Are you fond of snacks made out of lean-trimmed meat cut into strips? Now you can enjoy the black pepper jerky recipe that can make you feel happy every day.
Talking about the recipe, you can use finely-grained Kosher salt with aromatic black pepper. Further, calorie-conscious people don’t worry about having too much calories intake. It just has 45 calories per serving. The benefit of this recipe is that it's NON-GMO, with natural flavor, and gluten-free.
Let us take into consideration the ingredients and directions to prepare the black pepper jerky recipe. Hope you will find it delicious.
Ingredients to use for the recipe
- Soy sauce - 2 cups
- Lager - 3 cups amber ale
- Worcestershire sauce - 1/2 cup
- Cracked black peppercorns - 2 tbsp
- Black pepper - 2 tbsp coarsely ground (Use it for sprinkling before drying the meat)
- Jerky (trimmed beef) - 2 pounds of top or bottom round, 1/2 inch thick
Directions to prepare black pepper jerky recipe
- Step 1: Take a large bowl
- Step 2: Combine ale or lager with soy sauce in the bowl
- Step 3: Add Worcestershire sauce to the combo
- Step 4: Add 2 tbsp of cracked black peppercorns
- Step 5: Take the jerky and cut it into 1/4 inch thick slices
- Step 6: You already have the marinade in the bowl. Now add jerky to the same.
- Step 7: Ensure to stir the beef slices as you add more of them to the marinade.
- Step 8: Coat each beef slice properly with the marinade
- Step 9: Refrigerate it to keep for 6 to 8 hours
- Step 10: Take the oven and preheat to 200 degrees Celsius
- Step 11: Take sizeable rimmed baking sheets and set a large wire rack in the oven
- Step 12: Take out the jerky from marinade and use tissue paper to pat it dry
- Step 13: Arrange the jerky slices on the rack and sprinkled with coarsely ground black pepper
- Step 14: Let the jerky bake for around 4 hours until it is firm and scorched
Now, it's time to let the jerky cool down and serve it well. Enjoy the recipe.