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                        Onion Ground Beef Jerkey

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Serving Size  : 1    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Snacks                           Dehydrator
               Gift                             Meats

 Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  2       oz           Package dried onion soup mix
    1/4   c            Water
    1/4   c            Soy sauce
  1       t            Garlic -- chopped
  1       t            Curing salt
                       Dried herbs or flavorings of
                       -choice
  1 1/2   lb           Very lean ground beef

 Revised 11/95 - original was too salty.  Be careful not to over-dry!

 In a bowl, combine onion soup mix and water.  Let sit for 10 mintues.
Add
 the remaining ingreidents, including the beef, and combine we...  Let
 marinate for at least 2 hours.  For a more pronounced flavor, cover
and
 refrigerate for 8 to 12 hours.

 Put through a jerky press, OR shape the meat into 1-to 2-inch balls.
Line
 each drying tray with a solid leather sheet.  Top it with a mesh
sheet.
 Arrange the meat rounds on the mesh sheets.  Dry at 145 F. or above
until
 hard, about 6 to 10 hours.  With some dehydrators, you will have to
turn
 the rounds to ensure uniform drying.  If beads of melted fat form on
the
 rounds as they are drying, blot them up with a clean, uninked paper
towel.
 Each lb. of ground beef makes about 4 oz. jerky.

 From:  Mary Bell's Complete Dehydrator Cookbook



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