REI Recipes: Homemade Jerky

Jerky is good. Homemade jerky is better.

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Recipe:
Ingredients
• 2.5 lbs thinly-sliced meat (lean meat works best)
• 3 cloves garlic (minced)
• 1 jalapeño pepper
• ½ tbsp. onion powder
• ½ tbsp. black pepper
• ½ tbsp. liquid smoke
• 1 tbsp. red pepper flakes
• 1 tbsp. honey
• ½ cups water
• 1 cup soy sauce
• toothpicks

Directions
1. In a large bowl, combine garlic, jalapeño, onion powder, black pepper, liquid smoke, red pepper
flakes, honey, water, and soy sauce.
2. Add meat to marinade and refrigerate overnight.
3. Preheat oven to 175 degrees.
4. Line bottom shelf of oven with baking sheets and aluminium foil.
5. Place marinated meat in oven to dry for 2-4 hours. (Lay directly on oven shelf or hang from shelf using
toothpicks.)