How to Dry Onions
When your fresh onions start to sprout, it's time to turn them into the dehydrated variety. Dried onions are easy to pack and store when hiking or camping. In recipes, replace fresh onion with half the amount of dried onion.
- Difficulty:
- Easy
Instructions
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Dehydrator or Oven
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1
Peel onions.
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2
Slice into 1/8-inch slices or chop into fine pieces.
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3
Spread thinly over trays.
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4
Dry at 120 degrees F for 24 to 30 hours or until brittle.
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5
Stir onions every 8 hours and rotate trays.
Sun Drying
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1
Follow dehydrator steps 1 to 3.
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2
Place in well-ventilated area in full sun.
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3
Dry until papery and brittle - about 2 to 3 days.
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4
Stir onions every 8 hours and take trays in at night.
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1
Tips & Warnings
Do not mix foods in dehydrator, as the flavors will blend.
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Comments
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hi dear.can we dry garlic in the sun n make powder, is that will be doing good bcoz I don't have dehydrator n oven too so pls answer.
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wwgt
Dec 06, 2009
I tried this last night , but my oven would not go below 200 degrees..( 3 hours time in oven ) So In my endeavor to re-create the delicious taste of the onions that McDonald's uses on their regular hamburgers, I ended up with " toasted " onions but they are still very delicious and I will try this again at the correct temperature ..
