Make Your
Own Biltong !
It tastes great and so much better then Jerky
!
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After searching around on the Internet, I found a website
owned by Aris Stathakis, titled
Homesick South
Africans |
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BILTONG Aris's recipe Aris's original biltong box BOEREWORS Aris's Boerewors (1) Aris's Boerewors (2) OTHER Sosaties, Koeksisters, Rusks etc. |
After seeing this, I promptly
decided to try my own hand at making a biltong box, and subsequently the
biltong. I followed Aris's instructions, and I was very surprised at how well it worked. It tasted great ! |
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My Biltong
box

The purpose of the box is to aid in drying the meat, and
secondly to reduce humidity that could spoil the meat.
I have found the following conditions to be perfect -
23 degrees Celsius at a maximum humidity of
50%
This can be varied by using a light bulb of 60-75 W,
keeping in mind that the more meat you hang, the higher the humidity will be
due to the chemical processes that take place during the curing of the
meat.
See Aris's website for
instructions on making the actual box.
| Step 1 Use 1 inch thick slices of London Broil and liberally apply rock salt Rest for 1 hour |
Step 2 Scrape salt and briefly submerge in apple cider vinegar |
Step
3 Spice with coarse ground black pepper and coriander |
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Insert hooks and hang to dry for +/- three days
Now get some good SA beer, sit back and enjoy !
