Hey guys, I'm saving some roasts from my first bow killed deer for jerky. Can anyone recommend a good jerky recipe? Thanks.
Hugh Bullock
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1/2 soy sauce, 1/2 Worchestershie sauce, a few crushed cloves of garlic.
Pretty simple.
The backwoods seasoning and cure packs are my favorite by far! I just cant decide if I like the original or spicy one the best!
Salt,brown sugar,garlic granules coarse ground black pepper.I eyeball the proportions,add water ,taste brine.Should taste salty ,but not make your lip curl up.Then smoke with apple,cherry,hickory ,mesquite,crabapple,vinemaple,alder,italian prune wood or what ever fruit wood that I can get when people are pruning trees and are going to throw it out.I smoke mine harder than most people,but then it will keep longer.Experimentation is a good thing here.However,I added some burbon to a batch this year and really should have just drank it.That batch wasnt as good.
#1
Dales steak marinade
Liquid Hickory Smoke
Brown Sugar
#2
Worchestershire Sauce
Honey
also makes an awesome glaze for chicken, duck breast, and deer tenderloin kabobs.
For all the above......thaw meat out on the counter or in the fridge....never soak venison in water! Venison is like a sponge and if it soaks up water it won't absorb your marinade.
Then slice and soak in marinade in the fridge overnight and dehydrate or smoke as usual.
Look in the recipe section of this site. you will find plenty.
Just to add to what stumpkiller says, I use McCormick's perfect pinch bell pepper and garlic seasoning sprinkled on top before you dry it. I think it adds some good flavor....you can mix in some crushed red pepper to give it a little kick. Also my wife has a recipe with some ginger in it....that's a real favorite at work when I bring it in. Experiment, it's fun to make.....hard to go too wrong really.
I have a Nesco dehydrator. I use their prepackaged cure and spice packets. I like 3# of meat with one pack of Original Jerky Spice and one pack of Hot and Spicy. Mix them with warm water first then with the ground meat if you're using ground. Then just load it in the jerky shooter and shoot it onto the dehydrator trays.
If I use sliced meat, I use the same recipe but load the meat and the mix into a zip lock bag. Put it in the refrigerator and turn the bag over every hour or so for 4-6 hours. Overnight is probably okay.
I like the ground better.
Italian Dressing & Garlic Salt
Salt & Pepper (Traditional)
Equal parts, usually 1/2 cup of each of teriyaki, low sodium soy , and worchestershire. 1 tbsp of lemon pepper seasoning. marinade in ziploc overnight then 7-9 hrs in 150 degree oven.