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[Anonymous No.13191656]

best jerky brands? feel free to share your home recipes too

[Anonymous No.13191665]

>>13191656
Jack links is really the only brand I consistently enjoy. They need to use less sugar, but it’s not dried to shit and has some moisture in the bite. Really don’t buy anything else other than that. Probably going to buy a dehydrator and just start making me own.

[Anonymous No.13192047]

old trapper because it's only a dollar an ounce unlike every other brand which is 2.25 an ounce

[Anonymous No.13192064]

Old Santa Fe Trail, literally just dried beef and salt, never found anything else like it at a retail store.

[Anonymous No.13192066]

>>13191656
There's a place in the central valley of California, west of Lemoore, Harris Ranch. They smoke BBQ daily and smoke beef jerky. It's some of the best I've had. I don't live out that way anymore and honestly, the beef jerky was one of the very few joys of living out there. If any of you find yourself on a road trip out through that Godforsaken place, stop at Harris Ranch and try the jerky. The only reason I lived out there was because Uncle Sam said I had to.

[Anonymous No.13192069]

>>13192047
came here to say this

[Anonymous No.13192807]

>>13192064
>just salt
>peppered

anon...

[Anonymous No.13192809]

>>13192064
What other brands keep it simple. Whenever I want to eat a bag of jerky, I see the sugar content is like drinking a coke and I say the help with it.

[Anonymous No.13192811]

Jerky'n my cock
By me

[Anonymous No.13193049]

>>13192811
now that's a pog champ

[Anonymous No.13193063]

Delicious Beef Jerky

They do carne seca style Jerky like >>13192064 except it's not garbage. Don't bother with the meme flavors, just stick with salt, red chile and green chile.

[Anonymous No.13193643]

>>13191656
oooooooo i jerk that beef, dry. long and hard. i put fans EVERYWHERE. makin sure that soft beef gets hard as fuck. you want my beefy recipe?

[Anonymous No.13194276]

Whichever ones are in the jars at the Vietnamese shops.

[Anonymous No.13194280]

my favorite is bourbon honey garlic

[Anonymous No.13194289]

>>13194280
recipe now

[Anonymous No.13194296]

>>13194289
>bourbon
>honey
>garlic
>beef

[Anonymous No.13194300]

>>13194296
basically this + vinegar, soy sauce and pepper
marinate overnight and dehydrate for~ 7 hours @145

[Anonymous No.13194302]

>>13194296
any ratios to that

[Anonymous No.13194316]

>>13194302
i'm not precise with it probably about
2 bourbon : 1 everything else
couple cloves of garlic and ground pepper

[Anonymous No.13194321]

Longview Jersey. Local stuff from farmers market it cheaper than gas station big chief (also local haha)

[Anonymous No.13194324]

>>13194316
thanks anon

[Anonymous No.13194479]

This is some jerky I made with outside round that was on sale.

I have gut issues and don’t handle carbs well so my recipe is low carb, you might want to add sugar. Personally I don’t think it needs sugar.

4 TBSP soy sauce (tamari)
2 TBSP fish sauce
1 TBSP black vinegar

Then I dipped each slice into this mixture before stacking them in a bowl, covered and rested overnight. The next day I put the slices on racks in front of a big industrial fan and it dried out perfectly. No need for a fancy dehydrator, just some racks and a big fan.

[Anonymous No.13194766]

>>13191656
>chewy
Old Trapper Peppered- its very steaky, not fall apart soft but not rock hard, really good flavor, i even run it through a food processor and use it for beef dip (will share recipe if interested)
>Stiff
No Mans Land (hot)- really good smokey flavor, and you get quite a bit for your money
>Budget
Kroger or Walmart Peppered- guilty pleasure, because how cheap it is my wallet doesnt feel bad when the bag is gon

[Anonymous No.13194787]

>>13191656
storebought, robertsons
don't have a specific recipe for homemade, I just throw together whatever I"m feelin for a marinade and let go overnight before throwing it in the dehydrator. but usually something sweet and spicy

[Anonymous No.13194847]

>>13191656
Duke's is a good brand and I've had most of what they make. Recently on a trip I got to try their chorizo shorties and they were fantastic (had lime and cilantro mixed in). I always buy a bag of the original shorties for trips and I've had the Hatch green chiles version which is pretty good for a spicy kick. However on my last trip I found this crap pictured in Arkansas and my god..

It's absolute SHIT. I swore to god it was rancid it tasted to bad. I checked the date and it says "good till 05/2020" and even has the little silica gel bag in there for freshness. The package wasn't damaged it's just the composition of the flavor that make it shit. It's got this cloying sweetness to it and the sweet stench it gives off it nauseating. I'd give it to a dog but I'd feel horrible for subjecting another living creature to eating this crap.

[Anonymous No.13195108]

>>13194479
>No need for a fancy dehydrator, just some racks and a big fan.
congratulations you just described a dehydrator

[Anonymous No.13195216]

>>13194766
Beef dip recipe when

[Anonymous No.13195228]

>>13194280
Seriously using Blanton's to cook with? Fuck man, ogd is my cooking/mixer/feeling lazy bourbon. Our Evan, but I like the rye in ogd for cooking/baking.

[Anonymous No.13195447]

>>13194847
Too greasy.

[Anonymous No.13195456]

tillamook makes a sugar free jerky, very salty, but for us sugar watchers its great, and who doesnt love salt. no fake sugar ok

[Anonymous No.13195468]

best i've had never lasts long around me

[Anonymous No.13195759]

>>13195216
I dont have accurate measurements, its done mostly by eye, so take this autistic description as you will
>2 blocks of cream
>half of a small bag of shredded extra sharp cheddar
>2 bundles of green onion, chopped finely
>1 whole jar of dried beef, finely chopped, this is where if you wanted to used beef jerky you would blend up about 1/2 a cup to 3/4 a cup of plain jerky
>1/2 a can of crushed pineapple no juice, add a splash of the juice after
>1/2 a jar of pickled jalapenos, finely chopped, add a splash of the liquid

Mix it up really well and let it sit in the fridge over night so all of the flavors have a chance to soak into the cream cheese

We use club crackers, but that is due to preference

[Anonymous No.13195933]

So any good recipes for beef jerky with a slight sweetness to it?

[Anonymous No.13196801]

>>13195759
Gonna have to make this one day

[Anonymous No.13197077]

>>13191656
If you're ever in Texas and pass by one of these, stop in, especially the larger locations. They have a meat counter in back that is bigger than most grocery stores meat depts, dedicated to nothing but jerky.
Get some of the by-the-pound stuff fresh out of the case. They wrap it up in butcher paper like meat cuts. Once you've had this, you'll be ruined on other jerky, nothing else compares or comes close. Hopefully you know someone in TX that can buy it and ship it to you, the pre-bagged stuff just isn't the same.

[Anonymous No.13197099]

>>13191656
local butchers/delis have good stuff thats often cheaper than name brand industrial shit.

[Anonymous No.13197103]

The best I've ever had.

[Anonymous No.13197171]

Kickass is probably the best I've ever bought, but it's expensive and hard to find where I live. I typically make Alton Brown's jerky recipe, blowhard dehydrator and all, but only use half a teaspoon of red and black pepper.