Beef Jerky a la Willie

Directions

1. 1

   Ingredients 1/2 cup soy sauce, low salt 1 1/4 teaspoon onion powder 1/3 cup worcestershire sauce 1 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder 2 1/3 teaspoon

2. 2

   Mix all ingredients except beef to make marinade

3. 3

   Cut thinly sliced beef into 1/2 inch strips and marinate for 8 to 12 hours

4. 4

   Smoke using mesquite chips for about three hours and then finish drying in oven

5. 5

   If doing whole operation in oven use liquid smoke and hang strips of beef on highest rack and put shallow pan underneath to catch drippings

6. 6

   Turn oven on and set to lowest possible setting and leave for 6 to 8 hours until thoroughly dried

7. 7

   A couple of hints that I picked up from one of the cooking echos

8. 8

   Use toothpicks or wooden skewers to hang meat by, and put a couple of layers of paper towels in the pan to collect the drippings and save cl