Easy Homemade Beef Chips Recipe

Many people find when they start eating a more nutrient-dense diet and cut out seed oils/processed foods, they don’t feel the need to snack as much. But regardless, sometimes its really nice to have some pre-made food ready to grab when you’re traveling or “on the go”.

Here’s how to make homemade beef chips:

Ingredients & Supplies:

• Thinly sliced beef (ex. new york strip steak, chuck roast)
• Redmond Real Salt (fine salt)
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• Stainless Steel Dehydrator
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Instructions:

1. Lay thinly sliced beef on dehydrator trays
2. Salt generously
3. Dehydrate at 165 degrees for about 8 hours (The dehydrating time will vary depending on the thickness of the beef)
4. Store in a bag or glass container at room temp for up to a few weeks or in the fridge/freezer for months. They likely won’t last long enough to worry about them going bad!

Watch my “beef chips” YouTube video here!

Tips

• If you’re wanting to make beef chips or jerky often, I’d suggest getting a stainless steel dehydrator. It makes a huge difference. They cook much more evenly and hold much more meat than round plastic dehydrators.
• If have a Costco nearby, they often sell new york strip steak sliced very thinly for about $9/lb. We’ve used this quite a few times for making beef chips and they turn out delicious! The fat almost tastes buttery when dehydrated. That being said, I prefer to use grass-fed & regeneratively raised meat wherever possible.
• Often you can ask your butcher to slice up roasts really thin for you. Personally I like making beef chips with cuts that have some fat on them (chuck, ny strip, ribeye, brisket) as I find they taste much better!
• If you can’t find thinly sliced meat, you can buy roasts and either hand slice them (easier when partially frozen) or use a meat slicer.
• I like to use Redmond fine salt because I fine the fine version adheres to the meat better than the kosher salt
• I like to taste test them every few hours and just take them out when I think they’re ready. Typically I wait until they break in half easily, kind of like a chip/cracker texture.
• If you want to add any spices or marinade to the beef, go for it! They taste great just salted, but adding in some more flavor will work great too!
• This recipe can be enjoyed by anyone, and it fits in great with these diets: the carnivore diet, keto diet, lion diet, paleo diet, animal-based diet, low carb diet, Weston A. Price diet, etc.