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Background:

A friend let me borrow her dehydrator a few weeks ago and I’ve been going HAM ever since!  There are so many fun things you can do with it, from making homemade dog treats, dehydrating fruit for a healthy trail mix, intensifying marinades, or creating the coveted black garlic (lookin at you, Joshua Weissman!).

Your imagination can really run wild with a dehydrator.  The best part: you can recreate some of your favorite recipes while knowing exactly what’s in them!

Ingredients:  (Yield: ≈1 pound)

• 1 lb flank steak (any lean cut, i.e., skirt steak, hangar steak, etc. will work)
• 1/2 bunch of green onions
• 1-2 cloves of garlic
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup of tamari (gluten-free) soy sauce
• Dried thyme, to taste
• Red pepper flakes, to taste

Directions:

1. Thinly slice steak, slightly >1/8in thick
2. Add onions, garlic, sugar, tamari, & thyme to a food processor; blend until smooth
3. Add steak to a container in batches, pouring marinade over each batch to ensure even coverage
4. Sprinkle red pepper flakes over each batch to desired level of spice; shake to incorporate
5. Repeat steps 3-4 until all steak has been added
6. Marinate for 6-24 hours
7. Lay steak out on trays and place in dehydrator
8. Set dehydrator to 135°F for ≈8 hours or until jerky cracks, but does NOT snap when bent