Beef heart jerky... for those without a dehydrator. page

[Grafvitnir]

I wanted to share how I made my last batch of beef heart jerky, using a modification of Alton Brown’s method of making it without a dehydrator. ‪Good Eats - S09E03P01 - Urban Preservation II - The Jerky‬‏ - YouTube
‪Good Eats S09E03P02 - Urban Preservation II - The Jerky‬‏ - YouTube
I too like multitasking, so I tried it with usually available items (and avoiding the oven). Also useful if you want to make a larger batch, and for those of us who don’t like semi-cooked jerky or for making pemmican (which is supposed to be made with RAW meat to avoid spoilage)

First I bought a whole beef heart and clean it like this: ‪Cleaning a beef heart‬‏ - YouTube

Photos 0 and 1 (Of course photo 1 is the unused part of heart)

Then I disinfected the meat (prevent E. coli) with hydrogen peroxide and vinegar like this: Science News Online - Food for Thought - 9/28/96

If you cleaned the heart correctly you are supposed to have only muscle now, so you proceed to cut it in strips not thicker than .250 in.

I then put everything in a ziplock bag and cover with lime or lemon juice and put in the fridge for .5 hour (acidity to prevent spoilage, again)

Then I got it out, put a little salt, pepper and red chili flakes (that’s how I’m used to eating it, you can use whatever recipe you like).

Photo 2

I then put some newspaper to avoid making a mess on the floor and turn on the fan.

Photos 3,4 and 5 (showing the setup; i.e., fan and portable clothes dryer-hanger) are around 17:00 hrs.

Then around 19:30 hrs. Photo 6

All done by next morning around 7:00 hrs. It took about 14 hours of drying.

Photos 7 and 8

Hope this may be helpful

Rubén

PS. Seems I having a little problem with attachments so maybe photos will be in disorder... It doesn't matter they are named correctly even if they appear in disorder.

[Grafvitnir]

The rest of the photos (I hope)

Thank you