Beef-jerky grain bowl with dried berries and warm broth drizzle

Pounded beef jerky warms through barley with browned onion, dried blueberries, and a rich broth drizzle. The bowl nods to Grease Cakes on the Portage, where Métis women skimmed fat and dried bison before freeze-up on the fur-trade trails.

Serves 4

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Ingredients

• 8 oz beef jerky
• 4 cups cooked barley or wild rice
• 1/2 cup dried blueberries
• 2 cups beef broth
• 3 tbsp rendered beef fat or butter
• 1 medium onion
• 1/2 tsp salt

Instructions

1. 1Shred or pound the beef jerky into small pieces.
2. 2Dice the onion and cook it in the rendered fat or butter in a skillet over medium heat until well browned.
3. 3Warm the cooked barley or wild rice in the same skillet, stirring in the shredded jerky and dried blueberries until heated through.
4. 4Bring the beef broth to a simmer with the salt, then drizzle a few spoonfuls over each bowl just before serving.