Honey & Lemon Beef Jerky

5.0(7)

This is a delicious marinade for beef jerky. The lemon juice tenderizes the meat but doesn't necessarily make it taste "lemony". Also, instead of the usual flank steak, I used the 1/4-inch sirloin slices usually packaged as "fajita beef" or "stir-fry beef". It's lean and saves on slicing time. In my oven it finished drying in about 6-1/2 hours at 180 degrees, but check after around 5 hours just to be safe.

by EdsGirlAngie·published 2004-05-11

Open original recipe

Lunch/Snacks

Servings

(8–10)

Total time

18h

prep 12h

Calories / serving

271 kcal

Ingredients (7)

serves

1 1/2 lbs very lean sirloin beef, sliced 1/4 inch thick (the type packaged as "fajita beef" or "stir-fry beef")
1 clove garlic, mincedgarlic
1/2 cup honeyhoney
1/2 cup soy sauce or 1/2 cup tamari soy sauce
4 tablespoons lemon juicelemon-juice
1/2 teaspoon black pepperpepper
1/2 teaspoon saltsalt

Instructions (7 steps)

01Combine garlic, honey, lemon juice, soy sauce, salt and pepper, and marinate steak strips in this overnight in a plastic zipper bag.
02The next day, cover oven rack beneath with foil for easy clean-up.
03Preheat oven to 180 degrees F.
04Place slices on a baking rack, prop oven door slightly with an oven mitt to allow humidity to escape, and dry meat on racks.
05In my oven, the process took about 6-1/2 hours.

Pantry check

Data quality

servings.value✓

times.totalMinutes✓

nutrition.calories✓

recipeCuisine—

recipeCategory✓

rating✓

description✓

image (URL only)✓

Rich recipe — supports nutrition-aware planning.