Betsy’s No Garlic Man-Pleasin’ Beef Pepperoni

By Betsy Vail 09/21/2014

  
Ingredients:

• 2 lbs. lean ground beef
• 2 tsp ground mustard
• 2 tsp fennel seed
• 2 tsp salt
• 2 tsp onion powder
• 1-2 tsp liquid smoke
• 1½ tsp ground black pepper
• 1 tsp paprika
• brown sugar (to taste)

Directions:

1. Mix thoroughly. 
2. Cover and refrigerate for 24 hours so flavors blend. 
3. Fill a jerky gun and exude in flat strips onto drying trays. 
4. Dehydrate. Periodically dab with paper towels to remove grease droplets. Dehydrate for approximately 6-12 hours (Done when no longer pink inside.)

Refrigerate and store for 2 weeks (if it lasts that long). 

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