I actually made a batch last night, well it is presently marinating and will hit the dehydrator at lunch time. The recipe is as follows
4 tablespoons soy sauce
4 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
¼ teaspoon black pepper
½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
2-4 cloves of garlic (more or less according to taste) chopped up fine or pressed through a presser
½ teaspoon salt
If you want a little more spiciness to your jerky, add the following adjusting more or less to taste
A few dashes of hot sauce (I use Texas Pete but your favorite will certainly do)
Another ½ teaspoon of cayenne pepper
And most of the time I will add ½ teaspoon of crushed red pepper flakes.
Mix all the ingredients together and pour over your meat. I usually let it marinate over night or at least 8-10 hours, but you can certainly let it sit longer. Slap the meat in the dehydrator and let it role. Depending on the thickness of your meat it could take anywhere from 6 -10 hours to do. Also, the more you have in the dehydrator the longer it takes as well. I have mine set so that a gallon bag of meet will fill my dehydrator up full. I usually cut my meat kinda thick, up to about ¼ of an inch in thickness. The more uniform in thickness they are the, the closer the time will be when each piece gets done. I almost always take pieces off along and along, usually starting at about 6 hours and some take up to 10, but usually around 8 hours. But to long, and like Slaya said, you will have petrified meat and will have to tenderize it with a hammer prior to eating. I would also suggest using only the best cuts of meat, like the back straps and cuts out of the hams. Lots of white crap/striation in the meat will mean toughness when its done. I have cut jerky from the front shoulders as well, but it is an ass of work to clean all the white crap out of the meat and I have found just really is not worth that much effort. I also cut my jerky across the grain of the meat, just a personal preference. It makes it a little easer to bite off and chew.
There are plenty of jerky recipes out there, just do a search on the web and you will have all you could want. I picked one that I though would be good and then added the stuff that I though would make it better. Good luck
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