Beef Jerky Makers - What Cut of Beef Do You Use?

mangobango on 13/12/2021 - 10:29

So I just started making my own jerky in the dehydrator and first time was a big success! Very tasty, don't want to buy jerky ever again.

I used the eye fillet from ALDI for $29.99 per kg.

Curious, if you make your own jerky, what cut do you use?

After it dehydrated it went from 816g to 280g, so weighing the jerky it technically would've been around $83ish per kg of jerky.

Wondering if anyone uses any cheaper cuts that also have good results? New to it all so interested to hear from the community.

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Comments

  • biltong2go on 13/12/2021 - 11:39
    +1

    We use beef topside.

  • MattyAu on 13/12/2021 - 12:36
    +2

    Looking at making some myself and my father in-law suggested silverside/corned beef.

  • AdosHouse on 13/12/2021 - 12:39
    +1

    One of my staff makes some bloody nice jerky, he uses corned silverside.

  • Fizzydrink on 13/12/2021 - 12:42
    +1

    blade. or when i first started out, snitzel (without the crumbs) from the butcher

    or silverside as others suggest, just dont go too salty in the marinade in that case

    • mangobango on 13/12/2021 - 14:15

      The recipe I used said to use low salt soy sauce and then add more salt, though I just used regular soy sauce without adding extra and it was fine.

      Do you think it would still be okay to do that with silverside?

      • Fizzydrink on 13/12/2021 - 14:27
        +1

        yeah, id do that, use low salt, dont add extra

        • mangobango on 13/12/2021 - 14:29

          Another thing to add to the shopping list then, thanks for the input!

  • 7ekn00 on 13/12/2021 - 13:30
    +2

    Buy the whole cow for an average ~ $20/kg :P

    • mangobango on 13/12/2021 - 14:14

      I'll probably become the size of a cow after eating all that jerky 😝

  • mangobango on 13/12/2021 - 14:13

    Thanks for your suggestions everyone!

    I'll cycle through the ones mentioned and see what works best, they're all a fair bit cheaper than the eye fillet so makes it more worth it with the whole "do home made for cheaper".

    Appreciate the responses once again :)

  • rektrading on 13/12/2021 - 15:40

    I prefer 🐻 meat. More gamey texture.

    https://duckduckgo.com/?q=bear+jerky&t=braveed&iax=images&ia…

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