Biltong Recipe: How to Make Biltong in a Food Dehydrator
Before you spend 700+ dollars on a biltong maker, you probably already have a much cheaper and more versatile alternative at home: your food dehydrator. You may find instructions on how to make a homemade biltong maker, but if you don’t feel completely sa...
by Rick Goldman
Before you spend 700+ dollars on a biltong maker, you probably already have a much cheaper and more versatile alternative at home: your food dehydrator. You may find instructions on how to make a homemade biltong maker, but if you don’t feel completely safe keeping food near a light bulb in a box, then maybe using your food dehydrator is not only a more economic solution to make biltong, but also a safer one!
Add your meat to the marinade, remove the air, make sure the meat is submerged, and refrigerate for 12-24 hours
Dehydrating Your Marinated Biltong
How To Make Biltong
After you have marinated your biltong meat, it’s now time to use your food dehydrator
Check the status of the biltong at 8 hours
You’ll want to set your dehydrator to 140 F (60 C) and dry the meat for about 10 hours
Some people enjoy their biltong semi-moist on the inside, but we recommend for starters, you aim for dry throughout
We hope you enjoy making biltong – many people say the marinating actually makes the meat taste better than standard jerky! Let us know what you think!
<p>Rick Goldman grew up traveling the Pacific Coast and developed an early appreciation for regional and international cuisines through exposure to diverse food cultures from a young age. That culinary curiosity shaped his approach to kitchen gear — he evaluates tools based on how well they perform across different cooking styles, ingredient types, and meal occasions. At BuyKitchenStuff, he covers kitchen equipment reviews, recipe guides, and food-focused buying advice.</p>