Top 5 Deer Jerky Recipes

Top 5 Deer Jerky Recipes

I’ve pulled all my favorite deer jerky recipes together to create one master go-to list!

1) Basic Deer Jerky

This recipe can be used for jerky made from strips cut from a steak or mixed into ground meat.

INGREDIENTS:

1/3 cup Soy Sauce

2 tablespoons Liquid smoke

1 teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon pepper

½ cup water

Dash of hot sauce of your choice

Marinate the meat for at least 1 hour.

If you are using an oven: Lay the strips out on racks. Bake in the oven on 150 degrees for 8-12 hours.

If you are using a dehydrator: Lay the strips on the trays. Dehydrate on 150-160 degrees for 6-8 hours.

 

2) Hickory Deer Jerky Recipe

Grind the meat and mix a packet of Eastman Outdoors Hickory seasoning & cure.

Load the mixture into a jerky gun and squeeze onto the trays to dehydrate.

Dehydrate on 145 degrees for 4-5 hours or until dry.

3) Bourbon Deer Jerky

INGREDIENTS:

2 cups deer – All fat trimmed off and cut into ¼“ thick strips

1 cup water

1 cup bourbon of your choice

1 tsp ground red pepper

2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce

2 tbsp soy sauce

1 tbsp salt

2 cloves sliced garlic

Add all ingredients to a bowl and marinate the meat for 1 hour.

If you are using a smoker: Load into smoker on racks for 6-8 hours on 170 degrees

If you are using an oven: Lay strips on racks and bake on 160 degrees for 6-8 hours

 

4) Jack Daniels Deer Jerky

INGREDIENTS:

1 pound deer meat – sliced into strips ¼” thick

1 cup soy sauce

½ cup packed brown sugar

2 tbsp Jack Daniels Whiskey

1 tbsp ground paprika

3 cloves minced garlic

¼ tsp salt

Mix all ingredients in a bowl with the meat and marinate for 12-24 hours.

Pat the pieces dry on a paper towl and lay on racks.

Bake in the oven on 170 degrees for 5-6 hours.

 

5) Low-Sodium Deer Jerky

INGREDIENTS:

3 pounds deer – sliced into strips, ¼” thick

½ cup water

1 tsp of each: liquid smoke, pepper, cayenne, garlic, chili powder, onion powder

4 tbsp reduced sodium salt

Marinate all the meat for 12-24 hours.

Pat the pieces dry and lay on racks to put in the oven.

Bake in the oven on 170 degrees for 5-6 hours.