Can You Make Beef Jerky With Ground Beef
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This original ground beef jerky recipe is rich and flavorful as well as easy and quick to make! No marinating required. Everyone will love these meaty protein snacks.
I have had several questions lately about making beef jerky out of ground meat. There will soon be a page on here dedicated to making ground meat jerky (How to Make Ground Beef Jerky); but in the meantime I thought I would share a great, quick, and easy recipe that you can whip up anytime.
Most of the ingredients are ones that you will have hanging out in your pantry. The only ingredient that you might not have and can see in the picture above, is curing salt (It's the pink salt in the white ¼ tsp).
If you decide not to use curing salt, substitute with ½ teaspoon of table salt and make sure to heat your jerky to 160°F to kill any potential bacteria.
When making ground beef jerky, liquid ingredients have to be kept to a minimum. I did add a tiny amount of soy sauce and worcestershire sauce to round out the taste of this jerky, but most ground jerky recipes will have 2oz of liquid ingredients per 1lb of meat. (2oz of liquid ingredients = ¼ cup)
I used my super fantastic LEM Jerky Cannon to squeeze out and form my jerky strips for this recipe . I REALLY love this jerky gun. I feel like everything we buy now a days is made completely of plastic and lasts for about 3 uses before it breaks and finds its way to the trash.
Well, not this jerky gun. This baby is made to last and I love it for that. Super easy to use and comes apart easily too, making clean up a breeze.
Mix all the ingredients into one pound of lean ground beef, at least 90% lean. I used 96% lean 4% fat ground beef when making this jerky.
Mix well and refrigerate for 4-24 hours to help the meat bind together. Take out of the fridge and pack into the jerky gun making sure there are no air pockets.
Shoot strips of jerky onto your dehydrator trays or on baking sheets if using an oven.
Dehydrate for about 3 ½ to 5 hours at your dehydrators highest setting until beef jerky has reached 160°F and has dried. I used my Excalibur Dehydrator which took me only 3 ½ hours to dry this batch.
If using an oven, heat the strips for 10 minutes at 300°F with the oven door closed. Then turn the temperature down to the oven lowest setting (normally about 170°F), crack the door and "cook" until it has dried.
The ground jerky will be a lot easier to chew and has a totally different texture than whole muscle jerky. The only way to see whether you like ground jerky is to make a batch and eat it! Let me know how it turns out.. Enjoy!!!
For more in depth directions on how to dry your beef jerky, click on the pictures below.
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How to Make Beef Jerky in a Dehydrator
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How to Make Beef Jerky in the Oven
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How to Make Beef Jerky in a Smoker
Servings: 5
Calories: 142 kcal
Lean Beef
- 1 lb Lean ground beef (10% fat or less)
Marinade
- 2 tablespoon soy sauce
- 2 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon ground lemon pepper
- 1 teaspoon curry powder (red)
- 1 teaspoon ginger powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon coriander
- 2 teaspoon liquid smoke (optional)
- ¼ teaspoon curing salt (optional)
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In a bowl, combine the 1lb of ground beef with the other ingredients
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Mix the ground beef and seasonings thoroughly
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If using a jerky gun, load the gun with the ground beef mixture & shoot 4-5" long strips onto a dehydrator tray or on a baking sheet
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If not using a jerky gun, spread the ground meat on a baking sheet, cover with wax paper, and roll with a rolling pin until meat is ¼" thick
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Slice the pan of beef into jerky strips 4-5" long and 1" thick
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Dry with your favorite jerky making method. I used a dehydrator at 160F for 3 ½ hours
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Ground jerky is finished when it first starts becoming dry to the touch. It should bend without breaking in half. If it cracks in half when bent a little bit, it was over dried
- Ground jerky is going to have a different texture than whole muscle jerky, it will be more brittle.
- Using an oven and dehydrator are the best ways to make ground jerky
Serving: 70 g | Calories: 142 kcal | Carbohydrates: 4 g | Protein: 21 g | Fat: 5 g | Saturated Fat: 2 g | Cholesterol: 56 mg | Sodium: 651 mg | Potassium: 391 mg | Fiber: 1 g | Sugar: 1 g | Vitamin C: 1 mg | Calcium: 15 mg | Iron: 3 mg
Let us know how it was!
For more in depth directions on how to dry your ground beef jerky, visit my page Ground Beef Jerky
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