Sabtu, 22 September 2012

Beef Jerky - A Wonderful Snack for You

Often regular meals won't help you cure your hunger. You would crave for some snack in between your meals. Many people try to cure such occasional hunger by consuming junk food. But beef jerky is a better and healthy solution for your hunger. Many people doubt this food as junk. But beef jerky contains the proteins and carbohydrates required by your body. The fat content is also low as Beef Jerkies are made using the well-known methods of preserving food which has been practiced since time immemorial. They come as ready to eat food and can be stored if you wish so.

It is quite easy to make beef jerky at your home. You can either make it with just meat and salt or go for some elaborate method. The elaborate way of making beef jerky involves using Worcestershire sauce, black pepper, liquid smoke, garlic and onion powder, soy sauce, sugar, paprika and cayenne pepper. You will have to soak the meat in these ingredients first. This is one of the popular methods adopted these days.

The kinds of meat used in beef jerky preparation are grounded meat and flank steak. Whichever meat you choose, you will have to mix the meat with the ingredients that you choose and the marinated meat has to be kept in the refrigerator overnight. This has to be pressed and rolled using a rolling pin and then dried. The preparation of the jerky involves removing the excess fat in the meat. If you prefer to use muscle meat then you will have to thinly slice the muscle and then mix it with the marinade ingredients that you prefer. After keeping the mixture over night you will have to drain out the remaining fluid before you carry out with the drying process.

Air drying is the traditional way of drying meat. Though this method is still preferred by many, food dehydrator is also widely used. If you are using a smoker or an oven, its temperature has to be reduced in order to prevent the meat from getting cooked. If you are making use of air drying methods which are possible only in low humidity areas, it will take many days for the meat to get dried. You can avoid the pain of making beef jerky and buy it online or from a retail shop near your place. Once you start eating it you will never let yourself forget its taste.

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