I've got some venison that I need to make into jerky. Does anybody have a good jerky recipe that they'd like to share? I'm wanting to make some "plain", terryaki (sp?), and some hot. Any recommendations?

50/50 brown sugar/salt, add some garlic powder. Season all over. Let sit in a ziplock overnight.

For hot, add cayenne.

For teriyaki, add pineapple marmalade, and ground ginger.

Don't over dry.

I don't know if this helps because I try all kinds of things when I make mine.  But in general I would agree with James above for getting the spices right. I did make a dinner thread on here about this a couple years ago and linked it below.  I wing it everytime, but it always gets consumed so fast it makes your head spin and I never write down the exact ingredients I used.



http://www.ar15.com/archive/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=841527

I try to keep my 'ingredients' to four or less for jerky.

Black pepper, teriyaki/soy sauce, BBQ spice blend, garlic powder.

I add red pepper flake when I want it spicier and/or vary the other four ingredients to get a variety of flavors.

Simpler is best.  I have some jerky recipes that have 15-20 ingredients, and while tasty, are not worth the trouble compared to a simpler approach.

TRG

I am lazy, but get a bottle of dales steak seasoning at walmart.....slice meat thin, marinated overnight, I like to start my dehydrator at 8 am and pull the meat right at 5.  Got called out on my last batch and didn't pull it till 9pm......wasn't hardly worth eating.

Oh yeah, I add black pepper to mine while loading the dehydrator and the meat is wet and the pepper will stick.  Nothing like fresh ground black pepper venison jerky!!

Doc