How To Make Dehydrated Green Beans
Discover the easy process of making dehydrated green beans, a great way to preserve fresh green beans. Perfect for snacking on the go, adding to soups, or tossing into salads. Or use them in shelf stable vegetable soup mixes.
Ingredients
- 4 lbs. fresh green beans
- 20 quarts water
- 2 teaspoons salt
Instructions
Prep
- Wash the fresh green beans in cold water and drain well.
- Prepare a bowl, plastic tub or sink for an ice bath.
- Trim the ends and cut the green beans into 1 to 2 inch pieces.
Blanching
- Bring a large stock pot full of salted water to a boil. Dump the cut green beans into the boiling water for 4 minutes. Pour through a large colander and drain.
- Immediately dump the drained beans into the ice bath. Allow them to cool completely.
- Drain the cooled and blanched green beans in the colander and remove any un-melted ice cubes. Drain until all the water is gone.
- Remove as much moisture as possible by using a salad spinner or pouring the beans out on a cookie sheet covered with a lint free dish towel and then patting them dry.
Dehydrating Green Beans
- Spread the beans over a lined dehydrator tray in a single layer leaving some space in-between each piece. Repeat will all the green beans using as many trays as needed.
- Load the trays into or onto the dehydrator.
- Set the temperature of the dehydrator to 135 °F. if your dehydrator has a temperature control setting. If not just turn it on.
- Set a timer for 8 to 12 hours.
- Every couple of hours rotate the trays to get even drying. Check how dry the pieces are getting. Drying times will vary.
- The pieces will feel very hard and crisp when done.
- Cool to room temperature before transferring them to glass jars to condition.
- Place the jars in a dark cabinet to condition for 1 week. Shake the jar once a day for seven days. Look for any moisture that is settling on the inside of the jar. If any dampness is seen return to the dehydrator and process for another hour until completely dried.
- Store in airtight containers once properly dried.
Recipe Expert Tips
- Kitchen Tip: These tubs come in so handy for so many different kitchen uses.I use them to wash all my fresh vegetables. You can pick them up at most retail box stores. I use them so much that I buy them in bulk at the Dollar Store.
- Drying: You will want to try to get the pieces of beans as dry as possible for loading them into the dehydrator. If for some reason you can't remove the extra moisture it will add about an extra hour or more of dehydrating time. So starting with the dried pieces of the vegetable will save on your power bill and not add extra dehydrating time.
- Rotating Trays: If you are using a round dehydrator move the upper trays to the bottom and the bottom trays to the top of the dehydrator. The heat blows up from the bottom in the round ones. If you have a square appliance pull the trays out and turn the back side to the front of the appliance.
Nutrition
Serving: 1ServingCalories: 70kcalCarbohydrates: 16gProtein: 4gFat: 0.5gSaturated Fat: 0.1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.3gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.02gSodium: 132mgPotassium: 479mgFiber: 6gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 1565IUVitamin C: 28mgCalcium: 155mgIron: 2mg
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