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How To Make Beef Jerky
By Leeanne Utiger
Within this article you will find information for your reference on how you too can now learn how to make beef jerky.
To begin with, you have to learn what beef jerky is. Beef jerky is basically just dried out meat, in this case beef. This article will tell you how you can dry out a piece of beef, therefore teach you how to make beef jerky. It really is the same thing. People have known how to make beef jerky for many years. However it is the drying out process of making beef jerky that has slightly changed, although the same concept is in place today when one learns how to make beef jerky.
You will learn when you learn how to make beef jerky that drying out food, including beef , is achieved through the moisture of the beef that we are learning how to make into beef jerky being removed from the beef itself. This is done with temperature increases and air flow. You will learn how to control both the temperature and the air flow surrounding the drying beef when you learn how to make beef jerky. You will learn how not to have the temperature either too hot or too cold. If the temperature is too hot, the beef will dry out too quickly causing the beef jerky to turn out too hard on the outside, yet not be dry on the inside, therefore be spoiled. And on the other hand, you will learn that if you dry your beef jerky at a temperature too cool, it will also spoil.
These days you do not have to dry out beef jerky on rocks, or over a fire pit. You now have the choice of more conventional options to assist you when you are learning how to make beef jerky.
You can learn how to make beef jerky in a dehydrator which makes beef jerky very efficiently and effectively. You can learn how to make beef jerky with the sun, or even how to make beef jerky simply by using your own conventional oven.
If you learn how to make beef jerky using all of the above mentioned methods, you can then decide for yourself which method you prefer to use, when you have learned how to make beef jerky.
You will learn how to take away the fat and any muscle off a piece of meat prior to learning how to make beef jerky. You do not want to be trying to dry fatty pieces on your beef. You now have to cut the piece of beef into long thin like strips. If you choose to, you can also marinate the piece of beef before you learn how to make beef jerky. This will add flavor to the finished beef jerky. You will learn how you can also add seasonings, such as salt and pepper, oregano, basil and even thyme. Dried seasonings are best used when you are learning how to make beef jerky.
I am going to give you a few details on how you can make beef jerky with the use of your conventional oven. You will have to preheat your oven to at least 120 degrees Fahrenheit. You will then be able to spread the already seasoned meat on to the oven racks. You will also learn how to always keep the oven door open when you are making beef jerky. This lets the moisture held within the beef to escape. You will come to know how to recognise that the beef jerky is ready. Beef jerky will take approximately 10 hours to dry out and be ready. However you can test if the beef jerky is ready by simply taking a piece out of the oven and see if you can bend it, while at the same time, it being dry. If it is bendable and appears to be dry, then you can safely assume that you have now learned how to successfully make beef jerky.
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