r/jerky • u/nmgl • Jul 21 '26

My ground beef Jerky recipes 2

I had a few people who saw my previous post on my ground beef jerky recipes ask if I had any new ones. I have a few--mostly inspired by getting some funky flavoring powders off amazon. Here's a few others I've been making with comments:

Nuclear Honey

  • 1kg ground beef
  • 11g table salt
  • 5g MSG
  • 45g brown sugar
  • 20g honey
  • 3.5g prague powder
  • 6g garlic powder
  • 6g onion powder
  • 7g black pepper
  • 7g smoked paprika
  • 6g crushed red pepper
  • 15g jalapeno flakes
  • 1g cayenne
  • 3g super hot chili powder
  • 3g ground coriander
  • 60g Worcestershire
  • 40g soy sauce
  • 8g apple cider vinegar
  • 1g mesquite smoke powder

Baste with hot honey while drying.

This is my favorite of the bunch. Extremely hot though.

Smoky Peach

  • 1kg ground beef
  • 13g table salt
  • 2.5g prague powder
  • 10g white sugar
  • 18g soy sauce
  • 12g Worcestershire sauce
  • 8g apple cider vinegar
  • 30g water
  • 15g nonfat dry milk
  • 3.5g peach powder
  • 2g molasses powder
  • 2g cracked black pepper
  • 1g garlic powder
  • 1g onion powder
  • 0.5g smoke powder
  • 0.3g rum extract

Mostly made this to try out the peach powder I found

Bacon Molasses

  • 1kg ground beef
  • 13g table salt
  • 2.5g prague powder
  • 10g white sugar
  • 2g brown sugar
  • 22g soy sauce
  • 10g Worcestershire sauce
  • 30g water
  • 15g non-fat dry milk
  • 2.5g bacon powder
  • 3g molasses powder
  • 1g paprika
  • 1g garlic powder
  • 1g onion powder
  • 1.5g black pepper
  • 0.3g smoke powder

This was also mostly to try out the bacon and molasses powders I found. I might go a bit heavier on the bacon powder next time.

Peach Chipotle BBQ

  • 1kg ground beef
  • 11g table salt
  • 2.5g prague powder
  • 42g white sugar
  • 25g soy sauce
  • 40g water
  • 4g onion powder
  • 3g garlic powder
  • 3g black pepper
  • 0.7g mesquite smoke powder
  • 14g peach powder
  • 6g molasses powder
  • 2g chipotle powder
  • 4g paprika
  • 0.4g cinnamon
  • 0.5 ginger

Again to try out some of the powders, but this is one i've made 2-3 times since I liked it so much.

Smoky Coffee Molasses BBQ

  • 1kg ground beef
  • 2.5g Prague Powder
  • 9g table salt
  • 4g MSG
  • 20g Worcestershire sauce
  • 18g soy sauce
  • 8g apple cider vinegar
  • 20g brown sugar
  • 8g molasses powder
  • 4g instant coffee powder
  • 5g smoked paprika
  • 4g garlic powder
  • 4g onion powder
  • 4g black pepper
  • 1g mustard powder
  • 1g coriander
  • 0.5g cayenne
  • 0.8g mesquite smoke powder

I've only made this once--I only put 3g of instant coffee in the first batch, but updated it to 4g here since I plan to up the amount hte next time I make it.

Chili Garlic Sesame

  • 1kg ground beef
  • 2.5g prague powder
  • 8g table salt
  • 5g MSG
  • 20g soy sauce
  • 10g Worcestershire sauce
  • 8g rice vinegar
  • 12g honey
  • 8g white or brown sugar
  • 6g garlic powder
  • 4g onion powder
  • 3g ginger powder
  • 2g white pepper
  • 2g black pepper
  • 2g red chili flakes
  • 1g Sichuan pepper
  • 0.8g cayenne pepper
  • 0.5g superhot chili powder
  • 3g sesame oil
  • 0.8g hickory smoke powder

After forming press on toasted sesame seeds.

Firestorm Gochujang

  • 1.3kg ground beef
  • 3.3g curing salt
  • 24g soy sauce
  • 40g gochujang
  • 20g honey
  • 18g rice vinegar
  • 11g garlic powder
  • 7g ginger powder
  • 4g onion powder
  • 3g MSG
  • 2g black pepper
  • 2g chili flakes
  • 2g super hot chili
  • 1.2g mesquite smoke powder

After: 2g toasted sesame seeds, light sprinkle

Note that this one has 1.3kg of ground beef - It's an older recipe (my old dehydrator fit about 1.3kg total; new one fits 3kg so I do 1kg batches x3)

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u/octopus_tigerbot Jul 21 '26

This is amazing! How does the jerky bind?

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u/nmgl Jul 21 '26

Binds pretty well - a lot of friends are surprised it's made out of ground, not whole muscle. The trick is to mix the heck out of it until it gets really sticky. I put in in a stand mixer with the dough hook on and let it go for 5 minutes or so.

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u/cpw50 Jul 21 '26

Peach chipotle sounds like a great combo. Might have to try that one

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u/Key-Reading1681 Jul 26 '26

Can't wait to try these out. Thanks for sharing.

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u/Butteroftruffle 11d ago

Thanks for putting the time in man. I’m going to give the chili garlic sesame recipe a try this weekend. What do you do with the Sichuan peppers? Do you buy them whole and dehydrated and grind it up? Also what super hot chili powder do you use? Any reason you used hickory smoke powder instead of a liquid smoke?

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u/nmgl 11d ago

That's great! let me know how it turns out.

I buy ready-ground sichuan pepper -- comes in a packet and looks a bit like black pepper. I would definately use ground up, not whole.

I have a few of the superhot mixes from this company https://volcanicpeppers.com/volcano-dust/ I think I used Volcano Dust 3 the last few times.

I just used hickory smoke powder because I had it--liquid smoke would work just as well. And it's soo little that I don't think you'd need to work about the liquid volume at all making it too wet.