3/28/2012

Excellent Product - Great Beef Jerky

I never thought jerky made out of hamburger would be good. But I used the spice & cure packs that came with the dehydrator and in about 5 1/2 hours, the jerky was done, and it was excellent!!! I made one-pound batches, and they just disappeared!!!

I also dried some fresh pineapple chuncks. There's nothing better than fresh pineapple, but I thought I'd try it dryed. I couldn't keep my hands off the dried pineapple, it was like candy!

I works great for making your own dried onions, too. It's a lot cheaper to dry your own onions, than buy them in the spice aisle at the grocery store. Sprinkle some on a burger while it's cooking, and it gives it a great flavor. I initially ordered this as a jerky maker for my children, we have had several dehydrators in the past that lasted a SHORT time. We opened the box and found it to be smaller than we had thought, at first! Then we used the unit and realized it MORE than makes up for the size with its quality and speed in drying foods! The unit was tested making "hamburger" jerky first, in 12 hours we had slim jim quality meat sticks, while creating the slim jims we marinated the 1/4 strips of beef roast in a teriyaki style homemade marinade. As soon as the "Jims" were done we immediately began the strips, 14 hours later they were complete and only lasted about 2 hours before they were devoured! Then we began the fruit portion of my tests. We dried apples, bananas, pineapple, apple puree, cherries, kiwi, and strawberries. The puree was poured onto the fruit leather inserts one thick, one thin, then the fruit intermingled. After about 8 hours most were done and after 12 all were complete. The thin fruit leather from puree was the big hit better then the commercial version, and the fruit was all eaten the next day at the lake. It includes 2 seasoning packs for jerky but we found them to be more salty then flavorful, so we now make our own! Awesome product, easy to clean too! I used to have a convection dehydrator and would get very uneven drying.. This dehydrator is great! Although the edges dry a little faster than the middle, that can be expected and it's not a big problem. It's faster than my old one and I love the adjustable dial. It doesn't bother me that there is no timer.. dehydrating isn't an EXACT science.

So far, I've dehydrated several batches of beef jerky, made applesauce into fruit leather, and dehydrated an entire meal! That's right, I made beef and Guinness stew and dehydrated it for camping! I chose to strain the sauce after I cooked it, and dehydrated it separately from the meat and veggies. Before I prepared the stew, I cut the veggies up into 1/4 inch or less cubes.. and after it was cooked, I shredded the beef a little bit and put it on a separate tray. Once it was all dried, I put the "sauce leather" in the blender to make it into granules, and portioned sauce, meat, and veggies into ziplock freezer baggies.

I left it on the counter for 3 days then reconstituted it with enough boiling water to cover it then insulated the container for 10 minutes. After that, I ate it! It was great!!! I'm so excited to take my yummy homemade beef stew on a 4 day hiking trip in December. I think this trip alone will save us enough money on that expensive freeze-dried food to almost pay for the dehydrator!


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