Homemade beef jerky recipes are a great nutritional snack. They are low in cholesterol and high in protein. Beef jerky is a wonderful energy food while biking, skiing, or times when you feel like nibbling something.
Over the recent years, jerky (commonly made out of beef) has turned out to be a highly preferred snack for many Americans. It is a great resource for proteins, since producers remove all the fat and moisture from the beef jerky before supplying it to you.
However, most store bought jerky has added chemical preservatives, which can eliminate some nutritional benefits contained in the jerky. Hence, it is better to reduce usage of chemical preservatives in beef jerky and you can do this by making beef jerky homemade.
Homemade Beef Jerky Recipe:
Ingredients:
1. Four pounds of flank steak
2. Two teaspoons of black pepper
3. Two teaspoons of chili powder
4. Two teaspoons of cayenne pepper (add more if you prefer spicy food)
5. Two teaspoons of garlic powder
6. Two teaspoons of onion powder
7. One teaspoon of liquid smoke
8. Half cup of low sodium Soya Sauce
9. Half cup of Worcestershire
10. Half cup of Frank’s red-hot sauce
Directions to Prepare:
1. Trim all fat from meat.
2. Cut the meat into four-inch pieces.
3. The meat needs to be half inch thick.
4. Cut the partly frozen meat.
5. Pound meat gently and do not make it very thin.
6. Add all above-mentioned ingredients in a big bowl and mix them well.
7. Cover and store at a low temperature overnight (nearly eight hours).
8. Line the cookie sheets with a tin foil.
9. Keep meat pieces on these cookie sheets and do not overlap meat.
10. Set the microwave oven at low temperature, preferably 150-175°F.
11. Bake for six hours, turning meat pieces for every three hours.
12. It is ready to serve when it dries out.
With our homemade beef jerky recipes you will be on your way to making low cost and healthy beef jerky in no time. Enjoy!