Pipi Kaula

2 lbs flank steak
3/4 cup soy sauce
2 tablespoons hawaiian sea salt
1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
1 clove garlic, minced
1 piece ginger, crushed
1 red chili pepper, crushed (optional)

1. Cut beef into strips 1 1/2 inches wide. Combine all other ingredients and soak beef in the sauce overnight. If you have a drying box, place the meat in the sun for two days, bringing it in at night. If drying in the oven, set oven to 175-degrees.
2. Place meat on a rack such as a cake cooling rack.
3. Place rack on a cookie sheet and dry meat in oven seven hours.
4. Keep in refrigerator.