African Recipes
BILTONG (BEEF JERKY)
Ingredients
Salting mixture: 1 lb salt 2 oz sugar 1 oz saltpeter pepper and chili spices -- to taste
Instructions
Cut strips of meat following the grain of muscle. Make strips 2 inches wide and 1 inch thick. Best made during cool dry weather if possible. Salt the meat by rubbing the mixture in well and leave in the basin of salt mixture overnight. Dip a cloth in vinegar, wring dry and whip the meat well. Hang the strips of meat in a cool, dry, well ventilated place until dry. You can also hang the meat on an oven rack placed in the top slot of the oven. Dry the meat on low heat.