One of Ming's childhood favorite foods was beef jerky. This isn't a beef jerky that can be purchased at the store nor at any vendor I've found. It is a dried beef that isn't sweet; the flavor is savory and indescribable. There are notes of five spice and chili in it.
I made it for the first time and it turned out pretty well. It isn't quite as good as his mom's but not bad for my first try. I'm definitely going to make this again since it was relatively easy and since I know he enjoys it so much. :)
I've forgotten what the Chinese name for this is but it's something along the lines of dried beef. Either way this is one of those family treasured recipes that will be handed down through the generations.
I bought nearly 3 lbs of meat for the beef jerky. It filled two containers (after some liberal sampling to make sure it tasted ok.) The beef jerky will be lucky if it lasts us a week. Yes, it is that good. Will I be sharing? Nope. Others will need to wait until I make a perfectly seasoned batch of beef jerky before I'm willing to let others taste test it.
2 comments:
wow you made these? I love beef jerky. THe first time I had these was from Viet. I saw States has some but really expensive.
what a coincidence, i just made beef jerky over the weekend, too! not taiwanese style though -- i dunno what that's like.
thanks for your email, yeah, i signed up for the mailing list but i couldn't go to the last one. i wanna try that yogurt now! i looooved the yogurt when i was in france! i hope it's just as good!
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