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Dehydrating Onions
Onions are some of the simplest things to dehydrate. They are not finicky at all. However they can smell up your house so bad that it brings tears to your eyes. That is an exaggeration of course but it does smell a little bit.
On top of being easy to dehydrate, You can do so many gosh dern things with thing from making your own Onion Powder to putting them in soups and stews.
The best tip I have on dehydrating onions is to use older ones that have gotten a lot stronger and more pungent. They just taste better that way when they are dehydrated.
How to Dehydrate Onions in a Dehydrator
The first thing you want to do is wash your onions in cold running water to make them clean and help avoid the tears that sometimes come when you mutilate these innocent vegetables with a knife.
After you have washed the onions you will want to peel them and throw away the skins. Then you want to cut off the ends and save them for the next time you make soup broth (if you want).
Then cut them into about 1/2 inch slices or rings. If you are making onion powder with a mortar and pestle system instead of a spice grinder, you might want to cut them a little smaller. Small or really thin raw onion rings dehydrate down into tiny spiderweb like pieces that pulverize easily are great for making onion powder.
Next you will want to arrange the onions onto dehydrating trays. You don't have to worry too much about onions overlapping but I wouldn't pile them up too much either.
Lastly, You need to turn on your Dehydrator to about 125 to 135 degrees. I prefer 135 myself but it varies between dehydrators. Drying should take about four to twelve hours but I average around six. And lastly: Don't forget to rotate your trays every couple hours.
Oven Onion Dehydration
A Couple Words of Caution with Dehydrating Onions.
1. Onions can be poisonous to your pets so you might keep your dehydrator away from Fido or Mittens to avoid damaging their central nervous system.
2. I would also avoid dehydrating anything else (other than garlic) when you are dehydrating onions or you might have onion flavored apples etc.
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