Real Meat Dried With A Unique Blend Of Spices.
Desert Blend is amazing Texas style Beef, Turkey, & Buffalo Jerky in an assortment of flavors and variations of heat. From Regular to Super Spicy starting with Black Pepper and moving up the Scoville heat scale to Jalapeño, Chipotle, and fire-hot Habañero. How spicy do you like it?
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Desert Blend is amazing Texas style Beef, Turkey, & Buffalo Jerky in an assortment of flavors and variations of heat. From Regular to Super Spicy starting with Black Pepper and moving up the Scoville heat scale to Jalapeño, Chipotle, and fire-hot Habañero. How spicy do you like it?
ASK ABOUT OUR GLUTEN FREE OPTION
What makes Desert Blend Jerky different from other jerky?
It's 100% real meat with no fillers.
The main difference is the unique marinade that we make and use to flavor and cure our meat - but it actually begins long before that. We start with only the best quality beef. We select range grazed cattle, not feed-lot fattened beef. This guarantees the leanest beef to start with. Then we use only the top inside round, completely stripped of all fat to guarantee you the leanest meat money can buy. We then slice the meat in 1/4" thick strips - against the grain, instead of with the grain so it is not as brittle and is easier to chew. Next, each slice is hand tenderized and soaked in our special marinade for 24 hours to absorb the most amount of flavor, and to cure with all natural ingredients. It is then sprinkled with our unique seasoned pepper, dried for 12 hours, and refrigerated until it is sold, to assure you the freshest jerky possible. Desert Blend is completely natural and uses no MSG and NO PRESERVATIVES. We also have a Gluten Free option.
Bottom line? It's 100% real meat with no fillers.
The main difference is the unique marinade that we make and use to flavor and cure our meat - but it actually begins long before that. We start with only the best quality beef. We select range grazed cattle, not feed-lot fattened beef. This guarantees the leanest beef to start with. Then we use only the top inside round, completely stripped of all fat to guarantee you the leanest meat money can buy. We then slice the meat in 1/4" thick strips - against the grain, instead of with the grain so it is not as brittle and is easier to chew. Next, each slice is hand tenderized and soaked in our special marinade for 24 hours to absorb the most amount of flavor, and to cure with all natural ingredients. It is then sprinkled with our unique seasoned pepper, dried for 12 hours, and refrigerated until it is sold, to assure you the freshest jerky possible. Desert Blend is completely natural and uses no MSG and NO PRESERVATIVES. We also have a Gluten Free option.
Bottom line? It's 100% real meat with no fillers.
About Desert Blend Jerky
Desert Blend is a family owned business located in the Austin, Texas area. The business was developed from a curiosity about jerky and a hobby that grew to tremendous proportions.
In the mid 1990's, after expressing an interest in trying to make beef jerky at home, Bruce Johnson was given a home jerky making kit by his wife. It was a basic kit that included spices, a metal form or press, and instructions to make jerky from ground beef. While the initial batches yielded mostly inedible greasy "meat sticks" hardly worthy of being called jerky (especially by a Texan), it inspired Bruce to try to fix what was wrong with the recipe and the texture.
He started to experiment with different types of spices and then with different cuts of real beef from the grocery store. After several months of experimentation, the trademark flavor that is the base of all the Desert Blend products began to be established. Over time, his friends began to request more and more until the oven was working hard nearly all day with batches of jerky. Word spread and orders started flowing in. The rest is history. Desert Blend has now been a Texas tradition for more than 20 years.
In the mid 1990's, after expressing an interest in trying to make beef jerky at home, Bruce Johnson was given a home jerky making kit by his wife. It was a basic kit that included spices, a metal form or press, and instructions to make jerky from ground beef. While the initial batches yielded mostly inedible greasy "meat sticks" hardly worthy of being called jerky (especially by a Texan), it inspired Bruce to try to fix what was wrong with the recipe and the texture.
He started to experiment with different types of spices and then with different cuts of real beef from the grocery store. After several months of experimentation, the trademark flavor that is the base of all the Desert Blend products began to be established. Over time, his friends began to request more and more until the oven was working hard nearly all day with batches of jerky. Word spread and orders started flowing in. The rest is history. Desert Blend has now been a Texas tradition for more than 20 years.
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