Smokehouse Recipes
Old Fashioned Jerky Recipe from "The Nitty-Gritty of Smoke-Cooking"
The mountain men that relied on jerky as an everyday food would never have thought that today's jerky would bring over $10 per pound in the grocery store. The long-lasting munchin' flavor of jerky is still as popular as it ever was. Whether it's on a fishing or hunting trip, skiing at the mountain or watchin' a good TV show, we never seem to be able to get enough smoked jerky. You can't buy venison or buffalo meat, but it's easy to make mouth-watering beef jerky at home. The following is an excellent recipe for not only beef, but elk,...
Smoked Jerky, Beef & Game
WHAT YOU'LL NEED: 1/3 cup sugar 1/4 cup NON-IODIZED salt 2 cups soy sauce 1 cup water 1 cup red wine 1/2 tsp onion powder 1/2 tsp pepper 1/2 tsp garlic powder 1/2 tsp Tabasco sauce 10 lbs. preferred choice of meat Mix all of the above ingredients (excluding the meat) to make the marinade/brine mix for your preferred choice of meat. Then trim all fat from meat and slice with the grain about 1/4" to 1/2" thick. The meat slices nicely when semi-frozen, or your butcher can slice it for you. Place meat in the cool marinade and...
