Yeah so here's a dinner recipe for anyone that's in a SHTF situation and has to leave home in a hurry and head for the deep woods for an extended stay.  Your truck might not get you there though because the gas stations are all closed and you don't want to be on the roads anymore anyhow. But you've got some good horses in the barn that are ready to rock and they'll appreciate you packing as light as possible.  This recipe also assumes you planned ahead. So let's get started ...

First gather all of your ingredients. I like to experiment a lot with this part but these are the basics I tend to the most.  You could use a dry rub, but this will be a marinade. Mix up your your ingredients well and set it aside.



Get the leanest cuts of beef you can find (or whatever meat you prefer). Here we have a top round and 2 shoulder cuts. 5 1/2 lbs for $13 (on sale).   This is the most time consuming part. Get your knife good and sharp and start slicing.



Remove as much of the remaining fat as possible and seperate it from your lean slices. I usually seperate into 3-4 piles. Here I have 2 piles that have too much fat for this recipe but the middle one is excellent in stews, chili, fajitas, stir fry or whatever.  The one on the right would be good to make beef broth or soup, but I'm splitting this particular pile among my dogs for a treat.



Take your lean cuts and put into your cowboy marinade, cover and put it into the fridge for 24 hours, turning occasionally.



I don't know if this step is necessary, but I do it to save time.  After 24 hours, lay your meat out on paper towels and absorb as much moisture from it as you can.  You've probably already guessed that we are making jerky and moisture is not your friend for this recipe. Plus your oven will thank you.





Lay your strips out on your drying racks and season to taste.  I like fresh ground pepper on mine.  I've got a triple stack rack but I only needed 2 here.



Set your oven on its lowest setting (we are drying, not cooking) and place your racks in the oven.  Mine only goes down to 170 but I leave the door cracked a little to let the moisture escape and I doubt if it gets that warm in there.



8-12 hours later you've got a pile of the good stuff that will last you long time and will look something like  shoe leather (but tastes much better).  Your Cowboy bugout dinner is complete and you're ready to roll.



But since the SHTF isn't happening quite yet, I'll throw the jerky in the freezer for when it does happen and make me a burrito for now.



Cowboy Bugout Beef Jerky w/burrito
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
Winchester Model 94 30-30
Ruger GP100 .357 revolver
Smith and Wesson M&P15
Sig Sauer .40 cal P239
US Army Survival Manual 1970 edition

10/10 pardner'

nice, I add the above with dales and brown sugar too. makes it real nice.

Loves me some jerky.

I'd eat it !

Thanks, I got my racks at Cabela's

10/10 Giddy Up.

You scared me with that liquid smoke in the first pic.  Whew!  Looks good.

Well played sir!

10 out of 10

10/10 nice

we have us a winnah!!!!!!!!!!!!

10

Damn good idea. Especially for a dinner pic. 9.5/10 and I don't even like jerky.

Low post count, has to be a troll...........................NO WAIT!

AWESOME!!!!!

Very nice post.

WIN!!!!!!

10/10

Pilgrum, you get a ten in this territory.

Now, if the S really HTF, you'll be makin' jerky outta them horses.

-1 for white cowboy hat

+1 for actually knowing how to make real jerky

10/10

-1 for hat on the dinner table
-1 for no dressing
+1 for S&W
+1 lancer mags

10/10

MMMMM BEEF.....

Don't make fun of the horse meat...Used to ride the school bus with a kid (30+ years ago) whose Dad? was an alcoholic horse gypo.. (ie broke all the time)...Got invited to dinner quite a few times...Found out later that they were wintering on horse meat....Never had a bad meal at that home....

10/10   nothing but WIN all over this one....


that reminds me that I've got some venison headed for jerkyness...

You can't detract for a cowboy hat period, unless you're ghey, but even then...

Plus he has spurs on the table.  That alone is worth a +2...

10/10

10/10

Side question: How long will jerky like that keep? If I make a batch, how long will I have before it goes bad?

10/10!

Not just because it's a good post, but because I realized it was Jerky right away since that's what I'm doing right now!


Not to hijack,
Shot this goose the other day and am making my first attempt at jerky tonight, oh yeah!

10/10

Looks great!  Nice guns, too.

10

never knew there were cowboys in Ohio.

11/10 for the SNPA.

-10 for the Pmag
-10 for horse piss beer

10/10 DPOTD Dinner Pic of the Day

YOU GUYS RULE!!!

10/10 here to man. Nice touch with the lever gun AND the AR!!! Spurs were a nice touch too, and thanks I am now craving jerky at 7:30 in the morning.

10. win.

Good stuff!

I'm hungry.

Awesome!

EPIC WIN!!!!


(but lose the liquid smoke and throw that meat in a smoker for an hour or two to get the real deal)

Very cool-I need to get some of those racks.

Hell yes! I'd say this deserves a 10. My yellow lab nods his approval of sharing with the pups.

Awesome!  Gonna put some on the dehydrator tonight.

Can you give more details on the portions you used for the spices in the marinade?

That beer sux

9/10

Excellent.  Forgot to ID the folding knife...

9 / 10

Very nicely done.  10

TAG. Only cause I have never made myself beef jerky and now I am going to next week. hehe.

Excellent!

9/10

10/10!

10/10

OP, where can I get drying racks like those?