Midg's Mouth Watering Beef Jerky

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 300 min
Servings: 12
Yield: 12 servings

Description

A soy- and Worcestershire sauce-flavored marinade adds terrific flavor to mesquite or hickory-smoked beef jerky.

Ingredients

5 pounds boneless beef sirloin
2 cups soy sauce
1 cup water
3 dashes Worcestershire sauce
3 tablespoons white sugar
3 tablespoons salt
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
2 teaspoons liquid smoke flavoring
mesquite or hickory wood chips, as needed for smoker

Directions

1 Cut beef into 1/4-inch thick slices. Combine soy sauce, water, Worcestershire sauce, sugar, salt, onion powder, garlic powder, and liquid smoke. Pour marinade into heavy-duty resealable bag. Add beef and mix well; seal bag and refrigerate 12 hours.
2 Remove beef from marinade, pat dry with paper towels, and allow to stand for 30 minutes. Discard used marinade. Meanwhile, soak wood chips.
3 Preheat smoker for 10 minutes.
4 Arrange beef on drying racks. Smoke for 5 to 7 hours, depending on how you like it, replenishing wood chips as necessary.