Beef Jerky

Meat

Simple smokey jerky using the dehydrator

¾ cup Soy Sauce
¼ cup Worcestershire Sauce
¼ cup Rice Cooking Wine
¼ cup Brown Sugar
2 to 3 tbsp Mirin (Japanese sweet cooking oil)
2 to 3 tbsp Red Wine Vinegar or Apple Cider Vinegar or Rice Vinegar
2 to 3 tsp Hickory or Mesquite liquid smoke
2 to 3 tsp Smoked Paprika
2 to 3 tsp Red Pepper flake
1 to 3 tsp Ground Red Pepper
10 to 20 grinds fresh Black Pepper
1 inch fresh Ginger, sliced thin
5 to 7 cloves garlic, crushed to release oil

All of these ingredient amounts can be adjusted specially the hot and sweet ingredients. Substitute brown sugar with white sugar, maple syrup, or honey, or simply add any of these ingredients for extra sweetness (if added, adjust hot ingredients accordingly).

Make sure the marinade is to taste before you drop in the meat.

Marinate thinly sliced beef for not less than 3 hours. I usually do it over night.

Dry in dehydrator at 70C or very low oven for 6-8 hours.

Enjoy!