- Jun 8, 2012
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I'm stumped on why my marinate tastes super good and spicy hot but the end product of jerky comes out rather plain tasting. I'm marinating for at least 2 days or longer and rotate the meat a few times each day. I use enough marinate to completely cover the meat but when I dehydrate my meat it just doesn't taste nearly as good as the marinade did, it's rather plain tasting. What I would end up doing was brushing on some hot sauce mixed with some molasses after the meat was dry and then stick it back in the dehydrator just long enough to dry the coating or I've also used a spray bottle to just spray hot sauce but I wish I didn't have to add extra steps. Both additional steps worked fine but the last time I brushed on the hot and sweet mixture right when I placed the meat on the dehydrator trays and that worked out really good. Just wondering if there is some reason why the meat doesn't seem to hold the flavor of the marinade. Like I said the marinade tastes great with plenty of flavor from the hot sauce and sweet sauce and all my spices but I end up always having to brush on a separate mixture of hot sauce and sweet sauce before or after drying.