Ethiopian Spiced Beef Jerky (quwanta)

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 4 lbs beef tenderloin or 4 lbs boneless sirloin
• 2 tablespoons chili powder (berbere) or 2 tablespoons chili paste (awaze)
• 3 tablespoons dry wine or 3 tablespoons sherry wine
• 1 tablespoon olive oil or 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1/4 teaspoon false cardamom
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 pinch salt

Recipe

• 1 remove fat; cut the meat in long strips with zigzag shapes.
• 2 mix the chili powder (berbere) or (awaze), wine, oil, false cardamom, black pepper and salt.
• 3 marinate the meat with the mixed dressing.
• 4 place the meat on food dehydrator or jerky maker; cover and dehydrate until crisp dry.
• 5 break the dried meat in small pieces; keep the pieces in a tight glass jar. serve it at room temperature.