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Ingredients
- 3 lbs venison (deer, elk, moose, caribou, or beef)
- 16 ounces light soy sauce
- 16 ounces water
- 1 tablespoon liquid smoke
- 12 cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon cajun seasoning
- 2 tablespoons salt
- 2 tablespoons crushed garlic (optional)
- 15 -20 drops hot pepper sauce (optional)
Method
- Slice the meat into 1/4 inch thick strips.
- Mix together soy sauce, water, liquid smoke, salt, brown sugar,Cajun seasoning and optional ingredients in a non-reactive bowl (non-metal).
- Place the meat into the marinade and refrigerate for 24-36 hours.
- Remove meat and pat dry.
- Discard the marinade.
- Heat oven to 145 degrees F (with the oven door left open about one inch; this is to allow for air circulation) and place meat on oven rack or a baking rack placed in the oven.
- Spread foil on lower rack to catch drippings.
- (Our oven will only heat as low as 170 degrees F and jerky was done in 5-5 1/2 hours.)
- At 145 degrees F, jerky will be done in 6-8 hours.
