Beef (remove fascia) 500 grams High-quality liquor 15ml
Salt About 12g Ginger 3 tablets
Star anise 2 Zanthoxylum bungeanum 1 large pinch
Chen Pisi A few Dried sea pepper 4~5
Cumin 1 handful Fragrant leaves 1~2 tablets
Light soy sauce Appropriate amount Rock Sugar About 10 grams
How to make air-dried beef jerky Illustration of how to make air-dried beef jerky 1

Step 1

Remove the fascia from the beef as much as possible, cut it into long strips or thick slices, and soak it in blood water. I usually soak it for half a day, changing the water several times in the middle. The meat must be cut along the grain, and the dried meat will be smooth. Illustration of how to make air-dried beef jerky 2

Step 2

Prepare ginger slices, star anise, a large pinch of Sichuan peppercorns, a few shredded tangerine peels, you can add more Sichuan peppercorns, bay leaves, cumin, and dried chili peppers according to your preference, or you can omit them. Illustration of how to make air-dried beef jerky 3

Step 3

Pour the spices, ginger slices, rock sugar, and light soy sauce into a pot, add about 300g of cold water, boil and cook for two or three minutes, turn off the heat and let cool, filter out the spice water, the spices can be soaked for half an hour in advance, and more Tasteful Illustration of how to make air-dried beef jerky 4

Step 4

Soak the beef in blood water, drain it slightly, add salt and white wine and mix well, because there is a lot of salt, soBe sure to mix the salt well, then pour in the cool spice water, mix well, put it in the refrigerator and marinate for about 12 hours. Illustration of how to make air-dried beef jerky 5

Step 5

After marinating the beef overnight, discard the excess spice water. If you don’t want to make it wet, you can use kitchen paper to absorb the spice water on the beef strips. Illustration of how to make air-dried beef jerky 6

Step 6

To make the spicy flavor, add the chili noodles after pouring out the excess spice water, or stir well. How much chili noodles you add depends on your taste. There is no need to marinate in this step, just stir it in. Chili noodles are recommended. A kind of Liupo chili noodles (I am not selling chili noodles), mix it in and bake it, it tastes very good. If you use this kind of salted chili noodles, it is best to reduce the salt by 2-3g at the beginning.Illustration of how to make air-dried beef jerky 7

Step 7

Set up a simple device with a grill and baking pan. The only two identical tea buckets in the house came in handy (I really hope they can grow taller). When ready to air-dry, it is best to place a tin foil or oil paper on the baking pan. Some water will come out during the air-drying process, so you don’t have to wash the baking pan if you put it on it, haha Illustration of how to make air-dried beef jerky 8

Step 8

Thread the dried meat with toothpicks, put it on the grill, arrange it in order, and knock on the blackboard: the meat should not be touching the grill grid at all, just like in the photo, and the bottom should not be stuck on the baking sheet (this is why I hope The reason why the tea bucket becomes taller is to make the dried meat suspended in the air Illustration of how to make air-dried beef jerky 9

Step 9

Arrange them in staggered positions and place them in a ventilated place. For one to two days, you can actually bake them directly. I think since we are making air-dried beef, it is more appropriate to air-dry them. Illustration of how to make air-dried beef jerky 10

Step 10

The dried meat that has been blown for a day and a half is already relatively dry and can be picked up. It is time to start baking. Illustration of how to make air-dried beef jerky 11

Step 11

There is no need to preheat the oven. If there is hot air, turn on the hot air and heat it up and down to 100 degrees. Bake for an hour. It depends on the situation. Generally, the meat will be basically cooked after an hour. Then bake for another half an hour. Check again. At this time, the meat is dry. It's already quite hard.If you like it drier, you can bake it for another half hour. Illustration of how to make air-dried beef jerky 12

Step 12

Dangdangdang, half and half five spices and half spicy. The air-dried beef has to be torn up bit by bit to get the flavor. Cooking tips for air-dried beef jerky

1. Soak beef in blood to remove the smell. 2. The salt can be increased by 2-3g appropriately. It is not recommended to reduce it. Snacks such as beef jerky are more delicious with heavy flavors. 3. High-strength liquor can remove fishy smell and prevent corrosion. 4. I didn’t put it into the oven directly. You can try 150 degrees for 30 minutes, then 130 degrees for one hour. Then it depends on the situation. If it’s not dry enough, add more time.