Basic Smoked Beef Jerky
Basic Smoked Beef Jerky is slightly salty, peppery beef, infused with smoke to create a mouth-watering, beefy treat, that you can take anywhere!
Equipment
- Smoker
Ingredients
- 1-2 pounds Beef such as London Broil, or flap meat trimmed of extra fat
- salt to sprinkle both sides of beef
- cracked, black pepper to sprinkle both sides of beef
Instructions
- Slice semi frozen beef into strips approximately 1/4 inch thick.
- Place meat into a bowl or on a sheet pan and liberally coat with salt and pepper.
- Turn smoker on to 180 degrees and let preheat.
- Place meat strips into the smoker on the rack in a single layer, allowing room between the strips of meat. Set timer for approximately 3.5 hours.
- Check the meat at 3.5 hours to make sure it is nice and dry. If the strips of meat are thicker, they may require a longer smoking time to properly dry.
- When meat is done, turn smoker off and let meat cool on the racks.
- Remove cooled meat from smoker and place in an airtight container or eat right away. Enjoy friends!