Better Than Store-Bought Homemade Onion Powder (With Dehydrator)
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Making your own onion powder at home is a very simple project. Homemade onion powder really puts store-bought powder to shame... the taste is much better, there are no fillers, preservatives or other questionable ingredients and it only takes a few dollars worth of onions and a few minutes of time to make.
But beware, once you try it you may never be able to go back to the store-bought version. Like always, homemade is the best!
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To remove that strong smell from your grinder use it for dried or stale bread of any type (even gluten free) afterwards-- in other words make bread crumbs in it. It will take away the odor if enough ground in it & your breadcrumbs will be great on top of soup or fish or even chicken.
Edie Boudreau Nice pro tip!
MrYeshuaisyhwh -- I can't take credit. My Great- Aunt Lucy did all this when I was a kid & others weren't doing any of this.
cool idea, then you'd have onion flavored breadcrumbs. :-D
Great idea :-)
Might even want to make an Italian bread crumb. Great tip!
My wife and I love you and how simple you explain things.
God bless...
May look silly but I wear goggles when I cut onions. I never have any burning in my eyes!
I don't blame you. I'm tired of crying.
Heh, thats actually a great idea lol
Lol good idea tho
Me too. I feel goofy, but it absolutely works.
I put some country music to have a reason to cry
Home made onion powder from home grown onions is amazing. I make mine using a combination of green onion tops & stored bulbs, dehydrated, and then ground into powder. I used to have a big container of onion powder from Costco. When I tasted my own powder vs. store-bought I immediately dumped the store-bought stuff out. So now I've got a Costco-sized container of delicious home made onion powder. 😋
Ya gotta love large containers
I am finishing up all the onions from my garden-dehydrated/powdered! Last year I did caramelized onions.
So many great tips in the comments already!
I've already planted 160 onions and they're really starting to pop up! I am certain we will not use them all before they start to get weird, so I'm very glad to know what to do when the time comes! Thank you for yet another great lesson! It's good to see you again.
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I positively LOVE you for making and sharing this video! made my first batch a few days ago and garlic too. I baked a chicken using these powders and my beloved lady and I were in TEARS at the richness of the flavor! I can't wait to learn more from you. And Ellie can't wait for me to do more cooking! 🤓
Nice video . Enjoyed it .
Just a little tip , take a spray bottle and put vinegar and water in it . If the onions are really strong you can use half vinegar and half water . Shake it up and spray on the onions while chopping , slicing etc. spray more vinegar and water mixture as you need it . You won't have any tear's ! My son told me about this tip while I was crying from chopping onions . Works like a charm . Hope this helps . Blessings , Linda
Ooh, neat! I'm excited to try this!
Just dont chop the hairy ends off and you wont cry. Always leave it on, even if u cut in half. Then slice/dice
Just a tip: Stainless steel eliminates onion & garlic odor! As you rinse your hands, rub them along the faucet and rinse again; if you've got the smells in your dehydrator, take a stainless steel spoon and rub it all over the tray, then rinse the tray; it should kill the odors fairly quickly.
I have a piece of stainless steel in the shape of a soap bar on a rubber mat at my sink. Removes onion, fish, garlic and all strong smells. Never.loses potency. I have had mine for 20+ years
DEFINITELY WORTH IT AND AMAZING PURCHASE THAT I HAVE GOTTEN MY MONEY OUT OF DAILY. IT WORKS ALSO FOR SO MANY OTHER SCENTS THAT YOU DONT WANT ON YOUR HANDS! IT IS AS WONDERFUL AS A LEMON HAND BOWL!!!!❤️❤️👍💕💕🍓🌞🌞🍊🍊🍊🍊❤️🍋🍋👍🍓❤️🎃❤️❤️❤️❤️💕🐾
@@pinschrunner I have seen those for sale, and if you already have one, definitely use it! But I personally don't like "one use" gadgets, and nearly everyone has a stainless steel faucet already...
I am in the UK and use Bicarbonate of soda, which is, I think baking soda in the US to remove smells. Works really well to take away the smell from your trays/blender etc. One teaspoon per pint of warm water. Use it to wash or soak anything that needs deodorising. Thanks for the video, I will give dried onions a go this year .
When I'm looking for some knowledge and see your face in the video it puts big smile on my face. Thank You for taking time and showing all this
Try making leek powder. It’s delicious and a bit milder than onion powder. I didn’t like composting all those lovely green tops of the leeks so I washed them well, let them air dry for a while, then snipped them into uniform pieces with a scissors. No crying and so much faster than slicing onions. Dehydrate and powder the same way as in the video. Your house smells wonderful since leeks are not as strong. Delicious in eggs, casseroles, roasts etc.
I think we tend to make things more difficult than they should be. This is a very simple process. Thank you!
If you store onions with the root down, the strength will go down to the root, and then cut that root end first you will not cry. I promise
This works. Restaurant used this technique. Or store them cold. The strength is not as strong. Give it a try.
Root end first
I needed this info. Still teaching after two years 😁.God bless you.
This is true, read that tip many years ago and it does work.
I always cut that first and store them root down
Without my contact lenses in, I’m in pain from the fumes
I like to make a blend. I make powder, flakes, and chopped all dehydrated. But I use yellow onion, white onion, leeks, and green onions all mixed together.
If you light a candle and place it near the cutting board while youre chopping onions, the candle with burn off the fumes from the onions and you wont tear up as much, maybe not at all. Works for me!
I watched both of your garlic and this onion powder recipes, and they are both great! Thank you for sharing. Regards from Canada . . . .
The first time we did this the entire house smelled like French onion soup haha, but I've learned to keep all the bedroom doors closed and the dehydrator goes in a closed room with a fan when we do onions and garlic ... homemade is EXTRA tasty
Kristin at Mini Slice of farm What make dehydrator do you use? 😀
Donna Daly we have the Excalibur 9 tray with the timer 😊, have been using it for 4 years now and it still runs like new 💟
Kristin at Mini Slice of farm I am researching as I am going to be getting one. Thanks for that. 💗
Donna Daly you are welcome :)
If your range vents to the outside you could set the dehydrator on the stove and use that. I found that it helps a lot.
Onion skin also makes a wonderful dye for wool and fabric :)
Some rural areas in the south of Morocco they dry onions and they make very delicious pancakes of them ;flour and olive oil .
they call them Azalim in the Berber language .
thanks for the video
Back in my younger years when I wore hard contact lenses, I was the official onion chopper in my family, didn't bother me one bit. Now I grow sweet onions only, today I am drying any that are going soft. Not crying but I do have a burning of my eyes. Six racks in my food dryer so pretty good test. Enjoy your videos, thanks
I love your videos! as soon as I get home from the store w/onions I immediately put them in my fridge crisper... then I don't cry when slicing them! it really does work!! I just made green onion powder🍃 it's delicious!! BTW.. Lovely Family You Have💚
Wow how much you have come into your self on the channel I was watching how to make garlic salt and this one played next. It inspires me to give CZcams a try
Tip, to keep eyes from watering when chopping onions,put onions in fridge for approx. 20 minutes.
After checking out your home-made garlic salt, I checked this video out as well and look forward to making it. Again, In Israel I could not find onion powder, so I ordered it on Amazon and paid through the nose to get it. You have just saved me a huge amount of money when I finally run out of onion powder. Thank you so very much
I always keep my onions refrigerated. I never cry slicing them! I tried everything from holding bread of crackers in my mouth to everything else! Refrigerating them actually works!!
Oh dear. Another brilliant idea. We grew too many and unfortunately we let a whole bunch of our onions go moldy because I canned quite a lot and didn´t know what else to do. That won´t happen again. Thanks Carolyn.
I found that after drying, to freeze the onions un-powdered? Take some out of the freezer and grind as needed. Much more fresh. Same works for garlic. I use a pestle and mortar.
The flavor is soo much better than store bought!
I take an extra step (mostly hands off) and carmelize the onions in the slow cooker with a little bit of water. That makes a delicious broth. I save the broth for future use. Then the next day I dehydrate the onions sbd eventually make the onion powder. Way better than store bought!
Great idea!!
I just found your videos and am LOVING them! Thank you for taking the time to help so many families get healthy!
Love all the aprons hanging behind you :) Your beautiful children are very lucky to be brought up with wisdom and skills.
I have recently bought an air fryer rotisserie and was going to buy some onion powder on my next shop. You have convinced me that I needn't bother. I'm preparing my onions now, obviously wearing a gas mask :) My Air Fryer goes down to 65c (I live in England and they switched us to centigrade) So I'll dehydrate them there. Thanks for this lovely video.
Carolyn got a tip for you, if you pit the onion/ s into the freezer for a few mins. You can cut them with out crying
What a lovely kitchen.
I put a wooden spoon in the door of my oven when I dry rusks to keep it slightly ajar. That brings the temperature down slightly so the don't brown from too high heat at minimum setting
Don`t trow the onion shells. You can make a very good antivirus tea, or you can use it for coloring soup and for coloring ester eggs. You get a nice chestnut brown color.
Thanks you for teaching me how to dry onions and garlic.
Last month I sliced at least 15 pounds of yellow onions to make and can French onion soup. I used safety goggles that fit close to your face...like a scuba mask. It was amazing!!! Not one tear. Next time you cut onions, you may want to give this a try.
Yep....I'm going to do this!!!!! I love using onion powder in my dishes.
Kristie
If you don't mind having wet onions, like when making soup that uses onions, you can place the onion UNDER WATER when cutting it. The water catches any onion juice that gets thrown into the air, when cutting onions.
I live in Florida and will certainly try this, but outdoors on the terrace! Maybe it will chase away the.vermin....
Can I get the same results by drying the onions on parchmenpaper in the oven. If so on what temperature, and how long, or will the heat destroy the nutritional value. Thanks again for taking time out of busy day, to show us, your gold nuggets of knowledge. 😃😃😃
I was gifted with 2 bags of older onions, dehydrated the slices and love using them in all kinds of dishes! I will try the powerd soon!
Thank you for your eye watering sacrifice. I am learning alot from you and your family.
I'm really glad I found your channel a few months ago. I love all the things you do in the kitchen and garden! Keep up the great work!
Cold/refrigerated onions don't affect your eyes when slicing and dicing.
I've missed you guys! Awesome! Thank you!
Caroline!! I've missed you! You are looking wonderful! Thank you for the tip on the onions. I have some I need to get busy and dehydrate. Great to see you again. Hugs to kids and baby!
Hi there! I just started watching your channel 2 days ago and I'm hooked! Thank you so very much for all the time you take to teach us peeps out here, in the wide world of net, all your fabulous homesteading works! Sincerely, Jules! ♥
Thank you so much for your videos.. it’s so generous of you to give these for free. I just love them and am learning so much. Hugs from Australia 😀
am lucky am widow live on my own i put them on b4 bed and its fine by morning i use my skins for flavouring and colour for my wool am a scot so am very frugal
I do this, as well as with garlic and celery. Nice to see a GOOD video of it. Thank You!
My grandma's tip on onion cutting tear prevention: have a bowl with cool water to dip fingers and then poke water in your nose. Or more often than not I usually rinse my nose with running water in between large amounts of onion cutting.
Great! Thank you!! I did my garlic earlier this year. Onion is a wonderful idea. I'll have to do this. I use a lot of onion powder in recipes. It's a time saver. It'll be good t know it isn't all GMO or anything.
NO CRY METHOD THAT HONESTLY WORKS !!
I was watching Rachel Ray and I NEVER saw her CRY while prepping onions and I begin to pay attention to every little detail... The one thing I noticed, Rachel was forever talking and had her mouth open... Later I read somewhere to do that. When chopping onions, NEVER EVER EVER TAKE EVEN 1 BREATH OF AIR THROUGH YOUR NOSE BUT CONSTANTLY BREATHE THROUGH YOUR MOUTH!!! When you breathe through your nose, it triggers your sinus area which enhaling the strong onion scent triggers your tear glands. I have been doing this for yrs now and IT REALLY REALLY WORKS. I do cut the onion always at the tail end first, NOT the root end but I honestly don't think that matters.... If you slip and take 1 breath through your nose, chances are you'll tear up. PLEASE GIVE THIS A TRY LET ME KNOW BACK HERE... I just keep my mouth open & breathe through it the whole time while messing with onions.
I genuinely love this channel.
if u use a coffee grinder u can grind some rices after to remove all odors
Pablo Alcazar cornmeal also works.
Chew the end of a match stick to help keep your eyes from watering while chopping onions.
I worked in a restaurant and we kept our onions in the cooler Which helped with the eye problem and wore swim googles When chopping and never had a crying problem....
Thank You. I have to do that!
It's so good to see you back! I missed seeing you and your great videos! Thanks for another great one. Homemade is so much better and healthier! God bless you and your sweet family😀
Wow thank you..im 62 n learning so much from your channel
This is such an amazing idea. I use onion powder all the time that I buy in bulk from an herb company. I'm going to do this now. Thank you. Can you also do garlic the same way?
Just toss whole cloves in a food processor and chop them up into pieces like coarse coffee grounds. Put it evenly on dehydrator trays and when it is done, you can use some of it like it is (I love those coarse dry garlic bits, sooooo flavorful in soups/sauces, gives a different flavor than powder, i think. You can also use it in mills) and some of it you can grind into powder... 😊 YUM❣️
how do you use the onion powder? for example do you use it in au peau, or spaghetti sauce
Thank you needed to see this. I will be trying this I hope. Much love from Philly!
If you rinse your onions with hot water, it won’t burn your eyes so much. Thanks for sharing 😊
I finally found the answer to crying with onion cutting. I light a large candle next to the board where I am cutting. The open flame apparently "burns off" the enzyme that burns.
Yay you're back. ;)
Heard if you burn a candle while chopping, no tears 💧
Hi Carolyn! Do you find that it's simpler to do tackle large amounts of things to last a long time, or do you sorta plan on doing smaller batches of things more often? Living the homemade lifestyle is great and there are many things about it that are wonderful, but there is always that challenge of balancing work load, loss of food(spoilage), time crunch etc.
Chara Ayars I know I try to do as much at 1 time as I can but sometimes only have time for what's going to go off first. Maybe she does the same.
Edie Boudreau That does seem like a better use of time.
Yep... I try to get a years worth at a time out of every project where that’s possible (many times it is not but I get as close as I can!).😁
So, do you have a way to determine what you will use in a year? I just wonder, b/c for the growing family (mine is too!) it can be really hard to figure out what quantity will be enough :P
I love your channel! I learn so much about what my grama tried to tell me while living in the city.
Have you ever dehydrated thicker circular pieces of onion to rehydrate and have for fresh onion rings in the winter?
Rehydrating onions is so easy and tastes as good as fresh
did you know that you can dehydrate those peels just make sure they are clean. with a dehydrator nothing should be throwed away. potato, tomato, onion and yes even garlic peel can be dehydrated, lots of nutrients in them the health benefits they actually store lots of antioxidants in their skins. The skins add a slight onion flavor
Great item to use a solar dehydrator for.
SO very happy I have found you and your channel. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. Question related to dehydrating onion. Do you place any type of desiccant/moisture eater in the jar?
If you rinse the onions with cold water really well, then it doesn’t burn your eyes anymore!
I love the collection of aprons behind you! ❤
For even cutting you could use a mandolin, helps a ton!
I can't wait to try this! Thanks!
I don't have a dehydrator, I don't do enough of that stuff to bother with the cost of buying such an appliance, I'd LIKE to grow my own stuff for things like this but..the soil where I live is very rocky and not enough space anyway. I'll have to do it in the oven unless I spring for a super cheap $40 dehydrator in the future
I am so happy your back, I do this with garlic to, but i find it clumps really bad I live in a very humid place, hope you and family are all well
would using a moisture absorbing packet help? Like the silica packets?
MrYeshuaisyhwh but I have seen these packets in vitamin or supplement bottls. I think it's the same. I also read that it's not poisonous, the packet itself is a choking hazard for childen. Am I wrong on this?
Thanks.
If you burn an unscented candle close to the cutting board, the far end away from you for safety. This inactivates the sulfur compound and you won't cry. If doing a lot of onions I would use 2 candles, one at each far end of the cutting board.
Excellent.
I haven’t cried from cutting onions since I was a little boy. Someone told me it’s because I use a very sharp knife to cut them. I’m not sure if that’s true but it’s true for me
I would leave them for green bean casserole . I will have to get a blender and a dehydrator
Another reason to store loose onion skins is to boil them and use the water for homemade easter egg dye.
if you are storing this for longer than 3 months I highly suggest you dump in 1-2 silica gel packets
I have a question for Y’all….
I acquired some one year old organic cow manure(3 yards) for my compost bins. My question is that since it has already broken down for close to a year now would it be considered a brown now as opposed to a green when it’s fresh?? I would have to say it’s 85-90% broken down
I have problems with onions and they burn my eyes for up to an hour. I have learned that if I make the top and bottom cuts under running water...I do not have any or at least very little issues.
Don't cut off the pointy end (opposite of the root side) until the last slice... you won't cry.
Pro tip: If you hold a spoon in your mouth so the inside of the scoop is against your tongue with your mouth closed on the spoon it will reduce/prevent crying.
Carolyn, you're great!👍💜
You can make fabric dye from boiled onion skins !
👍 nice Rapunzel hairstyle in this video!😁
I put the powder back into the dehydrator just to make sure its completely dry. It's hard to keep my girls supplied in onion and garlic powder. I also do tomatoes, mushroom, bell pepper, and habanero powder the same way.
Oh how I would love to be an apprentice in your homestead...😍
Great video! Thank you!
I really enjoyed your video. I have both the dehydrator & the onion. I sure do hate it whenever I find a 'bad' onion because I kept it way to long. Thank you for sharing. 🖒🖒