Get the App

Recipes

Find a Recipe Blue Ribbon Recipes Pinch It!™ Feed Browse All Recipes

Editorial

Food Bites & Articles Videos What is a Blue Ribbon? Meet the Test Kitchen

Community

Member Recipes Groups Sweepstakes Contests Shopping

jerky for wildgame

(1 rating)
Hambone avatar
Recipe by
Dan Hammond
@Hambone
Noblesville, IN

Jerky for wildgame meat and beef is very easy if you use a dehydrator (I use Nesco American Harvest version), and use any jerky marinade...great, healthy snack! My jerky is more like kippered beef...thick and chewy. Cook's choice...easy to use thinner strips for a more dense jerkey. Enjoy!

(1 rating)
prep time 30 Min
cook time 4 Hr
method Canning/Preserving

Ingredients For jerky for wildgame

  • meat for jerky (wild game or beef)
  • marinade

How To Make jerky for wildgame

  • 1
    With wild game, be sure to have it frozen for 30 days at zero degrees...this ensures all bacteria is dead. And, this way you may use a marinade of your choosing with no preservatives/sulfides as long as you keep the finished product in the freezer until time to consume and then consume it within 2 weeks.
  • 2
    Cut meat of choice into 1/8" to 1/4" thick strips...best to have the meat still a bit frozen...makes it easy to slice with little mess
  • 3
    Place strips into zip lock baggie and add marinade...turning occassionally, marinate overnight.
  • 4
    I like to use the same marinade as my venison loin (london broil style) recipe listed on this site. However, there are tons of commercial marinades available with favors all over the board (mesquite, spicey, hickory....)
  • Dehydrator loaded and ready to ... dehydrate...lol
    5
    Using a dehydrator, load jerkey and allow for air flow (see my photos)
  • 6
    use the highest setting or around 155 degrees for 1 hour, and then pat dry with paper towel and flip pieces...getting the oil off improves taste and shelf life
  • Here is my dehydrator...Nesco American Harvest. What is nice is that you can stack as many racks as needed into the tower, easy to clean, easy to store, and easy to use...set temp and plug it in.
    7
    continue to dry in the dehydrator for sometimes up to 12 hours depending upon the amount of meat you have in the unit...when they jerky is leathery, but plyable, remove and you are ready to serve/freeze
  • 8
    rarely have I cooked longer than 4 hours
  • Last Step: Don't forget to share! Make all your friends drool by posting a picture of your finished recipe on your favorite social network. And don't forget to tag Just A Pinch and include #justapinchrecipes so we can see it too!
ADVERTISEMENT