BILTONG
Biltong is one of those things that everyone has their own opinion of... how to salt, how to spice, how wet/dry it should be, etc. This is my personal favourite recipe which is simple and straight-forward. It is excellent as is, but feel free make changes to the spice mixture to suit your tastes.
Provided by Bokenpop aka Mad
Categories Lunch/Snacks
Time P4D
Yield 48-60 biltongs
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Trim excess fat off the meat.
- Slice meat along the grain no thicker than 1.5cm.
- Cut those slices into strips of 3-5cm wide.
- Combine sugar, baking soda and black pepper.
- Roast coriander in a pan over a medium heat for 2 minutes and then crush it fine.
- Mix into the sugar mixture.
- Pour vinegar into a flat dish and drag meat strips through the vinegar coating them well.
- I use my cooler box for this next step in the process: sprinkle a handful of salt over the bottom of the cooler box and cover with a layer of meat strips.
- Sprinkle the meat with a layer of salt and then the spice mixture.
- Keep layering the meat, salt and spices finishing with a layer of salt and spices.
- Close cooler box and leave to stand for 24 hours.
- Discard any left over vinegar.
- When you open the cooler box, there will be a lot of water drawn from the meat and the salt should be dissolved.
- Take the meat out of the cooler and place on a tray.
- Remove any large pieces of salt that may still be on the meat.
- It is your choice if you still want to pat the meat dry, I never do.
- Discard the water in the cooler.
- Using a paperclip opened to resemble an "S", hook each meat strip and hang to dry.
- I use a biltong box because the biltong is dry within 3 days of hanging - conventional methods take much longer.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 711.5, Fat 73.9, SaturatedFat 30.7, Cholesterol 103.1, Sodium 2301.4, Carbohydrate 1.8, Fiber 0.2, Sugar 1.6, Protein 8.6
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