Bland GB Jerky

[HUSKERSMOKE]

Well I made myself a jerky board in attempt to do some gb jerky. The board worked great very easy process. I got 5 lbs 93/7 I'm thinking a little too lean? Let it sit overnight in the fridge with cure #1, soy, worch, garlic, pepper, onion powder, and a little chile powder. Rolled it out and sliced it yesterday and got it on the smoker at about 4. Finished it up just before 11. Put it in a paper sack and into the fridge last night. Got up this morning to try it out and it was really bland. Not much flavor at all. Any thoughts?

[NePaSmoKer]

no salt?

for a 5 lb batch should be 3 Tbs or to your taste.

[HUSKERSMOKE]

NEPA, nope I didn't use salt. The recipe called for quite a bit of soy sauce so I thought that would take care of it. Live and learn right?

[Bearcub6]

I usually add some red pepper flakes to my GB jerky.  I just run it through a coffee grinder.  Amount varies and depends on who will eat most of it...