Midg's Mouth Watering Beef Jerky
Description
A soy- and Worcestershire sauce-flavored marinade adds terrific flavor to mesquite or hickory-smoked beef jerky.
Ingredients
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5 pounds boneless beef sirloin
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2 cups soy sauce
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1 cup water
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3 dashes Worcestershire sauce
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3 tablespoons white sugar
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3 tablespoons salt
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1/2 teaspoon onion powder
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1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
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2 teaspoons liquid smoke flavoring
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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.