingredients
- 1000 g Beef
- 1.5 teaspoon Salt
- 1 teaspoon White sugar
- 1 Shallots
- 3 cloves Garlic
- 6 slices Ginger
- 2 tablespoons Light soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon Old soy sauce
- 2 Star anise
- 1 teaspoon Sichuan peppercorn
- 2 Bay leaf
Instructions
- Remove the fascia from the fresh beef and cut it into strips about 1.5 cm wide and 8 cm long, soak in cold water for two hours, and change the water 2-3 times in between.
- Drain the beef as much as possible, add all the seasonings, and knead with your hands for 5 minutes. I use a standard measuring spoon.
- The capacity of the small spoon is 5 ml, and the capacity of the large spoon is 15 ml. T
- he onion, ginger, and garlic should be cut into pieces, the star anise should be broken, and the bay leaves should be broken, so that it is easier to taste.
- After kneading, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 48 hours, take out and stir once in between.
- Put the marinated beef on the grill and leave it at room temperature for 24 hours. The room temperature in my house is 22 degrees. It is relatively dry in winter. After 24 hours, the meat strips will lose a lot of water.
- This is the state after 24 hours.
- Cover the baking tray with tin foil and place the air-dried meat strips, put it in the upper and middle layers of the preheated 180-degree oven, turn on the hot air function and bake for 30 minutes, then lower the oven temperature to 150 degrees and continue to bake for 40 minutes.
- The temperature is different, it is recommended to observe at any time when baking. After roasting, I continued to put it in the oven for 30 minutes, using the residual heat to further dry the jerky.
- Delicious beef jerky is out, weighing about 400 grams. Store at room temperature. It is recommended to eat it within a week. If you can’t finish it, put it in the freezer. My family will eat it up in less than two days😄.
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