Jerkyholics Original Ground Beef Jerky Food

ORIGINAL BEEF JERKY RECIPE

Steps:

• Trim all visible fat from the beef and place in freezer for an hour or two to partially freeze.
• While the meat is in the freezer, combine the pickling salt, curing salt, coriander, onion powder, garlic powder, liquid smoke, black pepper, sugar, and cold water in a medium size bowl or ziplock bag. Mix well.
• Remove the meat from the freezer and slice 1/4" strips with the grain. Or skip the freezing phase and use a jerky slicer for evenly sliced strips.
• Tenderize the beef strips with a tenderizing mallet to prevent the jerky from being too tough.
• Add sliced beef to the mixture and marinate for 6-24 hours in the refrigerator.
• After the meat has finished marinating, remove from refrigerator and pat dry with paper towels.
• A Dehydrator was used with this recipe and dried for 7 hours at 160 degrees. You can also use a smoker or your oven.

GROUND BEEF JERKY

Steps:

• Stir salt, chili powder, garlic powder, onion powder, ginger, black pepper, and cayenne pepper together in a large bowl; add ground beef and mix well.
• Pass beef mixture through a meat grinder set with the finest blade.
• Preheat oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C). Place wire-racks onto baking sheets.
• Place 1/2 ground beef mixture between two sheets of heavy plastic on a solid, level surface. Firmly roll beef mixture to a thickness of 1/8 inch. Remove the top layer of plastic wrap, invert beef mixture onto prepared baking sheet, and remove the bottom layer of plastic wrap. Repeat for remaining beef mixture.
• Bake beef mixture in the preheated oven with the oven door slightly ajar for 2 1/2 hours. Rotate the baking sheet. Bake until jerky is cooked through, another 3 hours. Remove jerky from oven and cut into strips while warm.