Texas Pepper Beef Jerky | Special Beef Cut Used That Breaks All The Rules | So Freaking Good

Chef Pennington here today, we're going to make Texas

jerky

, it's going to be incredibly flavorful, delicious and tender, which isn't usually the case when you're talking about

beef

jerky

and that's because today we're going to be using a very

special

cut, one of my absolute favorites. from the inner rib of the cow, so it's not a conventional cut, but it's something you can find today and it's called sirloin flap and it's perfect, the French call it bavette, just an amazing cut of meat, Guys, let's take a closer look here, so that's it. a pound or so check out the marbling guys it's absolutely amazing this is the type of cut of meat that can be cooked like a steak and almost eaten like a brisket it's so versatile it's amazing try using it next time you make fajitas and you're going to blow your friends away, but you'll notice that we have longer reigns here, it's one of the things that's really important when we cut our meat for

beef

jerky, as we need to cut against the grain, otherwise , it will simply be over.

It's really very difficult and a waste of time, to be honest we are cutting against the grain so this is what makes our beef jerky

special

and you can use this recipe for any type of meat cut. I have a link that will be Below in the description I talked about the different cuts of meat you can use to make jerky, you said no, I'm concerned about the cut I'm using here today, the process, the recipe, it all works for anyone. cut you want to use. Notice how I'm cutting this and the pieces are getting thicker and bigger and that's just from the angle of my knife which is a really cool cutting trick.

We are creating more surface area by planing the knife so that it lies flatter towards the meat. and you can see we have a lot of fat here, which is not traditional for making jerky, so it doesn't have a shorter shelf life, which is no big deal. When it's ready you put it in a zip lock bag and put it in the refrigerator when you're ready to eat it, take it out and you'll have a really tender and delicious piece, so let's make a marinade here. I'm going to start with some teriyaki sauce. I'm using kicky, come on, for my brands.

I have to get it. a little soy sauce, which is probably the most traditional ingredient when making a marinade for beef jerky. I have a cup there, all the measurements and everything will be in the link below, so don't worry about anything, now some want to take a shower, so let's get started. Let's take it out with a very traditional marinade for beef jerky and then we're going to take it up a notch since this is beef jerky with Texas

pepper

, we're going to get a little spicy, another traditional ingredient, liquid smoke, you can find it at the grocery store today in day. just be very careful, it was very strong so notice that it dripped a little.

I didn't use a full teaspoon, a little bit of brown sugar in there and here we start to change things up a little bit, a little bit spicy, so let's put some mustard in there, but jalapeno mustard, you can take some chopped jalapeños and add them in there too There's a cool ingredient here, there's some wasabi, but you know, Laurel has a little bit of spice that comes at first and then quickly. It disappears, it's not like normal spiciness, it stays on the tongue, so it's kind of a secret flavor weapon. You take your favorite hot sauce and add as much as you want, and that's one of the ingredients that's a personal choice and us.

Let's have everything happy here now, one of the things to consider is how long you want to marinate the meat. I suggest you don't spend 12 or eight hours overnight because I think Rob is the meat of part of the flavor. I know we are using a very strong product like soy sauce and it is hard not to notice the soy sauce. You know if you marinate it for just an hour it will make a difference, but I like four hours, I think four hours of the sweet spot. where it will taste like something and can still taste like meat, so think of it as the happy medium.

Here is an interesting and easy way to seal the bag where you use the weight of the bag to force all the air out. start at the bottom, start pinching, lower all the liquid through the base and then just fold the bag over on itself and it naturally pushes out all the air which is great but many of you have seen it before but It's still

good

advice. so I like to put this inside a bowl just to make sure it doesn't drip or anything, mix it all together, make sure those pieces don't stick together and then put the marinade in there and then in the refrigerator for at least at least four hours so here's our dehydrator definitely put some aluminum foil on the bottom because things drip and that makes cleanup a lot easier and then when you're laying out your pieces something to consider is how close together because if you load up each screen too much it will actually add more dehydration time so if you have space don't overcrowd it but if you have little space expect it to take a little longer to dehydrate you may you're closer to five, maybe six hours and it always depends on how thick you cut it, so it's a treat to put it in a dehydrator when it's a little cold, that dehydration only takes a few hours, it's not 24 hours or 48 hours, so we get down to what's really important. the temperature at 160 degrees I mean for hours if you cut it thin let's take a look what a beautiful jerky guys just remember it needs to be stored in a plastic bag in the refrigerator and not on the counter like beef jerky might normal.

Be and you'll taste tender and delicious with chunks of beef jerky you made yourself for a fraction of the cost, which is even better, except no beef jerky is that expensive. Feel free to use this recipe if you want to get started. a beef jerky business I totally agree with, join us on social media guys we would love for you to be there. Go ahead and subscribe and hit the like button if you liked the recipe, all the instructions and more information about what. The cuts of meat you can use will be on the website and you take the best care.