ground beef jerky

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 teaspoons canning salt
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste (optional)
• 1 pound extra lean ground beef

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 5 hrs 30 mins

Ready Time: 5 hrs 45 mins


• stir salt, chili powder, garlic powder, onion powder, ginger, black pepper, and cayenne pepper together in a large bowl; add ground beef and mix well.
• pass beef mixture through a meat grinder set with the finest blade.
• preheat oven to 250 degrees f (120 degrees c). place wire-racks baking sheets.
• place 1/2 ground beef mixture between two sheets of heavy plastic on a solid, level surface. firmly roll beef mixture to a thickness of 1/8 inch. remove the top layer of plastic wrap, invert beef mixture prepared baking sheet, and remove the bottom layer of plastic wrap. repeat for remaining beef mixture.
• bake beef mixture in the preheated oven with the oven door slightly ajar for 2 1/2 hours. rotate the baking sheet. bake until jerky is cooked through, another 3 hours. remove jerky from oven and cut into strips while warm.