Does anyone have a jerky made with ground beef?

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I used to have a recipe(my own) for the ingredients to mix with ground meat, but I somehow lost it. Can anyone help?

-- Ardie from WI (a6203@hotmail.com), February 06, 2001

Answers

I hope everyone now realizes I made a major boo boo! Oh well! I meant to say a "RECIPE for jerky made with ground meat." LOL@me!!

-- Ardie (a6203@hotmail.com), February 06, 2001.

I make it quite often from 9% fat hamburger. I buy American Harvest spice mix for jerky. It contains the salt cure. I usually get the Original packet, rather than one of the Cajun or other flavored ones. Hi Mountain products also make one. I add l/2 c. of water for each # as it reduces shrinkage. For flavor I add grated ginger, garlic, onion, various Chinese food seasonings, such as Soy Sauce, Oyster Sauce, Black Bean paste, Chinese Barbecue Sauce, Chinese 5 Spice, crushed red pepper or Jalapeno Sauce. I mix it all up and let it set overnight in fridge to mix flavors, then next morning form it with American Harvest Jerky Works Kit, and put it in the dehydrator to dry. I take it out once or twice during the drying and press each strip between paper towels to remove any oil. I do it in long strips to fit my dehydrator and cut when it's dry to fit into vacuum sealer bags. I usually vary the seasoning each batch, and make it hot according to how hot the grandson's like it.

-- Duffy (hazelm@tenforward.com), February 07, 2001.

I got this recipe from the North Dakota State Univ. website. (I can't find the address right now.) I adjusted the spices slightly, and I think that it makes a very good product. BTW, I have always used ground deer, but the recipe calls for beef.

5 lbs. ground beef 1.5 T salt 1 T black pepper 1 T garlic powder 2 t marjoram 2 t cayenne pepper 2 t brown sugar 2 t onion powder 1.5 t Prague powder #1 liquid smoke water

Mix all spices with meat, until meat is tacky. I bought one of those jerky guns to squirt it onto the dryer racks, but the recipe suggests pressing it into a loaf pan lined with foil, partially freezing, and then slicing it thin. Mix some liquid smoke and water(50/50) in a spray bottle, and mist the jerky with this before putting it into the dehydrator or oven. You could also dry this in a smokehouse, or forego the liquid smoke/water if you don't care for the smoky flavor. The recipe suggests drying in the oven at 170 F for 2-3 hours. I have a dehydrator, so thatw what I have always used. I have been very ahppy with this recipe.

-- Marvin Heimgartner (mcheim@lewiston.com), February 07, 2001.


Hi Ardy, I use ground beef abour 6 pounds of it, mix in 1/4 cup of soy sauce and 1/4 cup of worschertershire(spelled right?) sauce, and dried garlic to taste. I don't add extra salt as the soy sauce is quite salty to us. I have used the comercial mixes that came with our dehydrator, their good too but this recipie was made with what we had on hand at the time. I just have trouble getting the time right to take it out. Either too soon or too late. I hate it when its hard as a rock.

-- michelle (tsjheath@ainop.com), February 07, 2001.

Well, here is another... I use ground venison, but dont know why it wouldnt be the same with beef-as long it is very lean.

10#ground meat 2/3c pickling salt 1 1/2tsp red pepper 2 Tbsp black pepper 3Tbsp liquid smoke 1 tsp garlic powder 2 tsp onion powder 1Tbsp tabasco sauce

-- Tami in WI (windridg@chorus.net), February 08, 2001.



Well, here is another... I use ground venison, but dont know why it wouldnt be the same with beef-as long it is very lean.

10#ground meat 2/3c pickling salt 1 1/2tsp red pepper 2 Tbsp black pepper 3Tbsp liquid smoke 1 tsp garlic powder 2 tsp onion powder 1 Tbsp tabasco sauce 1 Tbsp soy sauce 1 Tbsp worcestershire 1 Tbsp A1 sauce

I mix this then freeze it in wax paper shaped into logs. Take the frozen log and slice off rounds to dehydrate.

I think I goofed and hit the wrong key and submitted this part way done-oops Tami in WI 1 tsp garlic powder 2 tsp onion powder 1Tbsp tabasco sauce

-- Tami in WI (windridg@chorus.net), February 08, 2001.


Found this in the archives:

http://hv.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=003imv

-- ~Rogo (rogo2020@yahoo.com), February 08, 2001.


Yes I realized, after I had posted, that I requested jerky recipes last summer. My memory is great, but my recall stinks! It also was a very difficult summer for me! Thanx all for the wonderful response. God bless!

-- Ardie from WI (a6203@hotmail.com), February 08, 2001.

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