We have published a number of biltong recipes most of them requiring the meat strips to marinate overnight and then hang the next day. Here is the Easy Biltong Recipe method that gets the meat hanging within an hour. This is the method used by many of the butchers in South Africa except that most of them use commercial biltong spice. The demand for biltong is so high there that they don’t have the luxury of being able to wait while the meat marinates overnight. We suggest trying both methods and seeing which one you prefer. For home use waiting overnight for the meat to marinate should not be an issue but if you are impatient then read more about this Easy Biltong Recipe below!
Easy Biltong Recipe
INGREDIENTS:
- 5 pounds of beef – eye of round ( silverside in SA ) or bottom round ( rump roast in SA ) or Tri – tip steak
- 3 cups kosher salt
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 1 cup coriander seeds – roasted
- 1 and a half cups of vinegar mixed with 3/4 cup of Worcestershire sauce
- Black pepper
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Cut the eye of round beef into strips
- Pour a layer of kosher salt into a plastic tub or large bowl
- Lay the strips down and cover with rock salt layering until the meat is finished
- Put the tub in the fridge for half an hour
- In another plastic tub or bowl pour the vinegar and Worchestershire sauce
- Add the sugar and the bicarbonate of soda to the brine
- Mix the brine well until the sugar is dissolved
- Now pour the toasted coriander seeds into a Kitchen Aid machine or spice grinder and pulse, just enough to break the seeds in half and to not make too much powder
( You can also put the seeds on a cutting board and roll a rolling pin over them
to crush them ) - Remove the tub with the salted strips from the fridge and remove all the rock salt
from each strip using the back of a knife. The meat should be firm right now. - Now dunk all the strips into the brine and let them sit there for about 10 minutes.
- Start removing each strip and squeeze to remove liquid, but not too much liquid!
- Do this to all the strips and lay them aside
- Now pour the crushed coriander seeds onto a flat surface and press each strip, both sides into the crushed coriander.
- Lay all the coriander encrusted strips flat now and carefully sprinkle the ground black pepper
on both sides of the strips. - Now hang each strip in your biltong box ( Make sure that the pieces do not touch each other! )
- Cure for about 4 to 7 days depending on the thickness of the strips and the efficiency of your box
- Remove dried biltong from Biltong box and enjoy the results of your Easy Biltong Recipe!