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
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Made up some smoking racks by wrapping with foil then using a 2 prong fork to poke holes for the smoke
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Ready to shoot from the gun onto the sheets
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Here they are on the sheets ready for smoking

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Here they are in the smoker
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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

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Thanks for looking

[Uncle-Honky]

That is a fabulous looking jerky! I like them hot!! And much easier to devour :thumb: 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 :drooling: , I've yet to make chopped/formed jerky . it does look excellent , I'll have to give it a shot :thumb:

[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.:thumb:

[ALX]

Very nice..Scarbelly.......:sausage::thumb::banana_smil ey:

[chefrob]

those look good and spicy gary!

[SMOKE FREAK]

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

Stuff looks good...

[Zeeker]

Great looking jerky Scarbelly. Kudos...:drooling:

[smokemania]

Nice looking Jerky Going to have to make some of those

[Scarbelly]

Thats a fair ammount of jerky from 3# of meat:thumb: 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.:thumb:

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...

[Dionysus]

Thanks for sharing. This looks great. Jerky is still on my list of things to try.

[Scarbelly]

Thanks for sharing. This looks great. Jerky is still on my list of things to try.

Give it a try - if you dont have the jerky gun I am told that you can use a rolling pin to roll it out to about 1/4" thick then cut into strips with a sharp knife - given the work with the gun, I might try that LOL

[curious aardvark]

Some good looking jerky there - now you got me thinking, I could make some with pickled chillis in...:drooling:

Give it a try - if you dont have the jerky gun I am told that you can use a rolling pin to roll it out to about 1/4" thick then cut into strips with a sharp knife - given the work with the gun, I might try that LOL

I've done that. yep works a treat. I roll the sheet out flat on reusable baking parchment (ordinary would be fine too) and then use a straight edge and a pizza cutter to score the sheet. doesn't cut all the way through I finish off once it's cooked/dried with kitchen scissors :-)
After an hour in the dehydrator/smoker you can flip the sheet peel the paper off and continue as normal.

Very easy. Looks like this and then you cut it :-)
http://www.smoked-meat.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=3237&stc=1&d=1269798571

That particular batch was bacony style pork jerky :-)
I tend to eat quite a lot while cutting it.