Easy Cure Meat Jerky Recipe

5 lb Meat, any cut
1/2 c Non-iodized salt
1/2 c Sugar
1 qt Water

Trim all fat from meat. Slice meat with the grain as thin as possible. The meat slices nicely when semi-frozen, or your butcher will do the slicing for you. Place the meat in cool brine and refrigerate
overnight. After no less than 12 hours, take the meat from the brine, rinse lightly and allow to dry on paper towels for 1 hour. Place meat strips on the smoker racks and dry for 12 hours, using your favorite fuel. When strips are the dryness you like, allow to cool and transfer into a ziplock bag for taking on trips, hiking, camping, etc.

Drying Soy Jerky

3 lb Lean beef; flank; round sirloin tip
3/4 c Soy sauce
1/4 c Worchestershire sauce
1/4 c Brown sugar
1 ts Onion powder
1 Clove garlic; minced
1/2 ts Cracked pepper
1/4 ts Liquid smoke

Cut beef into strips 1/2 inch thick. Combine marinade ingredients in a large glass baking dish. Add strips of beef, cover and refrigerate overnight. Drain beef slices. Dry in an electric dehydrator at 145 until pliable. Package in home canning jars, food-grade plastic bags or seal-by-heat food storage bags.