Trout Jerky

[Bucho]

Ever since I tried some Namibian "Biltong" dried meat this summer I have developed a bit of a taste for dry stuff. Ordered several fish jerky variants but the only one I really liked was salmon, which is somewhat close to sea trout which again I happen to have on hands once in a while. I tried that in the oven but since I prefer the raw biltong dried meat over the cooked Jerky style, I presented myself with a dehydrator for christmas.

I gave it a go with a salmon jerky marinate recepy from youtube and 35°C for about 8h. Yummie!

 

[AtticaFish]

Sounds like an excellent gift for yourself and the end result looks amazing! I've made catfish jerky by accident before, letting my smoker outside get a little too hot. It was actually quite tasty.

 

[Jig Man]

Looks awesome... I haven't tried fish yet, but now I might, I do make a lot of jerky from venison. A little smoke first then into the dehydrator. You can also dry fruit, nearly always have some in the boat, or my back pack...




View attachment 9

 

[duffy]

Fellow here did some salmon by accident and it actually turned out pretty good. His was in a smoker and it didn't get too hot, just dehydrated it. Being's salmon is oily it didn't get crispy just nice and chewy. I think he just used Morton's sugar cure and that was it.

 

[Bucho]

... A little smoke first then into the dehydrator....

Wonder how it works the other way round. I have only a regular bbq set for cold smoking. Drying the stripes first would make it easier to put them on the grid without sticking or dropping through. I don`t trust hooks with thin fish stripes.

 

[Jig Man]

Not sure if it would absorb any smoke if its already dry... but you can try a few and see.