Dehydrated Onions. 🧅

[@moonviolet27]

I have no problem drying onions in the house but I do blanch first. 😊

[@Diebulfrog79]

Good one .Modern Refugee. I grinder my dry onions to powder. in food and cooking playlist

[@ModernRefugee]

Thanks Al, I wish we were neighbors. We could swap ideas.

[@Diebulfrog79]

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[@bootdiva1742]

I just finished dehydrating calf liver jerky! Very funky smelling! This will be a perfect combo. I can't wait to try this!

[@DRUMMER-j-u2x]

Great instruction, Modern Refugee! Thanks so much and God bless.

[@PenntuckytheCrag]

Excellent video Modern. Thanks for sharing

[@lynner1770]

You are busy preserving food for winter, thanks for the videos. Dehydrated onions smell great!

[@AlwaysSurvive]

Good idea and great tips

[@ModernRefugee]

Thanks, you and your big friend stay safe down there.

[@AlwaysSurvive]

@@ModernRefugee lol we will

[@WoodsBooksandBuilding]

Another great How To! I’ll be trying this. I got a dehydrator last winter and have been needing to use that sucker. We love onions in many dishes. I’ll be doing it outside where we have a covered porch. I have an out building, but don’t want the smell in there even 😅 We’ll see how it goes. It’s good the weather is still fine so far. The only issue is my dog might wonder what that smell is. Thanks for the info.

[@glen1arthur]

Thank you for the tip! I would suggest from personal experience that when doing horseradish grind it outside on a windy day.

[@ModernRefugee]

Solid advice right there. I’m still growing my horseradish, when I get enough I’m going to do a video on it as well.

[@リサリサ-d3p]

I dehydrated bell peppers last year. They smelled so good! I also dehydrated tomato slices until they were crispy....so good I ate them like chips. Now I think I'll try onions. Thanks for the great video!

[@justusupnorth8262]

Definitely handy to have on hand. Have a great day, M R.

[@ModernRefugee]

You and yours have a good day as well!

[@reddirtgirl]

Just got done with 6 lbs of Vidalia onions in my house. Vidalias are soooooo good and have a milde taste and frangrance than regular yellow or white onions, but hard to keep unless you dice and freeze or dehydrate, and I am out of room in my freezer! The aroma in the house was oniony, but not really unpleasantly so. I kept a ceiling fan over the dehydrator going and we were all fine. Walla Walla Sweets may be similar, but I do not have experience with them. Thanks for the video. I was thinking mine took a way way long time to dehydrate, but I am more confident with that now.

[@PreparednessVeteran]

Lightweight and flavoursome - A good addition to any dish - Great Job.

[@ModernRefugee]

Thanks!

[@gidget8717]

I can always rely on you to give me the best information. I have seen a lot of dehydrating videos and read a lot of material and I did not know there would be a problem with the beginning stages. 😭 I mean, yes I figured it would be smelly (onions are smelly) but I hadn't taken in account the amount of onions that would be processing! 🤣 You are The Man 👍 (so far, I've been buy my dried vegetables and hadn't tried it myself but I did find 2 dehydrators at a yard sale this spring so thanks for the warning 🤣)

[@marygallagher3428]

Thanks for the great demo MR :-)

[@joanneg7646]

Oh my.. i just learned a niffty thing.. dry can those puppies after ive dehydrated them! ❤

[@joshuavazquez5534]

Awesome stuff Man!

[@CorsairTrainers]

Good stuff!

[@MichaelR58]

Good video , thanks for sharing , God bless !

[@kedeglow2743]

Thank you for the very inforative video! We got a pretty good onion harvest from our garden this year, and I'm considering dehydrating some, but I'll have to get DH to move the dehydrater out to the patio first. Have you ever caramelized them before dehydrating them? I'm thinking about trying that, because like you we love the flavor and I think it would cut down on the time in the dehydrator(???). Then the entire load would taste like caramelized.

[@ModernRefugee]

It’s all about the temperature with the caramelization. You would run the dehydrated 135+ so the sugars brown. You have to keep a eye on it however, so they don’t burn. I have had them brown before for me, but this time was the best. It’s probably because the onions had a higher sugar content then previous years.

[@valeriecalderon2993]

Dried canned? Did you put them in your oven for a certain amount of time before placing the lids. I do a lot of dry canning

[@ModernRefugee]

Yes about 10-15 mins. That way the seal up and keep longer. At least that is my experience.

[@777ttaylor]

Hey where did you find that old school slicer? Very cool

[@ModernRefugee]

They are pretty common by us. I have seen them a garage sales, auctions, and goodwill.

[@lindakelly7528]

I have always avoided doing onion because of the smell - I have dehydrater on my porch but have been concerned about the smell lingering on the plastic trays. Have you had any problems with onions making the next load taste like onions?

[@ModernRefugee]

No I haven’t yet. I usually soak the trays in between uses. However I only basically dry savory stuff. Like onions, peppers and herbs.

[@Diebulfrog79]

soak in a bath of hot water and apple cider vinegar.

[@princegold1927]

Love anc respect brother .... quick question how much fresh onion gives you one pound ( 1 LB ) of dry onion powder ?

[@ModernRefugee]

I have never measured it, but just from drying onions from my own experience it would take a lot. I would say at least ten pounds or more and this is just my estimate.

[@princegold1927]

@ModernRefugee thank you so much for your response I greatly appreciate it

[@ModernRefugee]

@@princegold1927 no problem. That’s what I’m here for. Happy New Year!

[@itsme-ih2cx]

How long did it take you to dehydrate

[@ModernRefugee]

25-36 hours depending on how hot you dehydrater runs.

[@ripcurlreadiness8777]

👍🏽🙂🇺🇸

[@hootowlholler3760]

That's good stuff! 🤠👍 Do you think the CIA is behimd the 🎳💥 at the airport? Stay safe, my friend.

[@ModernRefugee]

Thanks, hard to say a lot of moving parts there. Could be our E’s trying to keep us entangled. There will be genocide over there yet. A lot of symbolic significance in a defeat in AFG, grave yard of empires. You and yours stay safe as well.

[@stephaniecorporandy7018]

I dehydrate jalapenos and onions in my laundry room, BUT I start dehydrating when I go to bed, I shut the door and open the window. By the time I wake up the smell has dissipated

[@ModernRefugee]

I’m going to do some cayennes this year. They just aren’t quite ripe yet.

[@shannonalaminski2619]

Do onions inside. It'll cure what ails you. Heavy duty aromatherapy.

[@ModernRefugee]

@@shannonalaminski2619 lol.

[@reneelosie2644]

You could fumigate your house with that.