Pork jerk question

[toneeydee]

So I'm going to attempt to make some pork jerky this weekend. Does anyone know if i make a brine with Morton TQ, and the meat is submerged, is 12 hours long enough to cure the meat? Or should I wait a full 24 hours?

Thanks in advance!

 

[chef jimmyj]

Meat cut 1/4" or less will be fine in 12 hours...JJ

 

[daveomak]

12 hours is fine for the nitrite and nitrate to penetrate 1/4" strips....   although if you wait 24 hours, that will give time for the larger sugar molecules to penetrate and help offset the salt content...