Dried beef
Description
Perfect for the table and with drinks. I think many of you have seen this kind of meat in stores; it is most often sold there as a snack with beer or wine. Well, you can quite easily make dried beef at home. For this you will need about two kilos of good meat, a little spices and seasonings, and also an ordinary food dehydrator. After that, everything is very easy and simple; the only thing you will need to stock up on is patience, because the beef will not be ready until 4–5 days later. But this is exactly the case when the wait is amply rewarded, because the meat from this simple dried beef recipe turns out amazing. It can be served warm or chilled.
Instructions
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Step 1
First, rinse the meat under running water, pat it dry with a towel, and cut it across the grain into pieces about 1 cm wide. Place the beef in a pot. In a separate container, mix soy sauce, salt, sugar, ground pepper, crushed bay leaf, and dried herbs. Pour a cup of boiling water into this mixture and stir until the sugar and salt dissolve. Pour the prepared brine over the beef and mix everything well. Cover the meat with a plate so that it sinks in the pot and completely covers the meat. Now refrigerate the beef to marinate for three days.
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Step 2
After three days, when the meat has marinated well, pat the beef pieces dry with paper towels and arrange them in the dehydrator spaced apart. Place the larger pieces on the bottom, as they dry faster there.
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Step 3
Now set the drying temperature to 70–72 degrees; drying time is 24 hours.
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Step 4
And after two days you can enjoy the result; however, if you cut the beef into pieces thicker than one centimeter, you will need to increase the drying time.
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Step 5
Enjoy your meal!