Classic Beef and Game Biltong Recipe

South Africa is well known for awesome biltong. This is how we have made biltong for generations, and it remains our number-one recipe.

When choosing the meat, ask your butcher for topside as your first choice. If topside is unavailable, choose rump; silverside is the third option. Beef and game both work beautifully with this simple spice mix.

Ingredients

For every 1 kg of meat, use:

• 18 g salt
• 2 g black pepper
• 1 g brown sugar
• 4 g coarse coriander
• Worcestershire sauce, used sparingly

Method

1. Sprinkle the meat alternately with the spice mix and Worcestershire sauce. Use the Worcestershire sauce sparingly.
2. Let the meat rest for 12 hours, then mix well again.
3. Let it rest for another 12 hours.
4. Hang the meat in a well-ventilated room, in front of a fan, or in a biltong cabinet without warm air.

Enjoy! / Eet lekker!

Beef and Game Biltong Recipe

Irene Muller

A generations-old South African biltong recipe made with beef or game and a simple coriander spice mix. For beef, choose topside first; if it is unavailable, use rump, with silverside as the third option.

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Course Snack

Cuisine South African

Ingredients

  

• 1 kg beef or game meat preferably topside, rump, or silverside
• 18 g salt
• 2 g black pepper
• 1 g brown sugar
• 4 g coarse coriander
• Worcestershire sauce use sparingly

Instructions

 

• Sprinkle the meat alternately with the spice mix and Worcestershire sauce. Use the Worcestershire sauce sparingly.
  
• Let the meat rest for 12 hours, then mix well again.
• Let it rest for another 12 hours.
• Hang the meat in a well-ventilated room, in front of a fan, or in a biltong cabinet without warm air.

Notes

Enjoy! / Eet lekker!

Keyword Biltong