Well, today I tried drying meat - not jerky in the usual sense.
I was going to do a deer roast for dinner, so I put two in a pot and boiled along with some onion and garlic, a bit of salt and pepper cooking till they were done. (This achieved the goal of minimum of 160º temp.) I pre-heated the dehydrator and sliced the venison and put it on the trays - 6 hours later - bone dry! I cut it in 1/8 - 1/4” full slices across the grain and some in smaller pieces - all dried bone dry. Boiling it seems to have prepared it very well - removed the untrimmed fat from the meat and all.
I can hardly wait to do more and also try different meats.
Gotta get that freezer emptied for refilling.
I took some and re-hydrated it and it was great!
I'm going to try that. we're cleaning out a freezer in just a few so am sure will have a likely candidate to dry,,, then I’m vacuum packing it either in jar or food-saver..
BTW anybody found food saver storage bags or bulk rolls at a better price that the world famous wally world??
Well, today I tried drying meat - not jerky in the usual sense.<<<
Interesting and to me, it is a better way to dry meat.
Why couldn’t you boil it in jerky sauce and then dry it?
>>> Well, today I tried drying meat - not jerky in the usual sense. <<<
We took 2 london broils, followed your recipe, and using both dehydrators it turned out great..
Thank You for the tip.