Today I’m here with another delicious and mouthwatering easy recipe, and that is… Oven Baked The Beef Jerky. It’s totally different from the regular recipes and serves as the best snack for everybody. You don’t have to go to restaurants anymore to enjoy Beef Jerky. You can easily make it in your own kitchen. 

What is Beef Jerky?

Beef Jerky is basically dried lean beef strips packed with the flavors of multiple spices. Its name, “Jerky,” comes from the Quechua word “Ch’arki,” which means “Dried Salted Meat.” The best thing about his recipe is that it’s Keto, Paleo, and Gluten-free. Plus, it doesn’t contain any sugar. So, even if you’re dieting, you can still enjoy this amazing protein-packed snack without disturbing your diet plan.

You may have tried many beef recipes throughout your life: sweet beef, spicy beef, and many more. But beef jerky serves the best as a snack. It’s flavorful, spicy, and healthy as well.

Oven baked Beef Jerky

If you’re following some sort of diet plan, it can be quite challenging for you to find the recipes that fit best for your plan. Most of the healthy foods are quite boring and you have to compromise on taste. There are only a few recipes that are tasty and healthy simultaneously. But beef Jerky is one recipe that promises a great flavor and texture and doesn’t interrupt your fitness goals.

Can you make Jerky in Food Dehydrator?

Food Dehydrators give you the best results when it comes to drying up fresh fruits. But they don’t work well when you use them for making Jerky. The results are not satisfactory and you get really disappointed after so many hours of waiting.

Beef Jerky in Oven

The oven will never disappoint you while you’re making the Jerky. It will give you impressive results and will make you the best Jerky at home.

The oven at its lowest heat is still hotter than a food dehydrator. It dries up the meat quickly without altering its flavor.

The basic ingredients of the Beef Jerky

There are many meat cuts and spices used to make beef Jerky. But I would recommend only a few that give out the best jerky.

1. Beef

One of the best beef cuts for Jerky is silverside. It’s a lean cut with little fat and is less likely to spoil. Other good cuts I would recommend are Sirloin and the Beef Eye of the round.

2. Soy Sauce

Use gluten-free soy sauce. But if you are following a Paleo diet plan, use coconut aminos instead.

3. Worcestershire Sauce

Worcestershire sauce enhances the flavor of the beef.

4. Liquid Smoke

Liquid smoke will give a smoky flavor to your jerky just like the real wood smoke.

5. Spices

You can add spices according to your taste. But I would recommend salt, black pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, ancho chili powder, oregano, and smoked paprika to give a great flavor.

Cooking Method for Beef Jerky:

1. First of all, trim the fat and freeze the meat for 30 minutes. Once the meat gets frozen, finely slice it into thin strips of about 0.5cm thickness. Add these strips into a ziplock bag.
2. Add all the spices and ingredients into the ziplock bag. Mix them well and coat the strips well with the ingredients. Leave them in the fridge for 4-12 hours so that they get marinated properly.
3. Once they are marinated thoroughly, preheat the oven to 175°F—Line the baking sheets with aluminum foils. Place the rack on top of it. Drain off the remaining marinade mixture. Place the strips onto the rack placed over the baking sheets.
4. Bake the strips in the oven for 3 − 4 hours. Check after three hours to see if the jerky’s got your desired texture.

When the meat is done, take them out of the oven and let them cool. When cooled, you can store them in an airtight container.

Let’s get to the recipe in detail….

Oven Baked Beef Jerky Easy Recipe

Time to make this amazing oven-baked beef jerky! Just follow the instructions and you’ll be amazed at how simple this beef jerky recipe really is. 

Ingredients

• 3 pounds of Beef of your choice.
• ¾ cup of gluten-free Soy Sauce
• ¼ cup of Worcestershire Sauce
• 1 ½ of Salt
• 2 tsp of ground Black Pepper
• 1 ½ tsp of Liquid Smoke
• 1 ½ tsp of Garlic Powder
• 1 ½ tsp of Onion Powder
• 1 ½ tsp of Ancho Chile Powder
• 1 ½ tsp of Smoked Paprika
• 1 tbsp of Dried Oregano

Instructions

• Trim all the fat from the beef and freeze it for 30 – 45 minutes.
• The meat should be frozen outside and soft from the inside. This helps in the fine slicing of the meat. When the Meat is frozen, take it out and slice it into thin strips of about 0.5 cm thickness.
• Add the strips into a large ziplock bag.
• Now add all ingredients into the bag. Close the Zip and shake it well to mix the ingredients well.
• Massage the strips well so that they get coated with the marinade mixture properly.
• Place the ziplock bag into the refrigerator and let the beef marinate for at a minimum of 2 – 4 hours and up to 12 – 16 hours. The longer you marinate, the more flavorful your jerky will be.
• Preheat the oven to 175° F. Line 2 – 3 large baking sheets with aluminum foil, and place baking racks over the sheets.
• Drain the excess marinade off the strips.
• Place the strips onto the baking racks. Remember, arrange the strips on the rack in a single layer only.
• Bake the strips in the oven for 3 – 4 hours, until you get your desired color.
• After 3 hours, take one strip out of the oven, cool it, and check if you’ve got your desired texture. If yes, dish them out. And if no, bake them a bit more.
• Once done, take the strips out. Cool them and Enjoy

Some Important Tips:

1. To get a flavorful beef Jerky, marinate the beef as much as you can. The longer you marinate, the more flavorful the jerky will be. It’s recommended to marinate it for 12 – 16 hours to take the flavor to another level.
2. It’s good to remove all the excess fat before marinating the jerky strips. This way the jerky can stay at room temperature for many days. But if you don’t remove the excess fat, your jerky strips will get soiled quickly.
3. It’s important to freeze the meat before cutting it into strips because the frozen meat is easier to cut into thin slices.
4. It’s important to place the baking racks over the baking sheets. In this way, all the meat juices and the liquid marinade drip off into the sheet leaving the strips dry.

Today I’m here with another fun and exciting recipe, and I’m going to show you how to make Taiyaki, a famous Japanese cake. This unique recipe serves as a snack as well as a dessert. You can make this recipe with your kids, and believe me! Your kids are surely going to love it 😉  

Taiyaki

Taiyaki (鯛焼き), as clear from its name, is a Japanese recipe. It’s a very popular vendor snack in Japan that’s also served on festive occasions. It’s a fish-shaped cake. Its shape resembles the shape of a Japanese seasonal fish called “Tai,” that’s why it’s called Taiyaki.

This amazing fish-shaped dessert is usually filled with a red paste that’s made from Adzuki beans. Still, you can also fill it with Custard, Nutella, Sweet Potato paste, Chocolate, or yummy Cheese filling. This warm cake can be enjoyed at any time of the year but is best suited for winter.

Some Important Tips for Making Taiyaki:

• You can use Pancake flour instead of cake flour, which also goes well with the recipe.
• Baking soda reacts with the acidic elements of the dough and has a leavening effect, and the cake gets lighter and puffier.
• Japanese recipes are usually less sweet than our cakes, that’s why this recipe contains a bit of sugar. If you are a sugar-lover, then you can add more sugar according to your taste.
• Salt is added to balance the sweet taste of sugar. But it’s optional. You can skip if you like cake sweeter.
• Only adding milk will leave this cake a bit dense. Make a mixture of half water and half milk. A mixture of water and milk will make this cake light and fluffy.

Taiyaki Fillings

The best part of this cake is that you can fill it with any filling of your choice. It gets wells with almost all kinds of fillings. Japanese traditionally fill it with a sweet red paste of adzuki beans. But you’ve got the option to use the filling of your choice.

The most popular fillings for this cake include:

• Custard
• Cheese Filling
• Chocolate Filling
• Sweet Potato Paste
• Nutella
• Strawberry Jam

You can also check this Vegan version of Taiyaki. 

Red Bean Paste

Red bean filling, famously known as “Anko” is made from Adzuki beans. To make this paste, soak the adzuki beans overnight and boil them until they get tender. Now add sugar to the beans and mash the mixture of beans and sugar to a smooth paste.

• If you don’t want to make Anko Paste by yourself, you can buy it easily from a nearby Japanese store in your area.

Taiyaki in the US

If you’re craving Taiyaki but don’t have a fish-shaped Taiyaki mold or aren’t in the mood to cook it by yourself, then don’t worry! There are plenty of spots in the US where you can buy this amazingly delicious fish-shaped Japanese cake.

If you live in New York, Boston, Los Angeles, or Miami, then there’s a Taiyaki restaurant chain called Taiyaki NYC that makes the best Taiyaki around town. You can dine in or can get your Taiyaki delivered to your home.

Likewise, if you live in Texas, California, or Hawaii, there’s another restaurant chain called SomiSomi that serves Korean ice cream stuffed in Taiyaki. This amazing ice cream stuffed Taiyaki cone is called “ah-boong.” SomiSomi also serves Taiyaki with different fillings like Nutella, Taro, Cheddar, Custard, and Red Bean Paste.

How to store Taiyaki?

I recommend eating Taiyaki cakes fresh because they taste the best right after they are dished out of the pan. Fresh Taiyaki cakes are soft, crispy, and slushy. But if you want to store them, then you can store them in two ways:

• Refrigerate Taiyaki
• Freeze Taiyaki

1- Refrigerating Taiyaki

You can store Taiyaki cakes in the fridge for up to two days. It’s better to store them in an air-tight container to maintain their moisture, softness, and texture.

2- Freeze Taiyaki

If you want to store Taiyaki for a long time, then you can freeze it. To freeze Taiyaki, wrap each fish individually in plastic wrap and place them in a sealable bag or air-tight container. You can store them in the freezer for up to 6 weeks.

How to make Taiyaki Recipe

Ok, it is time to make this Japanese Taiyaki! Don’t be afraid if you are making this recipe for the first time, just follow the instructions below and I promise you will make the most amazing Taiyaki! 🙂

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cup of Cake Flour
• 2 tsp of Baking Soda
• 1 ½ tbsp. of Sugar
• 1 pinch of Salt (Optional)
• 1/3 cup of Water
• 1/3 cup of Milk
• 1 large Egg
• Oil to brush the pan

Instructions

• Take a medium bowl and add flour, sugar, salt, and baking soda to it and mix them well.
• Now add an egg and (milk + water) in it. Mix them well until a smooth batter is formed. Make sure there are no lumps in the batter.
• Cover the batter and refrigerate for one to two hours.
• Take a fish mold cake pan and brush it with oil.
• Place the cake pan on a burner on medium-low heat.
• Once the pans are heated, pour a thin layer of batter into the fish molds.
• Remember that, don’t overfill the pans; otherwise, the cake will pop out of the mold, and its fish shape will get distorted.
• Let it cook for a few seconds. Add 1 tbsp. of Anko paste or the filling of your own choice in the center of the fish.
• Now add more batter over the filling until it gets covered well.
• Now close the lid of the Taiyaki mold pan.
• Cook the batter for 2 – 3 minutes from one side. After 2 – 3 minutes, flip the pan and heat the other side for 1 – 2 minutes until both sides of the cake get a beautiful golden color.
• Remember that your pan may have different-sized fish molds, and your cooking time may vary a bit.
• Dish them out on a baking rack or plate and let the cakes cool.
•  Now serve the cakes to your loved ones and enjoy 

How to Reheat Taiyaki?

There are 3 methods to reheat Taiyaki:

• Toasting
• Frying
• Heating in Microwave

Toasting Taiyaki 

The best way to reheat Taiyaki is to toast them in a toaster. Toasted Taiyaki will be crispy and yummy. Taiyaki cakes mostly fit in the toaster, but if they don’t, then you go for any of the other two reheating options.

Frying Taiyaki

You can reheat Taiyaki by frying them in the pan. For this purpose, heat the pan and fry them in the pan without using oil. This way, you will get a crispy taiyaki exterior.

Heating Taiyaki in Microwave

You can reheat the Taiyaki cakes in the microwave for 20 seconds, but this reheating method has a drawback that your Taiyaki cakes won’t be crispy anymore.

Hawaiian Shoyu Chicken is one of the most popular dishes of the Hawaii restaurant. This juicy chicken is savory and sweet at the same time. Give it a try, and it will instantly make a place in your favorites list. It’s a simple and easy recipe and gets ready in about 30 minutes. It would be a perfect dish for your dinner table today!

This chicken is loaded with a fantastic duo of sweet and salty flavors and is one of the most unique yet amazing recipes out there. The best thing is you don’t have to go to Hawaiian restaurants to taste it rather you can make it easily at home anytime you want.

This fantastic recipe is so simple yet so delicious. With just a few simple ingredients, this recipe gives you another dimension of taste and flavor. In Japan, the word Shoyu is used for the Japanese soy sauce. As it’s clear from its name, this recipe uses a lot of soya sauce. Other ingredients include Brown Sugar, Worcestershire Sauce, Water, Garlic, Ginger, and Red Pepper Flakes.

Best Chicken Cut for Hawaiian Shoyu Chicken

The best chicken cut is skinless and boneless chicken thighs. I would recommend using boneless thighs as these are soft, tender, and juicy and will be the best choice for this recipe. You can also use boneless chicken breast, but I highly recommend using chicken thighs.

Some useful Tips:

• You can make this recipe in a slow cooker on the stove. You’ll find detailed directions in the recipe section.
• You can serve this chicken best with white rice, fresh pineapple, salad, and one of the best sauces, “Da Sauce.” The recipe for this flavorful Da Sauce is also given below.

Best cooking utensils for this recipe:

1- Instant Pot:

You can use an instant for slow cooking. It gives you the best results. It helps cook food easily and the chicken and other food items usually take hours to cook.

2- Ninja 3-in-1 Cooking System:

Another best choice for slow cooking is a Ninja 3-in-1 cooker. It’s an amazing cooking system and is best to slow cook and bake meat all in a single cooker. You can cook and bake all on just the stovetop.

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Let’s move forward to the recipe for this Hawaiian Shoyu Chicken:

Ingredients

• • 3 pounds of skinless & boneless Chicken Thighs
• • 11/2 cups of Water
• • 11/2 cups of Soy Sauce
• • 11/2 cups of Brown Sugar
• • 11/2 tablespoons Worcestershire Sauce
• • 1/4 teaspoon Red Chili Flakes
• • 2 cloves Garlic (Crushed)
• • 2-inches Ginger piece (Crushed)

For the Sauce

• • 1/4 cup of Water
• • 1/4 cup of Soy Sauce
• • 1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons of Brown Sugar

How to make Hawaiian Shoyu Chicken

• Take a large pot, place it on the stove, and add Chicken to it.
• Mix water, soya sauce, Worcestershire sauce, ginger, garlic, sugar, and red chili flakes in a bowl. Mix it well until the sugar gets dissolved. Pour this mixture into the pot with the chicken.
• Once the chicken gets to a low boil, reduce the flame, and let it simmer. Cook on low heat for about 1 hour at a low flame until the chicken is done.
• Remove the chicken from the pot when there is still some liquid soup in it. Shred the chicken and put it back in the pot so that it can soak up the remaining soup.
• Dish it out and serve with rice and Da Sauce.

For Da Sauce:

• Combine all the ingredients together and mix well until the sugar gets fully dissolved. Your sauce is ready to be served with chicken and rice.
• Note: If you are using a slow cooker, cook the chicken on “Low” for up to 8 hours or on “High” for 4 hours.

Instructions for Instant Pot:

• Mix water, soya sauce, Worcestershire sauce, ginger, garlic, sugar, and red chili flakes in the Instant Pot. Now add the chicken to the pot. Now pour the sauce over the top side of the chicken with the help of a spoon.
• Place the Instant Pot lid over it and the Lock tightly. Just make sure the venting valve is properly sealed.
• Cook the chicken at high pressure for 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, the chicken is being cooked, and prepare the Da Sauce by combining all of its ingredients in a bowl.
• When the chicken in the pot is done, wait for 10 minutes until the pressure in the pot is released naturally. After 10 minutes, release the remaining pressure quickly. As the pin of the lid drops, remove the lid.
• Dish out the tender and juicy chicken and serve with steamed rice and Da sauce.