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    MacGyver Chef: Box Fan Beef Jerky

    MacGyver Chef: Dishwasher-Steamed Salmon With Cilantro Sauce

    MacGyver Chef: Poached Chicken and Couscous in a Coffee Maker
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    Image of HepCat HepCat
    08/29/09

    In reply to MacGyver Chef: Box Fan Beef Jerky
    I did this recipe not long ago myself. It turned out pretty well with a nice texture. Every one who had some really liked it, but my only problem with it was I could taste a hint of filter. So I think I probably used the wrong filters. Next time I think I'll rig some sort of metal grill to hold the meat.
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    GitEmSteveDave_IndustrialStrengthLasagna promoted this comment HepCat was starred HepCat was unstarred
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    08/30/09

    @HepCat: According to Alton: "If possible use cellulose rather than fiberglass based filters.

    Now, the only downside to this method is that you're not going to want to use these furnace filters in your furnace."

    Alton explains starting at about 4:00 in.
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    08/28/09

    In reply to MacGyver Chef: Box Fan Beef Jerky
    I just made jerky the other night in the oven at 150, and it came out alright, but very brittle. I think my cutting was the main culprit, plus heat jerky isn't as good.

    I think what I am going to do is take out my router, and get an old cutting board and make a combo cheese/jerky cutter. Alton suggested using one of Elton's guitar strings and mounting it in a cutting board with a groove cut into it, which you can see in the video above after Alton talks to the cute CheeseMonger @ about 8: 15 in. I'm gonna do that, but on the other side of the board, I'm going to make a groove/indent about 3/16" deep so I can place the meat in it, and draw the knife across the board flat. I figure by doing that, I will get identical thickness across all slices of meat.
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    08/28/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_♥'sRenegadeIrishman: Why not grab a wooden mitre box from the lumber yard or hardware store? Get a block of something and a spring clamp to use as a stop to set the width of your strip, and use the mitre slot to guide your knife. That basic trick works for cutting wood to length repeatedly, I don't see why it can't work for meat.

    Or make one with some 1x4; it might be hard to find a mitre box that'll take more than a 6" wide plank.

    I'd do it that way 'cause I find slicing horizontally very awkward. Plus, you'd have the weight of the meat pressing against the knife, making it that much harder.
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    08/28/09

    @torgreed: Well, if you have a sharp enough knife, the weight of the meat won't matter, especially if you use a Santoku knife like Alton recommends. I'd do something like what's pictured above, but I'd rather subtract material than add high edges.
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    08/29/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_IndustrialStren...: Just take apart a meat slicer and mount the tray on your engine block with some duct tape. Then slowly slide the meat through your fan. Easy.
    I've been watching too much Red Green.
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    Image of krispykrink krispykrink
    08/28/09

    In reply to MacGyver Chef: Box Fan Beef Jerky
    I do this yearly with Venison.
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    08/28/09

    @krispykrink: Why can't you do it by yourself?
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    08/28/09

    @92BuickLeSabre:

    Oh, you.
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    08/28/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: I like to party with deer and lots of beer.
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    08/28/09

    In reply to MacGyver Chef: Box Fan Beef Jerky
    You can never go wrong with one of Alton's recipes.
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    08/28/09

    In reply to MacGyver Chef: Box Fan Beef Jerky
    how much are those filters? I mean the macgyver approach is cool and all but a decent enough smoker only costs a little under $100, takes the same to less time, and doesn't kill you except through beef jerky goodness. of course ou cant do it indoors either.
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    08/28/09

    @zbg8000: There is a difference between heated jerky and dried jerky. Dried jerky is better than heated jerky.
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    08/28/09

    @zbg8000: This method is the best I have found. I started using it when I saw it on good eats and it works better than any of those fancy dehydrators. Unless you want another gadget that takes up space, money and dust then this is the cheapest and tastiest route.
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    Image of AntoniaKeppler AntoniaKeppler
    08/28/09

    In reply to MacGyver Chef: Box Fan Beef Jerky
    3M Filtrete? Those are some expensive ass filters to use making jerky.
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    Image of appletoad appletoad
    08/28/09

    In reply to MacGyver Chef: Box Fan Beef Jerky
    Time to go buy some filters, I'm doing this, except teriyaki style. I also have to wait til my girlfriend's absence on Monday.
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    08/28/09

    @appletoad: I like the way you think.
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    08/28/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: Great minds think alike. What flavor are you making?
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    08/28/09

    @appletoad: Probably something like the above, but with sesame oil and a little hot pepper oil instead of peanut oil. And without the Worcestershire. I don't love Worcestershire.
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    08/28/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: I don't either. I'm doing sweet teriyaki. Hot pepper oil sounds good though. I'll pass on the sriracha, I don't like scorching my mouth.
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    08/28/09

    @appletoad: Hot pepper oil is much hotter than sriracha, at least the one I use. But I like the way it balances against honey and sesame oil, especially with pork marinades (or in the pan for cooking the pork.)
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    08/28/09

    In reply to MacGyver Chef: Box Fan Beef Jerky
    *marks calendar for next time wife has to leave town for work - remember, saltier than you think*

    What? You take advantage of your wife's absence your way, and I'll go with mine.
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    Image of brandon8u brandon8u
    08/28/09

    In reply to MacGyver Chef: Box Fan Beef Jerky
    Woot! I'm getting my fan out storage now.
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    Image of G.O.D. G.O.D.
    08/26/09

    In reply to MacGyver Chef: Dishwasher-Steamed Salmon With Cilantro Sauce
    That is an old ass dishwasher and if I ever find my servant doing this I will send them back to whatever country I bought oops brought them from..
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    08/26/09

    @The Analrapist: Hmm. Gadgets AND colonial racism... This comment has everything!
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    08/26/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: Neo-colonial racism. With colonial racism, you don't need the "oops."
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    08/26/09

    In reply to MacGyver Chef: Dishwasher-Steamed Salmon With Cilantro Sauce
    Oh, that is so wrong. I'll give you a B+ for creativity, but if you truly expected to get anything out of there other than salmon that tasted like every grungy dish ever washed in that machine, plus a hint of soap residue, you were dreaming man.
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    Image of philibuster philibuster
    08/26/09

    In reply to MacGyver Chef: Dishwasher-Steamed Salmon With Cilantro Sauce
    For ages, man has harnessed fire to cook his food. Now we will explore the esoteric frontiers of cooking with appliances never meant to be cooked with.
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    08/26/09

    In reply to MacGyver Chef: Dishwasher-Steamed Salmon With Cilantro Sauce
    When will should we expect the review of the new dishwasher Giz is buying you because you can't get the fish smell out of the old one?
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    Image of Software_Goddess Software_Goddess
    08/26/09

    In reply to MacGyver Chef: Dishwasher-Steamed Salmon With Cilantro Sauce
    Oh, please…

    The oven is RIGHT NEXT TO the dishwasher!!!!!!!!!

    What a MAN thing to do!
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    Image of bagseed bagseed
    08/26/09

    @Software_Goddess: it's the same reason we piss in the sink
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    08/26/09

    @bagseed: I'm manlier. I piss in the oven.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    08/26/09

    Jeez, what's wrong with you people.

    You have a shower for a reason! Use it!
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    08/26/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: I just urinate in the french press. Reduce - Recycle - Re-use ya know.
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    08/26/09

    In reply to MacGyver Chef: Poached Chicken and Couscous in a Coffee Maker
    I would've brown the chicken with some olive oil in the carafe without any water prior to step # 1.

    After the broth was done, Step #4, I would've saved most of it for the couscous aside and would have deglazed the carafe with the red wine, reduced it and saved the red sauce to dish with.

    Then I would've continued to step # 5.

    :)
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    Image of Dan Nosowitz Dan Nosowitz
    08/26/09

    @aec007: That'd probably work in, you know, a pan, with actual heat. The burner on my $25 coffeemaker isn't really equipped to reduce wine, and like I said, it's not nearly hot enough to brown meat.

    I've got another MacGyver Chef post coming up that'll bring waaay too much heat, I promise.
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