[Closed] Beef Jerky?

Its actually pretty easy to make! and very cheap.....

otherwise costco

ericemel
Its actually pretty easy to make! and very cheap.....

otherwise costco

Thanks. I've made it before but found it fiddly and time consuming, not to mention the fact that i ended up with a nasty dose of the runs 😳

Which was particularly annoying since the stuff I'd made tasted ok.

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Could anyone recommend a good place to buy in bulk online that's actually cheaper than buying in Tescos? I have a mild addiction to the stuff at the minute and it's bloody expensive.

Don't know about cheaper, but i get mine here (it's just up the road from me, so don't know what their delivery / costs are like)

http://www.bestbiltong.com/

The trouble is with a mild addiction, that can soon become a severe addiction and you can do 15 quids worth in a weekend.

Cor!!...mate I love me jerky

Jack links is the best I've found so far in the UK.....Wild West and that idiot of dragons dens jerky has the texture of plastic.

Anyway I do t know if you saw that program on the telly ....big box little box..well they had to test a machine that takes the moisture out of food

And the house share boy( legends) made there own jerky......look real nice too

I like: http://britishbeefjerky.co.uk/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=3

Prefer billtong, especially this in wet chunk form:

http://biltongdirect.co.uk/original-beef-biltong-gluten-msg-free-/prod_2.html

Also MyProtein billtong is pretty good and cheap as a kind of everyday choice, bit salty so goes better with drinks.

[url= http://www.unclemeatbiltong.co.uk/ ]http://www.unclemeatbiltong.co.uk/[/url] FTW, great stuff.

I like http://www.billyfranks.co.uk/shop/index.php - not sure about cheaper though.

Good Biltong is never cheap, even if you make your own.

You need to use the best cuts to get good results, so you would be looking at rump steak or sirloin, which doesn't really go cheaper than £12/kg. So by the time it's been cured then £30/kg seems about right.

Inspired by this thread I decided to have a go at making some jerky.

I took inspiration from this site: http://thehealthyfoodie.com/home-made-beef-jerky-in-with-the-yummy-out-with-the-nasty/

I bought a 1kg joint of Aldi's beef brisket, froze it for around 2 1/2 hours to make it easier to cut.

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I trimmed off all of the fat that I could (resulting in quite a bit of waste!). Apparently the fat can make the jerky spoil quicker.

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For the marinade:

250ml apple juice
125ml cup balsamic vinegar
2 tbsp fish sauce
65ml Dijon mustard
65ml honey
2 tbsp freshly ground black pepper
2 tbsp paprika
3 tbsp garlic powder
1 pinch salt
3 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp chili flakes
1/4 tsp ground clove

There were a few things that I did not have from the instructions (onion powder, liquid smoke(?), smoked paprika, chipotle peppers, sesame oil).

Mixed the ingredients well and then left meat to marinate overnight.

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This morning I lined the bottom of the oven with tin foil and then laid the strips directly on the oven trays. I set the oven to 75 Deg C and propped the door open with a wooden spoon.

I cooked for three hours, turned the jerky over and then cooked for another 3 hours. Let the jerky cool and then put in an air tight container. It is delicious and we have polished off one of the tubs already!!

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Chichester biltong company, out standing biltong. And you can spec your own fat/ wetness flavour. It's not so cheap though. Not found any that is. Great people to buy from.. Coan food do good stuff, not looked online. But you can get it in the pub in Ramsbottom . Its how i got addicted.

I've made my own the same way as eskay. ..but when I worked it out ..It's Prob dearer than buying it ....so the search continues for me

Hope this helps.

eskay - given the vinegar in there it's probably closer to biltong than it is to jerky (dried meat geek, sorry). I doubt the salt would do much preserving so best to eat it quite quickly. I sometimes keep my home made stuff in the freezer and defrost as required just in case.

I love biltong. I find jerky unpleasant - why is it sweet? Yuk.