Teriyaki Jerky

Total Time: 8 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 8 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon onion powder (not onion salt)
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder (not garlic salt)
• 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 2/3 cup teriyaki marinade
• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1 teaspoon soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon liquid smoke
• 1/4 cup coke
• 1 lb venison or 1 lb beef

Recipe

• 1 combine all ingredients, except meat and coke.
• 2 whisk well together and pour into ziplock bag. take meat either to a meat shop, or slice yourself, against the grain (makes it more tender) in 1/4 to 1/2 inches. add all meat in with the marinade.
• 3 finally add the coke. mix together, making sure all the meat is coated. open up and let all the air out and seal again.
• 4 let marinate between 8 hours to 16 hours. i usually mix mine in the morning and let it sit for 24 hours.
• 5 strain meat, and discard juices and bag.
• 6 place meat on dehydrator trays, side by side (never layer pieces of meat on top of each other) and dehydrate about 8 hours.
• 7 when done, the jerky should have no signs of redness and be pliable enough to bend in half without breaking.
• 8 bon appetite!