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Kangaroo Green-Chile Jerky and Cilantro Beef Jerky -- back to top

Left: Kangaroo (not sure why it was so white at the lines), Right: Beef

Green Chile

This was part one of what we made for a Mad Science Party. I made green chile kangaroo jerky. Yes, kangaroo! We had bought frozen kangaroo at the supermarket a while ago and used it for this.

I made green chile flavor with:

• 3.4 cup 505 Brand Green Chile
• 3 garlic cloves
• 1/2 tsp onion powder
• 1 tsp salt
• A couple of turns of pepper.
• 1 lbs extra lean kangaroo

I did it in the food processor (better for not a lot of liquids). The only problem was that I aimed for about 2300 mg of sodium from the salt, but forgot about salt in the chile.

It started off very wet but oddly seemed to dry faster. I think the wetter the start, the dryer the finish. And in less time. (5 hours @ 160°F)

This came out pretty good. A bit salty and had some kick from the chile. A bit gamey but that is to be expected (I'm told).

I think I would try green chile like this again. Maybe also paint some on later.

Cilantro

We use our cilantro-chile dip on everything so why not also in jerky? I was a bit hesitant because it has some oil, but I have it a shot. All I did 5 Tbsp of the green chile dip and 3/4 tsp salt. It was about as easy as it can get.

It needed more time than the green chile (6.5 hours @ 160°F). It came out pretty good. Tasted strongly of a dip. Maybe a bit too much so next time I would use less so you also taste the beef. But easy!

Orange Cornmeal Cake -- back to top

Part two of our Mad Science Party entry was an Orange Cornmeal Cake ¹ (That is the local copy since the original is behind a login-wall). It was a cool idea but we struggled a bit. You have to make a carmel of sorts and we burned it the first time and gave it another shot. I think the second time was a bit better but, as you can see below, it got pretty burned looking in the oven. It tasted a bit burned but not too bad. I think we did it for about 10-20 minutes too long.

We used Blood oranges for the topping which was pretty...in theory and before cooking it. I think we would try it again but cook it for less time and maybe a bit lower (could be due to convention?)

It did taste pretty good. Not very sweet but still very good.