Big Green Egg Easy Homemade Beef Jerky
Making delicious beef jerky at home is easy to do and tastes better than any store-bought jerky will ever have.
Servings: 6
Ingredients
- 2-3 pounds Eye of Round
Marinade Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup Soy sauce
- 1/4 cup Worcestershire Sauce
- 2 tbsp Liquid Smoke
- 1 tbsp Garlic powder
- 1 tbsp Onion powder
- 1 tbsp Brown sugar
- 1 tsp Coarse black pepper
Instructions
- Remove all fat from meat.
- Place meat in the freezer for 30 minutes.
- Slice strips no thicker than ¼ inch for best results.
- Mix marinade ingredients together.
- Marinate meat refrigerated in a large bowl or gallon Ziploc bag for 12-24 hours (12 is plenty), stirring occasionally. (DO NOT REUSE MARINADE).
- Set up your Big Green Egg for indirect cooking using a raised cooking surface.
- Preheat the grill to 175° (using a device like the Flame Boss).
- Hang meat vertically between rungs of the cooking surface draping the meat down below.
- Slowly roast the marinated beef strips on the grill at 175 degrees until dry (6-12 hours depending on thickness).
- NOTE: To maintain the temperature of 175 use a device like the Flame Boss.
- You will know when the jerky is done by touching it to see if it is "squishy" and thus holding onto moisture, or ripping a piece in half to see if it is still pink inside.
- Once done remove from the grill, allow to cool, and store in a dry space.