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Do you cook vegetables before dehydrating?

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A general rule of thumb for dehydrating- if you eat it raw then there is no need to pre-cook the food before the drying. Vegetables like corn, broccoli and celery require blanching before dehydrating. Blanching is cooking the food item in boiling water then putting it in cold water. 5 мая 2017 г.


How do you prepare vegetables for dehydration?

Just spread them out on your dehydrator trays and you're ready to go. Vegetables should be dehydrated at 125F until crisp or hard. This will take anywhere from 4-12+ hours depending on the vegetable, size, dehydrator, dehydrator load, humidity in your house, etc.

Do you cook before dehydrating?

Unlike fruit, meat and most vegetables should be cooked first before dehydrating. Once you have a variety of dried ingredients, you can assemble them into meals. Some whole meals can be prepared and then dehydrated, like soup and risotto.

Do I need to blanch before dehydrating?

Most but not all vegetables need to be blanched before they are dried. You can do this by briefly immersing them in boiling water. This blanching step destroys enzymes that would otherwise survive the dehydration process and cause the food to decline in quality over time.

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