Jerky

Recipe:

  • 2kg ground venison
  • 4 Tablespoons brown sugar
  • 4 Tablespoons soy sauce
  • 4 Tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
  • 4 teaspoons sea salt
  • 4 teaspoons black pepper freshly ground
  • 4 teaspoons garlic powder
  • 4 teaspoons onion powder
  • 2 teaspoon ground coriander
  • 2 teaspoon Kashmiri chilli flakes (optional)
It took around 4 1/2 hours @ 65C in my dehydrator. I smoked a few strips too, but really didn't like how it turned out 🤔 More experimentation required in that department, but the unsmoked version is superb
 
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How do you go about flattening it? I'd assume some wax paper on a sheet, rolled out then a quick blast in the freezer then slice?

I've been wanting to do jerky for a while but I knew with roe you really have to do ground meat jerky as the muscle cuts would be basically nothing, looks bloody delicious though!
 
Recipe:

  • 2kg ground venison
  • 4 Tablespoons brown sugar
  • 4 Tablespoons soy sauce
  • 4 Tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
  • 4 teaspoons sea salt
  • 4 teaspoons black pepper freshly ground
  • 4 teaspoons garlic powder
  • 4 teaspoons onion powder
  • 2 teaspoon ground coriander
  • 2 teaspoon Kashmiri chilli flakes (optional)
It took around 4 1/2 hours @ 65C in my dehydrator. I smoked a few strips too, but really didn't like how it turned out 🤔 More experimentation required in that department, but the unsmoked version is superb
Looks like a good recipe to me, but if I was you I'd drop the onion powder.
(Not that I've got anything against onions, it's just that onion powder really destroys all the other more subtle flavours in products like this).
 
How do you go about flattening it? I'd assume some wax paper on a sheet, rolled out then a quick blast in the freezer then slice?

I've been wanting to do jerky for a while but I knew with roe you really have to do ground meat jerky as the muscle cuts would be basically nothing, looks bloody delicious though!
I bought myself a jerky gun, which has all the various attachments. You could easily just do it as you say though. I just can't resist a gadget 😳

I can thoroughly recommend it!
 
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I bought myself a jerky gun, which has all the various attachments. You could easily just do it as you say though. I just can't resist a gadget 😳

I can thoroughly recommend it!
Have you tried just thinly slicing the individual muscles across the grain (3-4mm thick max)?
That’s how I make mine, but the mastic gun method looks interesting!!
 
Have you tried just thinly slicing the individual muscles across the grain (3-4mm thick max)?
I do that with biltong (beef though, as I've never liked the taste of roe venison biltong. I don't know what it is, but it just seems to have an 'off' taste to it)
 
Have you tried just thinly slicing the individual muscles across the grain (3-4mm thick max)?
That’s how I make mine, but the mastic gun method looks interesting!!
The problem with roe Is the shrinkage with moisture loss during the dehydrating process even the "biggest" pieces (e.g Sirloin tip, bottom round, Top round) are about the extent of pieces you'll get that make sensible quality jerky the jerky guns are really effective at being able to pretty much mince an entire deer and jerky the entire thing.

Also yes now that you mention that Quix I SHOULD buy a jerky gun! and a dehydrator :) I've been meaning to purchase them for bloody ages.

Whenever I shoot a stag If Its a bit of an unpleasant one I will jerky slice it though.
 
Biltong with deals when they Cut price on topside in Costco or local supermarkets then i biy a few and do a batch
But no quick fix here ... 3-5 days depends on temps and done as shown by my friend who grew up in Zim

Paul
 

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Stu does your jerky gun have both round.nozzle ( like a peppermint stick ) and a flat strip type nozzle ?

I prefer the strip ones

Paul
 
Recipe:

  • 2kg ground venison
  • 4 Tablespoons brown sugar
  • 4 Tablespoons soy sauce
  • 4 Tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
  • 4 teaspoons sea salt
  • 4 teaspoons black pepper freshly ground
  • 4 teaspoons garlic powder
  • 4 teaspoons onion powder
  • 2 teaspoon ground coriander
  • 2 teaspoon Kashmiri chilli flakes (optional)
It took around 4 1/2 hours @ 65C in my dehydrator. I smoked a few strips too, but really didn't like how it turned out 🤔 More experimentation required in that department, but the unsmoked version is superb
I will have to give this a try, Without trying to hijack the thread can anyone recommend a cheap dehydrator, Must be cheap because it will not get much use or will this work on the lowest oven setting as per above
 
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