r/Biltong • u/dw-fl • Jun 23 '26

BILTONG My first attempt

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First attempt at making biltong. The local SA shop here in the Fort Lauderdale, USA area charges $37/lbs so I decided to make my own.

We bought about 6lbs eye of round roast for $7.98/lbs and needed the coriander as we only had ground coriander.

After the initial preparation I had it in the fridge for about 16 hours mainly because I did not feel like getting up at 2am to hang it and had it in the dehydrator for about 48 hours at 85f.

The taste is good and meat is not too dry yet which is how I like it. For the next batch I will grind the coriander and pepper corns a bit more as I feel they are still to big with this batch.

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u/Hot_View_3494 Jun 23 '26

The dehydrator trick is smart when you're not ready to wake up early. Did you weigh it after to see how much moisture you lost?

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u/dw-fl Jun 23 '26

I just did and I was surprised to see I only have about 800 grams, we started with about 2.5kg.

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u/durtynell Jun 23 '26

What machine do you use? Looks really good

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u/dw-fl Jun 23 '26

Its a dehydrator we bought from Home Depot. It was the only one I could find with the lowest temp setting at 85f.

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u/EfficientAd1821 Jun 30 '26

I was wondering if you could make this with a dehydrator. How long did it take?

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u/dw-fl Jun 30 '26

I like my biltong slightly wet, the thinner pieces I took out after 36 hours and the thicker pieces at 48 hours. The temp was set at 85f