Dehydrating Walla Walla Sweet Onions
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- čas přidán 9. 09. 2024
- Walla Walla sweet onions are now in season (Mid July)! But they will be gone very soon, so now is the time to dehydrate and store them for the coming year. So easy! No tears!
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I freeze those "thick outer layers" along with celery tops and throw them into a pot to make broth.😁
Great idea thanks
Jim my friend i hope you know you have quite a "gem" there in our gal Rose!
Yes, thanks! Jim
Just what I needed, I got a food dehydrator today so I'm immersing myself in your dehydrating videos. Looking forward to having celery and onions in my pantry. Thank you Pam and Jim for useful and great videos! 🌹
I am so excited for you to begin your dehydrating adventures. Yay!
I have a very fond memory circa 1970 when we were coming back from visiting my grandfather in Wallowa and we were stuck in a traffic jam on I-84. My parents knew we had just passed a tractor trailer carrying Walla Walla Sweet onions. So Mom took the wheel and Dad ran back to get onions. Of course the traffic started moving and my brother and I thought Dad wouldn’t catch up with us but he did. There he was, running up the highway with onions on his shoulder. He was magnificent. And so were those onions.
This sounds like something my family would do. 😂😂
LOVE the story/memories!
I've got 60 lbs of Walla Wallas sitting on my kitchen counter. I ordered a second Nesco dehydrator which is due to arrive today. There are some foods I prefer the freeze drier & some I like better dehydrated. Onions I prefer dehydrated unless I plan to make onion powder. I stopped by today because I have a massive quantity of various squash given to me & I have no idea how to preserve it. So your channel was my first stop. Unfortunately my ADHD kicked in & I just had to stop to watch this video. 😂
Something that I learned is that if you see any moisture, just take the lids off the jars and set them all in the oven on extreme low which is about 125 degrees. That way I don't have to use the dehydrator which usually is already in use. Nice video which I shared. I usually leave them in the oven for a couple or 3 hours, turn off the oven and come back later to reseal. I live very close to Walla Walla and the Sweets are a great onion! Thanks.
Great tip! Thanks for sharing that! We lived in Richland for several years and I have a daughter that still lives there! We loved getting the Walla Walla onions at the roadside stands. I miss that!
@@RoseRedHomestead 🌹Pam and Jim- I started to college in College Place, WA, a mile from Walla Walla, back in 1968. Sadly, those beautiful fields of Walla Walla Sweets have been converted to so many vineyards in the recent years. As a result, we don’t see many WWS in western Washington, where we live. The grocery stores used to be full of them for that lovely 3 week period they were on. A think slice of Walla Walla Sweets on a hamburger is delish! Does your daughter say there are many to buy these days locally for her? Thanks, P & J! Great video, once again. - Nora
I just did my first dehydrating of onions. I put the dehydrator on my back deck, but actually the smell is very pleasant to me, might do them inside next batch.it was so easy & boy are they tasty. Great video
I’ve been watching your videos for some time now, 5/6 months. I greatly appreciate the time you give to share all your knowledge for preserving foods, this has given me the confidence to start canning. I am buying a dehydrator next so, onward & upward to preserving food! Thank You for all you do! God Bless you, Jim & your family.
Rose, I truly love all your videos. I am new to dehydrating and prepping and I find yours to be the BEST because you give thorough, easy to understand instructions. I also find your immense knowledge of the history of other cultures, foods, and safe preserving quite interesting! Thank you so much!
You are very welcome.
How I need this lesson. Thank you so much for teaching all these many ways to can. So thankful for you both. God bless you! A sister in Christ.❤️
Rose, I have learned so much from your videos. Thank you for sharing your knowledge !!
Same 100%!!!
Hi, Pam. I just watched your dehydrating Walla Walla onions, and FYI, it is far easier to peel an onion if you cut it in half first. I noticed that you peeled the whole onions, then cut it in half. This is an older video, and you may have already figured out this tip. Thanks so much for all of the videos you do. I always learn something, and enjoy them very much.
I just got 16# of onions from the store to dehydrate and vacuum seal. Thank-you! I listened to another person saying they had to be blanched for 30 seconds in order to reconstitute correctly, but I know you know your stuff, so I'm copying what you do!! I have learned so much from you. Thank-you Pam.
I just dried 50 pounds of Egyptian walking onions that I let overwinter in my garden. This gave me 4 quarts of dried onions for FREE. I will powder some to use as onion powder. I will use them in freezer meals, crockpot meals, and soup mixes. I have also dried walla walla onions.. delicious. I also dried the greens from my Egyptian walking onions which gave me 4 pints of dried greens.
Brilliant!
Agree. The dehydrating of onions in my opinion takes it to a beautiful taste level...so rich
Find the same with mushrooms.
Thank you. I loved your descriptive "beatiful taste level"!
I've begun to freeze all the onion skins and carrot tops for my daughter. She uses them to make stock. I'm not that industrious. 😁
I really love your videos. Currently binging on them :D I do enjoy it when you reconstitute the veggies for us so we can see how to use them in the future. Thanks so much!
Just dehydrated my first onions because if you. LOVE them!! So does my husband. Thank you!!
We call those Vidalia Onions.
They're grown in Georgia.
I'm in SC so there's always plenty in the grocery stores.
They're sweet and delicious!
That sounds fantastic. Thanks for watching our videos. Jim
I’m relieved to see that someone else bumps their jars to get more in! I love onions too and use them in almost all my savoury recipes. I’m currently binge watching your dehydrator series. I found you channel 2 days ago and I’m loving it.🌹Rosie of Oz🇦🇺 & 🐶Omega the Cavalier🐶
I appreciate all your videos. I'm dehydrating onions as I type this.
I have Walla-Wallas available most of the time near me. Can’t wait to do these!!
Living in South Carolina, of course we are close to Georgia, and we buy Vidalia onions. I have never dehydrated them but I will do some posthaste!
Sounds great! Jim
Love Vidalia onions!
I need a vacuum sealer like that!
❤ it
You can find it on our Amazon Store about one-half way down the Food Preservation and Processing Equipment section: Weston Vacuum Sealer or the Cordless Vacuum Sealer about four items from the bottom of this section. Jim
@@RoseRedHomestead thank you!
Pam and Jim, Your videos ae awesome ! thank you!
Thank you so much! We appreciate that.
I can hardly wait to get a dehydrator and a food saver!! Thank you for your video.💖
You are so welcome!
I love mine ♥❤❤
OMG! I don't know what I did, but I love it! I dehydrated 5 trays of sweet onions (not Walla Walla). I thought they would maybe dehydrate quicker if I dehydrated them and didn't put them on the pierced tray. I cut them large enough that they wouldn't slip through. I dehydrated at 145. It still took nearly 24 hours. They turned out carmel color and taste like onion rings! I can't keep from snacking on them. Oh....I will use the pierced tray in the future. They stuck and it was a chore getting them loose.
I grow several hundred Walla Walla's a year. I both freeze dry and dehydrate them. the dehydrated ones are left on till very crunchy. My friends call them 'onion candy' yummy!
Sounds great!
Thank You, I would not of thought of doing frozen vegetables. With my bad back and knees I will still be able to dehydrate more items. Thank You again.
Slicing in half after removing the ends allows you to peel them without sacrafising layers, because you can see each layer in cross section.
Thanks.
Just started my 1st dehydrating session.
7 trays of strong Lincolnshire (UK ) onions, my eyes ! 😁. Set it at 149°f for 20 hours.
Thank you so much for your informative and interesting videos. You are a star.
oh cool I am saying jars but didn't know if I could use them...ty
Wow! 10 large onions dehydrated down to two quart jars. Those onions were beautiful. We don't get any of those Walla Walla onions here in Central Texas. I'm still learning, Tfs. ❤
Vikki: Thanks for watching our videos. Jim
Vicki, I heard there's an onion called Texas Sweet. Does it compare with WallWalla? Here in SC we have the Vidalia from Georgia...it is delicious.
Thank you for your videos! I'm a recent subscriber and you have taught me to dehydrate! Always an incredibly useful skill but it's extra helpful with everything going on in the world. Stay safe and take care 🙂
Best onions! I wait impatiently every year for the Walla Wallas to come out and im preparing and planning ahead of time to ensure i won't have to be so impatient next year and maybe still have some on the shelf...maybe 😉 because Walla Wallas are so full of natural sugars and water i really appreciate you doing this video with such a unique product.
Jamie: Thank you! Jim
Jamie, I find it hard to find Walla Walla Sweets in western Washington, because so many onion fields have become wineries in Walla Walla. Where are you purchasing yours and about what month?
@@noracharles80 im in Vancouver, WA. I can find them at all stores in August and September. Because i don't shop often, my hint is usually when i hear the Burgerville Walla Walla onion rings commercial on the radio 🤣
Very informative and clear! Well done! Thanks a bunch!
I use to live in Walla Walla. Went there in July, only found ONE roadside stand going in town from and NONE going out of town toward Milton -Freewater. So disappointed I had to buy them a Safeway in Milton Freewater.
Oh my. We used to live in Richland and there were road stands up and down that road back then. I am sorry to hear that they have disappeared.
Thank you ❤️
I love my dehydrated, but next time I get the square one, mine is great but I want an easier one to load and unload no hole in the center.
Thank you.
What a great way to preserve a large batch of onions. I guess the alternative would be cold storage root cellar. I prefer this method.
Thanks for sharing
More benefits to being a red head, than curses. I am happy with all of the benefits !!😄😂
I will be dehydrating onions I love sweet onions we get Vidalia Sweet onions here in SOuthern Ohio I have not seen Walla Walla but I will keep my eye out for them
We are finishing up a video in just a few minutes--a re-do of our original pressure canning beans video--and I just took out my dehydrated Walla Walla onions and I am down to the last little bit. We will be looking for more if we can find them! Thanks for sharing!
You have really been rocking the videos.
Thanks. And we are having a great time doing them.
So I have been dehydrating for a few years now, but decided to just see if you do it differently. Only difference is size, and I may just try the bigger size. I wanted to ask you, have you ever let them go longer in the dehydrator to the point some turn extra brown and even a few dark dark almost black? I first did it in error, thought it could use 6 more hours, went to bed and when I got up and checked I thought I had ruined them, but it ended up being a great mistake. It gives your dehydrated onions more like you had brown or crystallized them. The flavor was awesome! Just a tip I learned from a mistake. LOL
Going to try this. I’ve learned so much f on you. I saw one lady blanched hers first, but I like your method better. Thanks for sharing. Blessings
DebJ4Life: Thanks for your comments. Jim
Suggestion: Cut onion in half before peeling outer layer.
Love your dehydrating videos! I’ve been looking for your Jerky video..have I missed it or haven’t you done one yet? Really looking forward to that one! I’ll be trying all of these. We have vadalia onions here in Ga.
Thank you for sharing. Have you ever made onion stock with the peels? It. Is. Amazing! Excellent for using on soups, stews, etc.
What a great idea! I will definitely try that with my next batch of dehydrating onions. Thank you for watching!
Toothaching May I have your recipe for the onion stick made with the peels?
Not stick but stock! Lol.
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@@toothaching wow. Thanks so much! I really appreciate the fast respond. So excited!
I live in Tri Cities, next door to Walla Walla!
I was just wondering why you don't have to blanch onions?
Thanks so much for your instructions, very enlightening! Thanks again Pam and Jim ❣️❣️❣️
just did 6 🌰 and we will see. ty
AWESOME!!!😄 Have my dehydrator out and ready to go! Thank you!
Excellent. It was so good to have dehydrated onions a few weeks ago with the salmonella scare. Enjoy!
Hi, my gasket kept coming off and my husband used super glue on it and it has worked great. Just thought it might help you.
Great info thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
We live in WA. State. The home of Walla Walla onions. Sorry when you visited they were not available. Depending on where your daughter lives in WA. Maybe she could try growing them.
Steve: We will have to check with her and see if can get us some. Thanks for the suggestion. Jim
Can you use parchment paper on the racks? Before buying a dehydrator my Emeril Lagasee airfryer has a setting for dehydrating - thought I would give that a try before purchasing a dehydrator. Talked myself out of a freeze dryer - as I'm 76 years old and won't likely be alive in 20 years.
It’s easier to peel a half instead of a whole.
I'm assuming you take all the trimmings and make onion stock, right? ;)
I used to have a dehydrator years ago, but it was one of those you had to rotate the trays on, seemingly every couple hours. Too much kerfuffle for me! I'm going to be ordering myself a Magic Mill dehydrator and hopefully will be back to the dehydrating game soon!
Also, I've started switching to glass jars for all my dry goods. I started using empty soda bottles, 16.9oz, but the other day I was getting some chickpeas and noticed a chewed hole in one of the bottles! Naughty mousies! So, now I'll be getting quart canning jars to store in. I've discovered that two quart jars can hold about 3 to 3.5 of those 16.9 oz soda bottles (about 3.5 for rice and 3 for chickpeas), so it'll save space as well.
Thank you for all the work you do for us followers!
Could you leave them out a day to be sure all the moisture is out IF you live in the dry, high desert areas like we do? Would that hurt anything?
Thank you ma’am for this video. What do you use to remove the lid after using the Food Saver? Please and thank you 🙏🏼
I can pop those lids off with my fingers, or I just use the other end of a punch can opener made for opening canning jar lids.
@@RoseRedHomestead Thank 🌹 you.
@@RoseRedHomestead I recently learned to first lay a butter knife on top of the lid edge . Then use the can opener to put pressure on the knife when lifting the lid. It prevents the lid from getting bent.
Hi Pam, Do you have a trick for getting the onion layers to separate?
I did regular yellow onions. I thought I had done a good job, but evidently not! Took forever to dehydrate
I just love your channel! My question today is why wouldn't you just dehydrate everything on the highest heat? Wouldn't it be a lot faster?
Joanne: Yes, it would be a lot faster and it could be that the items you want to dehydrate may get so dried-out and brittle that that would be useless. Either way, we need to check our items on a regular basis to assess whether they meet our desired or expected specifications. Jim
To preserve color on certain items, dehydrate on a lower temperature but will take longer. Lemons, oranges, peppers etc.
thank you pam
You are so welcome! Thank for watching.
I have been wondering why my onions dissappear when i cook onions in my pressure cooker you just pointed out they are mostly water and this is probably why they dissappear
Do you prefer freeze dried or dehydrated onions more?
Probably freeze dried, but I still do them both ways.
I was just referred to your page and am binge watching everything! This might be a dumb question, but with dehydrating food you can use a lid you have already used? But when canning with water bath or pressure you cannot? Can you use the sealing attachment when storing food? Thank you!
So glad you came over to check things out on our channel! Welcome! Yes, previously used lids are fine for vacuum sealing, but not for canning. Great question! Thanks.
Can you use parchment paper on the trays. My machine didn't come with the plastic tray covers that you use
Yes!
Always hate pulling skins from onions, lol
Should you put moisture absorbers in your dehydrated foods.
No need to use a desiccant if you are also going to vacuum seal or use an O2 absorber. If you won't be using either of those and you live in a humid area, then yes.
My regular size gasket pulls off every time too. Kinda irritating and time wasting, but..
We don't get those onions here in Connecticut
We have not grown Walla Walla onions, but have but have grown other sweet onions. The only time we can get Walla Walla's in when they are in season. Are there other other sweet onions that you can buy? I did a Google search for Walla Walla Onion Distributors and there are a lot of sellers, including Amazon, Gurney's Seed and Nursery Co., and Azure Standard. Jim
Pam and Jim, what do you use to remove the onion odors from your dehydrator trays? I have heard some preppers say you should have a dedicated set of tray liners just for onions and garlic. Please let us know. Thanks for your useful videos.
Soak in vinegar???
Are these good rehydrated with fried potatoes and with sausage and peppers?
Love me some walla wallas. I will get a dehydrator. Can't wait! See what you started? New subbie here, love you and your channel!
Thanks for subbing! And Welcome! So glad you joined us!
Costco sells an 11.7 oz jar of dried chopped onions for $ $2.69.. 2 tablespoons = 1/2cup chopped fresh onion..
Richard: Thanks for the information. I was at Costco today, but did not look in the spices row. I will go next week and check. Jim
Rose what happens if you miss one that is a little bit wet in the jar and you don't catch seeing the condensation? Will it spoil the rest? Will it create botulism?
Can I use vacuum sealed bags I need to get bottles which is hard in melbourne or expensive 😅
Can you cook the onions first and then dehydrate the cooked onions?
How long do these last once they're dehydrated?
I would like to know too.
I have the same question.
Thank you for the great video. I am new to dehydrating. Can you caramelize the onions in a crock pot before dehydrating and still have them be safe? I can't find anything on the usda website in regards to this.
I don't see why not. I think I would dehydrate them first, then rehydrate them and caramelize. Try it!
Do you sterilize the jars first?
USDA: nchfp.uga.edu: wash empty jars in detergent and rinse well by hand or wash in a dishwasher. Jim
No blanch? Not needed?
I dehydrated vidalia onions and it took forever. I cut them up and separated them like you did in your video, and little by little some dried andi took them out. I did this a number of times over more than a 24 hour period. At the end, some were still "gummy" . I had the dehydrator set at about 138, by the end I turned it up to 145. It's a new dehydrator, a Broad and Taylor Sahara, wasn't cheap. Also kind of the same with some strawberries. What am I doing wrong???
The Vidalias are super moist. Full of moisture. So, probably not doing anything wrong, you just have to leave them in longer at higher temp.
Good morning! This may sound like a novice question, but , can you over dry your onions/vegetables? Does the onion smell stay on or in you dehydrator?
Any question is a good question! LOL. Certainly there are degrees of dryness that can be achieved in dehydrating foods. I like a leathery feel for fruits that I am going to eat like a snack. For veggies like onions that I am going to be tossing into soups and stews, I like them very dry so they will store for a long time. The onion smell does not stick around in my dehydrator.
@@RoseRedHomestead Thank You!
Would love for you to share some of your recipes with us.
We are getting closer to making that decision! Thanks.
During the summer we try to dehydrate Vidalia onions!!!!!
They are also wonderful!
Wandering if walla walla r similar to vidalia
Yes they are--both are sweet onions.
Don't you have to condition them for a week before sealing?
I do maybe for a couple of days but not for a week.
Have you tried freeze drying your onions?
Yes and they do fantastic!
You don't blanch your onions?
No, I never have and it work just fine!
I'm wondering when you go to use the onions, is there a rule of thumb about how much onion to use? I know there were 10 onions to start with, so say you were seasoning spaghetti (just an example), would you use a tablespoon, 1/4 cup, a handful of onion? Just trying to gage how much of the dried onion you would use (if that makes sense)?
I do it by visual estimation. And sometimes just toss in a handful! I am not very methodical with that, am I! LOL
@@RoseRedHomestead Thank you so much.
I too am a red head (yes, we are delicate flowers - ha! ha!) although I have never heard of Walla Walla I usually target sweet or Vadilla onions and never had a tearful moment cutting onions. Been thinking about getting a dehydrator and this was a great video. What type of dehydrator do you have ... do you have a preference of style/manufacturer?
Sorry Pam, just noticed you have a dehydrating basics video ... will be giving it a look next. :)
Any variety of sweet onion is great--I lived near Walla Walla for a time, which explains my preference.
Make broth with the peel
Vidalia onions dont make u cry .. only grown in Vidalia Georgia
Richard: Thanks for the information. Jim
How long do these keep for?
Sonya: Up to one year. Jim
About a year, but we rotate through them faster than that!
What room do you dehydrate these in? I’ve heard people say that when they dehydrated onions it stinks up their house so bad and the stink does not go away. Do you find this to be so? 💕
We dehydrate in the kitchen eating room. The house does smell like onions while the process is going on, but it fades by the next day. BYW--we have made the celery powder video and it will be released soon!
@@RoseRedHomestead TY…and Awwww. Was wondering if you remembered about the celery powder. I just received my dehydrator last week, but probably won’t have a chance to really try it out for a couple of weeks. I ended up purchasing the Nesco Gardenmaster FD-1040 1000 watt dehydrator. Celery powder will probably be my first attempt. I can’t wait to see your video!!! TYSM 💕
Oh, gosh, that is the loveliest smell. But, like a freshly cut Christmas tree, the fragrance dissipates too quickly.
Do you make onion and garlic powder?
No, but I have made my own celery salt.
You discuss cutting coffee filters to place on top of your ingredients so they don’t get into your vacuum sealer. Check out Brew Rite Coffee Filters, Flat Disc-Style Paper, 3.5 Inch, 300 Count. They’re $6 on Amazon and even less on certain online site. They work well for wide mouth jars, and I just shove them in for small mouth jars. I prefer it to cutting or using folded paper towels. Your videos are fabulous and they have given me the needed push to start dehydrating most anything I see at farmers markets and the grocery store. I prefer organic, but that is of no consequence. Have a great day and thanks for putting the work in to your wonderful presentations. BTW, I’m also now dehydrating most everything at 150 F. Hopefully I will (eventually) figure out the time, but some of your videos give me parameters that I can extrapolate, so again- thanx
You are welcome! And thanks for the tips--very useful!