Amazing Turkey Jerky

  3.5 – 2 reviews  • Jerky Recipes

Making homemade tomato sauce doesn’t take hours! The fundamentals of this sauce might be the same or can vary depending on your personal preferences. There are instructions for using fresh tomatoes, but if time is of the essence, tinned tomatoes will also work well. Enjoy!

Prep Time: 25 mins
Additional Time: 7 hrs
Total Time: 7 hrs 25 mins
Servings: 10
Yield: 10 servings

Ingredients

  1. 1 ½ pounds ground turkey
  2. ½ cup soy sauce
  3. 1 tablespoon honey
  4. 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
  5. 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
  6. 1 tablespoon liquid smoke
  7. 1 tablespoon garlic powder
  8. 1 tablespoon coarsely ground black pepper
  9. 1 ½ teaspoons ground ginger
  10. 1 teaspoon olive oil
  11. ½ cube beef bouillon
  12. wooden paint stir sticks

Instructions

  1. Combine ground turkey, soy sauce, honey, Worcestershire sauce, apple cider vinegar, liquid smoke, garlic powder, pepper, ginger, olive oil, and beef bouillon in a large bowl. Mix well and cover. Marinate in the refrigerator for 2 to 12 hours.
  2. Tape 2 paint stir sticks 2 inches apart on a flat work surface. Cover with a large piece of plastic wrap. Place a golfball-sized piece of turkey mixture between the sticks. Cover with another piece of plastic wrap. Roll turkey mixture into a thin strip using a rolling pin. Transfer strip to a dehydrator tray. Repeat with remaining turkey mixture.
  3. Dehydrate at 160 degrees F (70 degrees C) until thoroughly dried, 5 to 8 hours.
  4. Substitute other types of ground meat for the turkey if desired.
  5. You can also pipe mixture using a jerky gun.
  6. If you want you can sprinkle more pepper, red peppers flakes, minced garlic, or seasoning of your choice over strips in step 2, but cover back up with plastic wrap and gently rub in.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 137 kcal
Carbohydrate 4 g
Cholesterol 50 mg
Dietary Fiber 0 g
Protein 15 g
Saturated Fat 2 g
Sodium 821 mg
Sugars 2 g
Fat 7 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Aaron Hicks
Great marinade!!! I used thin chicken breast cuts, and followed the directions to dehydrate for 5 hrs. They were tasty. Thank you for sharing!
Michael Castro
This was a real waste of 1 1/2 lbs of ground turkey. It was very bland and did not taste like a jerky anyone would eat.

 

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