It’s MARCH! That means Eat Like a Dinosaur is just around the corner! In honor of our book’s release, we are the Featured Chef this month over at US Wellness Meats. We’ll be sharing a brand new recipe every week this month featuring products from the preeminent online pastured meat distributor. We’ve tried a BUNCH of US Wellness Meat items and can tell you two things: (1) We’ve never been disappointed (2) Their customer service is phenomenal!
Heart. It’s not just for Captain Planet anymore! You’ve heard all the hype about how heart is high in iron and how healthy it is, but you probably have no idea how to use it. Well, here’s our secret: we use it to make jerky. It’s affordable, nutrient dense and super lean – perfect for dehydrating!
This recipe, from an idea generated by Cole, is called Sweet Heart Jerky. Or, alternatively, Don’t Call Your Sweetheart a Jerky. Created after a meal at our favorite Thai restaurant, we combine curry flavors with pineapple juice to make a fantastic sweet-savory marinade that not only neutralizes the iron-y heart flavor, but makes it tasty to boot!
Ingredients
- 1 beef heart
- ¾ C pineapple juice (we often get a couple cans of pineapple chunks and use the drained juice)
- ½ C water
- 2 Tbsp fish sauce
- 1 Tbsp vinegar
- 1 tsp garam masala
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- ¼ tsp white pepper
- ¼ tsp ground cardamom
- ¼ tsp ground ginger
- ¼ tsp ground coriander
Instructions
- From frozen, remove heart from freezer to the fridge the night before and slice in the morning; this will ensure that the heart is just the right degree of frozen for easy slicing
- Slice heart into ¼ inch slices, discarding slices with thick, tough white tissue
- * In a sealable container, whisk together remaining ingredients
- * Microwave marinade for one minute
- * Place heart slices in marinade, pushing down to completely submerge
- * Seal and store in fridge for 4 hours or overnight
- * Dehydrate in dehydrator for 6 hours at medium high (alternatively, you can cook in oven at lowest temperature until jerky is dry, but still flexible); be sure to rotate trays and flip pieces when they begin to dry!
Notes
Steps marked with * are perfect for little sous chefs!
p.s. Today is Finian’s 4th birthday. He’s not being force fed organ meat… instead we’ve cooked up “Hanglers” with “Mock-a-Mole” per his request (those of you who know anything about us could’ve predicted that) and will soon be posting a recipe for his special request, Chocolate Chip Cake. Guess it’s time to update all the zillions of places we have him listed as a 3 year old… oh man, time flies!