How much jerky will 5lbs of meat make?

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asked Apr 2, 2020 in Recipes by witnit (300 points)
How much jerky will 5lbs of meat make?

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answered Apr 2, 2020 by linda (29,790 points)
5 lbs of meat should make you between 2 to 3 lbs of jerky.

It takes around 2 to 3 lbs of meat to make 1 lb of jerky depending on the type of meat you are making the jerky with.

So the 5 lbs of meat you have will make between 2 to 3 lbs of jerky.

Beef is about 60 percent water so when you dehydrate it the beef gets smaller and you need more beef to make the jerky that you want to make.

Jerky is expensive because the jerky takes more meat to make then it actually looks like.

The jerky also has to go through a curing process which takes time and money so the jerky has to be more expensive than other meats because of the extra costs.

With beef jerky the beef that is used to make beef jerky is about 60 percent water content so when the beef is dehydrated the beef gets smaller.

So it takes more beef to make the amount of jerky that is needed.

To make 1 lb of beef jerky it takes about 2.5 lbs of beef to make the 1 lb of beef jerky.

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