Are you currently on a keto diet and suddenly ran out of ideas of delicious recipes to prepare? Or are you interested in starting this diet but you consider that there aren’t many healthy and delicious recipes that you can eat and are still low carb?
Then you need to keep reading this article because we are going to share with you 5 easy recipes of bacon jerky that are completely keto-friendly and just require less than 20 minutes and a few ingredients.
Black Pepper Bacon Jerky
Estimated time to prepare: 20 minutes
Time to cook: 2 hours
Ingredients you need:
- 1 tbs garlic powder.
- 1 tbs ground cumin.
- 1 tbs smoked paprika.
- 1 tbs chili powder.
- 1 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper.
- 1 pound uncured center-cut bacon.
How to Prepare
- Preheat the oven on the lowest setting. Around 150 F.
- Mix the garlic powder, cumin, paprika powder, and pepper in a large bowl. Add the bacon and coat it with the mix.
- Before starting to bake the bacon place a few baking sheets on the bottom part of the oven so it catches all the fat the bacon renders. Place the bacon on the top rack of the oven.
- Bake the bacon for about 2 hours or until it reaches the level of jerkiness you are looking for.
Sriracha Bacon Jerky
Estimated time to prepare: 10 minutes.
Time to cook: 10 hours.
Ingredients you need:
- 2 Tablespoons of Sriracha sauce.
- 6 drops of stevia or another low carb sweetener that you prefer.
- 16 oz of uncured bacon.
How to Prepare
- Preheat the oven at 250.
- Cook the bacon for about 2 to 3 hours. Make sure to drain off the grease and blot the bacon with a paper towel. You can use the grease for other recipes.
- Place the bacon on a dehydrator. Expect to dehydrate for around 8 hours or until it reaches the level of jerkiness that you expect. About 4 hours in brush the sriracha sauce with stevia on one side. Wait a couple of hours and brush the sauce on the other side. You can’t do this recipe only using the dehydrator because the bacon renders a lot of fat.
Honey and Bacon Jerky
Estimated time to prepare: 10 minutes.
Time to cook: 3 hours.
Ingredients you need:
- 2 pounds of uncured bacon.
- 1 cup of stevia or another low-carb sweetener.
- 1/2 cup of honey.
- 1/2 cup of sriracha.
- 1 tsp of ground black pepper.
How to Prepare
- Preheat the oven to 170 F.
- Mix in a large bowl the sriracha, the honey, and the black pepper.
- Make sure the bacon is dry (if not, use a paper towel to dry it) and put it in the bowl to coat it with the mixture.
- Place the bacon on the top rack and make sure to place a few baking sheets on the bottom rack to collect the dripping fat. Cook for around 3 hours or until it reaches the jerkiness you desire.
Special Bacon Jerky
Estimated time to prepare: 20 minutes.
Time to cook: 4 hours.
Ingredients you need:
- 2 pounds of uncured bacon.
- 1/2 cup of coconut aminos or tamari sauce.
- 2 tbs of fish sauce.
- 1 tbs of coconut vinegar or apple cider vinegar.
- 2 tsp onion powder.
- 2 tsp garlic powder.
- 1 tsp smoked paprika.
- 1 tbsp coarse black pepper.
- 1 to 2 tsp of sea salt.
- 2 tbsp of stevia or another low carb sweetener.
- 1/2 tsp of cayenne pepper.
How to Prepare
- Prepare the marinade mixing the coconut aminos, fish sauce, coconut vinegar, onion powder, garlic powder, smoked paprika, freshly ground black pepper, sea salt, low carb sweetener, and cayenne pepper.
- Brush the sides of the bacon with sauce.
- Place in the fridge for 8 hours to marinate or overnight.
- Preheat the oven to 160 F. Place them on the top rack of the oven, place a baking sheet on the bottom rack to collect the dripping fat.
- Cook them for 3 to 4 hours until it reaches the level of jerkiness that you desire.
Candied Bacon Jerky
Estimated time to prepare: 10 minutes.
Time to cook: 3 hours.
Ingredients you need:
- 100 grams of a low carb sweetener.
- 1/4 tsp of cayenne.
- 10 strips of bacon.
How to Prepare
- Preheat the oven to around 225 F.
- In a large bowl mix the brown sugar and cayenne. Dip each slice of bacon on both sides on the sugar mixture. Place them on the top rack of the oven. Place a few baking sheets on the bottom rack.
- Bake the bacon for around 3 hours or until it reaches the level of jerkiness you desire.
Sources
https://ketodietapp.com/Blog/lchf/the-best-low-carb-homemade-beef-jerky