Beef Jerky

Total Time: 30 hrs Preparation Time: 24 hrs Cook Time: 6 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb beef eye round
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce

Recipe

• 1 in a medium bowl, combine the soy sauce, ground black pepper and brown sugar to taste.
• 2 adjust the amounts to your taste.
• 3 mix well and add the steak slices.
• 4 place entire mixture with meat into a sealed plastic container and refrigerate for 12 to 24 hours.
• 5 if doing in the oven, place one oven rack on the highest rack setting and one rack on the lowest setting.
• 6 place a piece of aluminum foil or a baking sheet on the lowest rack, to catch any drippings.
• 7 (if doing in your dehydrater, follow your manufactures instructions).
• 8 preheat oven to 160f degrees.
• 9 insert a wooden toothpick through the end of each slice of meat, and suspend each slice from the top rack in the oven, using the toothpick as a support for the slice.
• 10 bake at 160 degrees f (with the oven door propped open to allow moisture to escape).
• 11 bake for 6 to 8 hours depending on thickness of slices.
• 12 jerky should bend, and not snap.