While crispy beef jerky chips can take hours and hours to make in a dehydrator, this version is a cinch. These thin slices of beef are flash fried in under a minute and a half. Holy cow, are they ever crisp! Imagine the crunch of bacon -- but beef. Not only are they a fraction of the time to make, they are also a fraction of the cost of a gourmet bag of beef chips. Anyone without a dehydrator nor air fryer can make these at home.

Step 1: Partially Frozen Eye of Round

Eye of round is my favorite cut when making beef jerky at home. It is lean. It is cheap.

As with making beef jerky, to make beef chips you will need to have a frozen eye of round, slightly thawed. This partially frozen state will make cutting thin slices a lot easier.

Step 2: Thinly Slice

Using a very, very sharp knife, slice the beef into no more than 2mm in thickness. With the beef partially frozen, this will be an easy process.

Step 3: Marinate

Of course you can make any marinade for your beef chips. Just keep in mind, the higher the sugar content, the quicker the burn rate. Of course eliminating any sugar will quickly turn these into keto-friendly chips.

For my marinade, I used for every pound of beef:

1 cup ginger ale

3 tbsp soy sauce

1 tsp sesame oil

Place the beef slices in the marinade and let sit in the refrigerator for an hour.

Step 4: Drain

Remove beef slices from marinade and drain over a cooling rack for about 10 - 15 minutes. You want to minimize the amount of water in the beef.

Step 5: Flash Fry

Heat 1" depth of vegetable oil over medium-high heat until it reaches 350F. Oil that is less than 1" deep would cause the slices to touch the bottom of the pan and burn.

Place a few slices of beef carefully -- there will be some splashing. Using tongs, continuously flip over the pieces until browned -- between a minute to a minute and a half.

Let drain on a paper towel.