Easy Oven Beef Jerky Food

OVEN BEEF JERKY

Steps:

• Bake for about 4 hours, or until the jerky is dry to the touch, can be bent, but not break. Check the jerky often since drying times will vary due to oven differences (the process might take as long as 12 hours). Remove from the oven and raise the temperature to 275 F.
• Arrange the strips on a clean baking sheet, fitted with a clean rack, so they are close together, but not touching or overlapping. Bake for an additional 10 minutes.

HOMEMADE BEEF JERKY

Steps:

• Whisk Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, paprika, honey, black pepper, red pepper flakes, garlic powder, and onion powder together in a bowl. Add beef to bowl and turn to coat beef completely. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and marinate in the refrigerator, 3 hours to overnight.
• Preheat oven to 175 degrees F (80 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and place a wire rack over the foil.
• Transfer beef to paper towels to dry. Discard marinade. Arrange beef slices in a single layer on the prepared wire rack on the baking sheet.
• Bake beef in the preheated oven until dry and leathery, 3 to 4 hours. Cut with scissors into bite-size pieces.

OVEN-DRIED BEEF JERKY

Steps:

• Prepare a large baking sheet with a wire rack to fit on baking sheet.
• Put the flank steak in the freezer for 30 mins, or until firm, but pliable.
• Slice the steak very thinly across the grain, about 1/8-in thick; or ask your butcher to slice the meat at time of purchace.
• In a small bowl, combine the soy sauce, honey, lemon juice, garlic, Worcestershire sauce, onion powder, salt and pepper; mix well.
• Mix and coat the beef strips with the sauce mixture.
• Refrigerate for 2 hours.
• Preheat the oven to 180F.
• Place the strips on a wire rack on a baking sheet.
• Bake for 12 hours, or until meat is dried (it should bend, but not snap).
• Store in an airtight container when cool.

HOMEMADE BEEF JERKY

Steps:

• Trim all fat off meat.
• Cut steak in to 4 inch strips.
• The steak should be about 1/2 inch thick.
• It's easier to cut meat partially frozen.
• Pound meat lightly, you don't want it too thin.
• Add all ingredients in a large bowl.
• Mix well.
• Cover and refrigerate overnight (8 hrs).
• Line cookie sheets with tin foil.
• Place steak strips on sheets, don't overlap meat.
• Set oven at lowest temperature. (150-175°F).
• Bake six hours, turning after three hours.
• Jerky is done when meat is dried out, depending on your oven.
• Worth the wait!

OVEN-DRIED BEEF JERKY

Steps:

• Trim and discard all fat from meat. Slice meat in long 1/4-inch thick strips (easier if meat is partially frozen). Combine remaining ingredients.
• Add meat strips, coating all surfaces. The meat will absorb most of the liquid. v
• Cover tightly (I use a Ziploc bag) and marinate overnight in refrigerator.
• Drain off any liquid.
• Arrange meat strips together but not overlapping, directly on oven racks.
• Dry meat at lowest oven temperature, 150 degrees to 200 degrees until meat turns brown, is dry and feels hard (about 10 hours or overnight). Cut into 1-inch pieces, using scissors.
• Cool thoroughly before storing in airtight containers. Beef jerky keeps indefinitely at cool room temperature or in refrigerator.

HAMBURGER BEEF JERKY

Steps:

• Mix all spices with ground beef EXCEPT Worcestershire, liquid smoke and ketchup.
• You need to really get your hands in to mix it well.
• Press into strips with a jerky gun.
• Mix Worcestershire, liquid smoke and ketchup in a shallow dish.
• Coat strips with sauce.
• Place on trays to dry.
• Dry according to your dehydrator manufacturers instructions.
• Other flavors as follows:.
• Hot and spicy - mix Louisiana hot sauce with water to thin a bit. Coat strips and dry.
• BBQ - thin your favorite bottled bbq sauce with water. Coat strips and dry.
• Teriyaki - thin bottled teriyaki sauce with soya sauce. Coat strips and dry.

EASY OVEN BEEF JERKY

Steps:

• Trim fat from beef and freeze for 20 until partially frozen.(for easier cutting).
• Cut into thin strips.
• Mix remaining ingredients and add beef.
• Marinate overnight.
• Place meat in single layer on oven racks.
• leave door cracked open and bake on lowest possible temperature for 6-8 hrs, until dry.