Preserving Green Onions by Dehydrating! Dehydrating Scallions and Spring Onions
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 15. 07. 2024
- Buying green onion bundles and can't use them all up? Or your crop is more than you can use at any one time? Learn how to dehydrate scallions / green onions for use all year long!
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I have a ? What about pea pods? Like snow pea pods the edible pod.
If you plant the bottom roots, leaving at least an inch will get continuous green tops, will regrow
@storm girl, I do the samething and use the tops in my salads and omelets.
Exactly
Right - assuming you have the option of growing something.
Yes, and Darcy, you can grow them in the house! Either in water or in dirt. Free food!
Iâm doing that too. I have 20 growing on my deck now, and I just finished dehydrating these. So good!
We call them ScallionsâŠthatâs what Mom always called them. These are my favorite onions hands down. So tasty!
In the UK we call them spring onions. â„ïžđŹđ§
You are the best Darcy !!!! đșâ€ïž
Wow, thank you!
Oh wowâŠI just did this Darcy! Their conditioning on my counter right now. I also just finished Chives. Their keeping my onions company on the counter. I love both of these and us them a lot in my cooking. I was surprised how fast they dehydrated. YumâŠ.so good
I was wondering how to use my spring onions to enjoy in the winter. Thank you so much.
You are so welcome!
Knowledgeable, well versed in the subject so can readily impart that knowledge. I do like learning from you. Even at 70, we still can!
Or 80-ish. Lol
Great video, straight to the point on how to!
Quickly covered all angles. You are a good teacher!
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Green onions Canada đšđŠ Ontario
Set the bottoms in a little bit of water for a second harvest. đ Blessings and greetings from Chicagoland.
This is good for DIY instant noodles soup.
I grow the green onions in a styrofoam box. They sit outside in summer and inside the house in winter. They grow well all year round.
Great demonstrations :-)
Thanks! I have not had the dehydrator running for a bit and some inspiration was sorely needed. My green onions look like they will be pretty abundant this year and soon they will be available pretty cheap at local farmersâ markets. What a nice bit of spring to put in the pantry to brighten a winter meal. Allergies have been a beast already this spring and now grasses are blooming. Prayers for all who are suffering and that your son is feeling better.
Thanks!
I also regrow still using some I planted about 12 month's ago they started as store bought. Aloe would like to say a huge thank you to you, I have extremely fussy kids has autistic tendencies and the other doesn't like almost all vegetables. Your posts on green powder and vegetable powder have made it so easy to get a huge variety of vegetables in their diet, they have even comment that some of the meals taste better. :)
Spring onions in the uk
Hope your son is feeling better. thanks for the info on dehydrating scallions. I have a bunch I'm dehydrating right now.
Thanks - today was a turning point for him!
In the U.K. these are known as spring onions.
Excellent lesson! Thank you!
Thank you, I love that.
Glad your child is okay.
Allergic reactions are tricky
I replant the roots. I bought a pack from trader joe's in 2019 and have re-harvested 3 years in a row now!
Yes, I will be making some green onion powder, yum. Thank you!
Hello from Michigan.
Hello there!
This is a great idea đĄ đ
Glad you think so!
Great video!
I found out the hard way that when you take a tray of dried peas out of the dehydrator, you want to be very careful NOT to accidentally tap the dehydrator, causing peas to roll out all I er the floor. Lolll
Thanks, Darci. As always, great info easily understood.
Glad it was helpful!
I had a garden full of home grown this year and I froze and dehydrated. I do as you do and use bottom parts as regular onions when cooking. Great video.
Sounds great!
I will definitely try this when the farmer's market opens. I bet these would be great in egg rolls!
Clear and concise and good camera work. Like how you didn't put us through all the chopping. Like your offered advice. Thank you.
So glad I found you! I have so many green onion in my garden and didnât know what to do with them!
Hope you enjoy
I love your videos! Youâve taught me so much! Thank you so much!!! Youâre my Dehydrating Guru! I have zucchini chips dehydrating nowâŠ..Flavored! I canât wait till theyâre dried! Even my husband is excited! Iâd rather have natural âsnacksâ than the âheaven knows whatâs in themâ snacks! I appreciate all you do and donât care if youâre messyâŠ.Iâm the same wayâ! đâ€đ
Thank you for the "condition" tip! My garlic and onion power was clumping. I didn't know that you should do this!
thanks for sharing Darcy. I've learned so much from you. I used my first dehydrated white onions (powdered) on my Jamaican beef jerky last month and the family loves it!
Wonderful!
Thanks
Welcome!
Hoping to find some green onions soon at a farmers market to try this! I use a lot of freeze dried onions, but I like the look of these. Thanks for the video
Asian markets
My grandsons just chopped all my green onions up for me to dehydrate. Thanks for giving me more ideas on how to use them!
Good for him!
Thanks! I haven't tried green onions (what we call them here) in the dehydrator. I like your premise to separate the green & white. Tip: I've learned, with many things, that if I overload my trays and wait a couple 3 hours, they've dried enough that I can then separate them more easily. At that mark, I check each tray. Re-distributing as needed on the tray. And, usually rotate the trays 1/4 to 1/2 a rotation in my Excalibur. Depending on the circumstances may switch bottom and top trays with the 2 center ones. For some things that take a l o n g time to dry, I may do that again at roughly the 8 hour mark.
Thanks Lee!
Does that cut your drying time?
@@girlnextdoorgrooming Keeping a good air flow speeds up the drying time. Overloading the trays can extend the drying time. Yet if I can dry more at one time rather than running the dehydrator twice, that is another drying time reduction.
It becomes a balancing act that you work out as your experience increases. Because of so many variables from humidity in the air to the thickness of the carrots you slice to the style of dehydrator, all affect drying time.
Sorry for such a vague answer. It depends ....
Why didn't this occur to me? Thank you for this!
My grandparents and my family call them dinner onions. The bottoms that still have roots can be regrown to make more.
Chopped up all my green onions, first time! Can't wait. Now I need to find out how to sanitize my jars.
hot soapy water is all that is needed.
I put one of my huge cutting boards over the top of a drawer for extra counter space.
Thanks for the speeded-up sections! Itâs fun AND no need to watch every moment of prep any! When I see some videos at 25-35 minutes, I think about whether I have time :-)
And some folks LOVE watching it all!
I love the sped up bits when they leave the sound in-it makes me giggle every time. Iâm apparently 44 going on 5! đđđ
I replant ends with roots. They regrow. Just leave about 2â and the roots. Plant in little groups of 3 or 4. Within 3 days you have new green tops growing.
I use my roots to put back in the ground and grow more
I never even though of doing my green onions like this. Any luck rehydrating? Or is it just better for cooking inside a recipe you think? Also I followed your instructions on mushrooms and had a boatload of success! So glad you make these videos
They don't come back like fresh - so really best In something.
I've heard many CZcamsrs comment about the overwhelming smell from dehydrating onions. Since you didn't mention dehydrating outside, does that mean the smell isn't overwhelming? P.S. I love when you fast forward through the monotonous parts. We get to see it all, but no time wasted. Thanks!
They are pungent.
Greetings! First of all, thank you for this on your "about" page..."Let's help each other learn and grow! And we'll do it all to the Glory of God!" Amen and amen! Now for my mundane dehydrating task. We 'regrow' store bought green onions a good bit by planting the small root bulbs, and have a nice pot of chives that we can't use up fast enough, so obviously, those were on my "reasons to buy a dehydrator" to avoid filling the freezer vs jars on shelves.
However...it.has.taken.forever. (I mean like 18h forever) for chopped green onions to dry and they are still "chewy/tough" vs dry. Too mature? Just not enough time? I reluctantly put them back in the dehydrator again just now. AND...hard lesson learned...drying chopped chives makes a huge mess!!!! They blew around everywhere and I have been fishing out both chives and green nions...mainly the former from the bottom of the dehydrator. WHAT WAS I THINKING...fan + teeny dry chive pieces + a fan blowing warm air = a mess đ€Šââ?!? I sandwiched the green onions between two of the dehydrator's plastic mats to return to the machine to keep them from becoming airborne again!
They aren't going to be shatter texture like freeze dried foods can be. They are grassy - so they will be dry, tough, and need to be rehydrated. If they are older and thick, they won't dry down like dried from the store. And yes - many choose to do chives whole then snip when done. But layering under things helps, as does waiting until the machine is shut before starting, and waiting until the fans have fully stopped before opening.
Spring onions
I use my dehydrated green onions in my cheese ball I make. Makes like easier and it is so yummy!
Great idea!
I went through and topped all my onions and dehydrated them for powder.
They are not very oniony.
My sympathies to your son and to you---I have allergy attacks and they are really dreadful. People do not realize how difficult allergies are! I love your videos, and I really enjoyed this one as I use green onions all the time!
Thanks - he ended up with a nasty sinus and double ear infection because of it .
@@ThePurposefulPantry Ack! Summer is supposed to be fun.
Those onion ends, replant root side down and they regrow another crop of onions.
Thank you, this is something I have been wanting to do. Can you vacuum seal the dehydrated green onions?
If you want. it's not necessary, but some people find they prefer to do it.
So much work. But worth it. You have to have patience which I dont really have. My cherry tomatoes take twice as long as the book says. Right now I am drying organic mashed sweet potatoes. Delicious. I am eating them faster than I make them. Trying to get ahead. I will try green onions and beets. I have a ton of dried cucumber slices. Not sure what to do with them. Grind and add to EVOO for salad dressing?
I use cucumber for eating as a chip (seasoned) or as a powder in dressing or shredded for tzatziki. They don't come back well on their own.
Usually green onions
Paintbrush? Genius!
Spring onions wasn't until i was in my 40s figured out the same name đ€Ł
I wish I had done this back when the bundles were 50 cents each instead of a buck or more lol
I'm asking this here, as it is your most recent upload. Let me start by saying I'm fairly new to dehydrating...
I was reading somewhere that some veggies shouldn't be air tight if there was a % of moisture to prevent botchilism. Will conditioning help with knowing if they are dry enough to vacuum seal? I'm a little confused. ((sigh))
Fully dried veg are fine to vacuum seal - misinformation is being spread. Properly dry before storing. The thing is, vacuum sealing is not necessary for storage. ;)
I call them spring onions. đđŠđș
Have you heard of green garlic?
It seems tasty mild flavour
Replant the bottoms for more scallions đđŸđ©đŸâđŸ
In australia we call them spring onions or green onions.
I think I say scallions most often but I recognize green onions as the same thing (and I know they're also called spring onions but I hear that less often).
Where do you keep the jars? How long do they keep? Can I use a recycled sauce jar? Can I use a plastic jar? Sorry for all the questions but I didnât hear the answers in the video.
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Great tip on the paint brush, thank you..now instead of fighting with a tiny spatula..duh
mine dry out in ref. after i forget i bought them i see them dried out didnt know just let em dry completely & grind them up
Just got my Cosori dehydrator thanks to you, but need to know can I plug it into a surge protector strip?
The manual will tell you what they recommend - it's been a while since I read it. Most say no to cover liability. You can choose to do what you do.
My onions are called ever-bunching onions. They are the size of apprx. a leek. Can I dehydrate them the same way. I was thinking of cutting them in half lengthwise. What do you think? I really value your opinion.
Where can I buy your knife? I love it.
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I just planted bulk seeds from my flowered batch of spring onions that went wild over the last 3 years. So this time I'm going to try at growing them properly not have them go wild into this big stem.
But I need to know what to do with the surplus. Can you freeze it too?
Sure
I have a cosori (round) dehydrator. It's taken 24 hours and my diced onions are till not dry. I'm ready to give up after my spinach never fully dried. My watermelon candy came out great but the lemons, limes and oranges never dried either.
You have a stackable low wattage machine. It will dry - you just have to give it the time it needs - following some of the tips I gave you. Those lemons/limes can take 2-3 days at least.
Do you rehydrate them, or just let whatever youâre cooking do it in the process? Thanks for the video, itâs nearly harvest time for my onions!
Throw them into a simmering dish to rehydrate and cook or soak for about an hour to rehydrate for something you want that isn't cooking.
How do you store for long term and how long maximum can it be kept?
for about year
@@ThePurposefulPantry how can you prep for longer term than 1 year. I can my butter and it's great for 5years. Can this be prepared for a longer shelf life if so how ?
Dehydrated foods have an optimal shelf-life of 12-18 months. You may get longer out of some, others no so much (tomatoes, greens, fruits). If you want 5 y ears or more, look into freeze-dried foods.
What is the mesh u use and where can I get it
Amazon I am having a harder time finding someone who stocks the regular mesh - the silicone soft mesh is what most people are stocking now because it's easier to store and ship. But Bright Kitchen has a version you can use. I listed them here in my Amazon store. www.amazon.com/shop/thepurposefulpantry/list/3Q3VGB73HUTJ2
Those root ends will actually grow new onion plants, if you are so inclined to do so.
Do u ever vacuum seal things?
Some - and I show it often for those who want to know, but most of my things aren't because it isn't necessary - just helpful.
This is my first dehydrating project that I'm doing and I have a question. Can I make the onion powder once the onions are dry, or do I need to wait 5-7 days to make sure everything is completely dry first?
Especially when you are just starting dehydrating, I recommend conditioning first. But if you let them dry longer than necessary to make sure they are good and dry, you can skip the step and just redry the powder after. Because beginners tend to not dry enough, they are often discouraged when things mold or when their powders clump immediately in their grinder because the produce wasn't dry enough to begin with.
@@ThePurposefulPantry Ok got it!! I can wait after the conditioning time. I always err on the side of caution especially when I have no idea what I'm doing..lol. Thank you!!
Where can i get the mesh that you have for the cosori?
Amazon - www.amazon.com/shop/thepurposefulpantry/list/3Q3VGB73HUTJ2
@@ThePurposefulPantry Thank you for responding so quickly đđŒ
Would these be good in Pho đ ?
Yes - given time to rehydrate some - but they aren't going to be crunchy like fresh.
Hi, I do not have a dehyating machine any ideas on how to dry my green onions?
The oven?
@@ThePurposefulPantry thanks
we say frĂŒhlingszwiebel
I had a problem that my fan on my dehydrator blue my onions off my trays once they were almost dried
Don't open the door until the fan is fully stopped - consider putting a mesh on top, too.
I say green onions except when I feel fancy, then I call them scallions. đ€Ł
Do you get a strong onion smell in your house for the whole time the onions are dehydrating? Thank you in advance!
Yes - open the windows or do them outside if you feel it will be a problem for you.
@@ThePurposefulPantry Good idea! Thank you. I am in Htown. Maybe don't even need the dehydrator. Lol. Again, smells and migraines. đ€Šââïž
Is the smell bad if you dehydrate them in the house please xx
It depends on what you think bad is. Is it noticeable? Yes. But what's fine for me may be bad to you.
@@ThePurposefulPantry I dehydrate in my spare bedroom. If the smell is not that strong it would be fine , but if its very strong I'll have to leave it lol xx
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How can you dehydrate without a dehydrater?
In the oven, with a solar dehydrator, a Sun oven, a mesh screen, in a car...
Cool, thank you. Never dehydrated anything before. Cant wait to try it. I have cilantro, mint, parsley and dill growing in my container garden.
We call them shallots.
Shallots in the States are a completely different part of the onion family
@@ThePurposefulPantry interesting. Us Cajuns must have just adopted the word Shallots for green onions. That's not surprising.
Spring onions