Chipotle Ground Beef Jerky

[Scarbelly]

I found a recipe somewhere that was a basic recipe for pepper jerky and added more red pepper flakes and chipotle powder to kick it up

Chipotle Pepper Jerky Seasoning and Cure:

For 3 # of 85/15 ground beef or chuck

1 T medium grind black pepper or corns ground in a mortar or spice grinder

1 T fine ground white pepper

½ T garlic powder

1 T paprika

1 1/2 T crushed red pepper flakes crushed up in a mortar or spice grinder

3/4 T New Mexico chili powder

½ T Chipotle powder

3 Tbls tender quick cure

Mix all of the above together, then mix thoroughly into pre-weighed meat. Cure in refrigerator over-night (min 8 hours) in air-tight packaging before smoking and/or drying.

Here are some pics of the process
Mixed meat and seasoning in a bowl then covered airtight for the overnite rest

Made up some smoking racks by wrapping with foil then using a 2 prong fork to poke holes for the smoke

Ready to shoot from the gun onto the sheets

Here they are on the sheets ready for smoking


Here they are in the smoker

And some of the finished procuct ready to package up - I used my vac sealer for some and the rest i just put into a jar for immediate consumption



Thanks for looking

[Uncle-Honky]

That is a fabulous looking jerky! I like them hot!! And much easier to devour Thanks for sharing this. I will have to get up on this gig, very soon.

[SmokinLee]

I keep forgetting I have a jerky press till someone posts it again. It really is good stuff. Thanks, I'll have to make a batch

[T-bone Tim]

good looking stuff , I've yet to make chopped/formed jerky . it does look excellent , I'll have to give it a shot

[Scarbelly]

I keep forgetting I have a jerky press till someone posts it again. It really is good stuff. Thanks, I'll have to make a batch

I just saw some mods the other day for the gun - one was a much larger barrel and the other was a 2 strip head - gonna have to find it again. This takes a while by yourself

[Texas-Hunter]

Dude... That is great.... I like it....

[Bassman]

I like the sound of your recipe. I've made boxcars full of ground elk and venison jerky. Finally ended up with the Jerky Cannon. It goes quite a bit further without refilling.
That's some excellent looking jerky.

[ALX]

Very nice..Scarbelly.......

[chefrob]

those look good and spicy gary!

[SMOKE FREAK]

Thats a fair ammount of jerky from 3# of meat How long and what temp did you smoke at?

Stuff looks good...

[Zeeker]

Great looking jerky Scarbelly. Kudos...

[smokemania]

Nice looking Jerky Going to have to make some of those

[Scarbelly]

Thats a fair ammount of jerky from 3# of meat How long and what temp did you smoke at?

Stuff looks good...

I smoked it at 150 for about 5 hours - I kept mopping up the liquid on the top as the "sweat" formed and it was getting real late so I stuck in the oven at 170 for the last hour - they are really pliable as opposed to a more dehydrated jerky but mighty tasty

[Scarbelly]

I like the sound of your recipe. I've made boxcars full of ground elk and venison jerky. Finally ended up with the Jerky Cannon. It goes quite a bit further without refilling.
That's some excellent looking jerky.

It that the one that hooks up to the sink?

[Fishawn]

Great looking stuff there... I also am a fan of the more "pliable" jerky -vs- the dried out stuff...