How to Make Beef Jerky at Home | Drying, Recipes and Safety Tips

How to Make Beef Jerky at Home | Drying, Recipes and Safety Tips: Jerky is lean meat that is trimmed to remove fat, cut into strips, marinated and salted and then dried to preserve the meat, which makes and excellent snack. It is not cooked but may be smoked. Many commercial jerky products use finely ground poor quality meat, seasonings, and form the ground beef into flat shapes prior to drying. These products contain inferior ingredients, sugar and processed flour and are not as healthy as homemade jerky where you can be sure of the ingredients. Many commercial jerky products have high sugar content and can be very sweet, unlike biltong, which rarely contains sugar.

You can easily make your own jerky and you can control the ingredients and flavor you like. This article describes how to make your own jerky safely.