Homemade jerky is an invaluable travel food for summertime activities. It packs well and doesn’t require refrigeration for camping, backpacking, hiking, boating, or any other outdoor activities you might engage in. Bison can be replaced by any type meat roast (beef, elk, venison) and feel free to experiment with different no salt spices. Many of our GT clients use this recipe for other meats (chicken, turkey, bison…) with great results.
NOTE: drink extra water when you’re eating dehydrated foods – especially concentrated protein like jerky. Otherwise, you’ll lose your body water to the digestion process itself. This stuff needs water to digest well.
Beef Jerky
1 grass fed beef roast
Coconut Aminos (or high quality salt)
Pepper
Genesis Kitchen’s Cajun Spice blend
Let roast halfway defrost until outside is a bit soft but inside still fairly frozen. This makes the job of slicing the roast much easier. Cut roast into jerky size strips. Place in ziploc bag w/Coconut Aminos, pepper, and cajun seasoning. Let marinate for 1-3 days. Place strips on food dehydrator sheets and dry until likeable texture (4-6 hrs). Flip strips halfway through drying time. This jerky does not have preservatives like store bought jerky so keep it in zip lock bags in refrigerator or freezer until time to use (it’ll be fine on the trail, no worries). Enjoy!
February 2nd, 2016 → 6:50 pm
[…] THE ALTERNATIVES: There are many ‘paleo-inspired’ start ups picking up where EPIC left off – Nick’s Sticks (available at Genesis Kitchen!), Sustainapak, and Kodee! are all great meat bar/stick brands. Or even better – Make your own! Slice a brisket or roast, marinate, and dehydrate for an incredible homemade jerky. Here is the Genesis Recipe. […]