I've been drying food for thirty + years. I use 93% hamburger and I have never rinsed it, not ever. My canoe trips are usually 3 weeks and I have never had a meal go bad. Pretty much all my dinners have burger or shredded roast. Frozen vegetables are already blanched, they can go right on the trays. Thank you, lots of good tips and best of luck with your recipes.
Try Rain County regarding dehydration, she is vacuum sealing mason jars with meat and fat, she has 7 year old Elk. I am going to start dehydrating eggs, our happy chickens are gifting us. You have great ideas for backpacking making good quality food to take with you.
Great video, I’m really considering getting a dehydrator before like you said mountain houses are expensive. I’ve been buying the #10 cans of them and splitting them up to make it cheaper.
To avoid strong smells inside the house...I dehydrate in my garage. The last time I dehydrated garlic & onions. My neighbors thought I was make homemade spaghetti sauce outside. 😂. I love vac sealing. I literally use it even with cold cuts. I have vac sealed speciality cheeses that are more than 6 months old. When reopened, they taste as fresh as the 1st day. 👌🏼 One think I might suggest. I put any seasoning/spices/herbs in a separate vac seal bag enclosed in the bigger bag of vac seal dinner.
Excellent! Thanks, and I made artisan jerky for years. Wy wife & I have been plant based diet for about five years now after the was diagnosed with colorectal cancer. I would like to remind your viewers that many of these recipes can be made vegetarian and healthier very easily. Cheers!
Great stuff! I just started dehydrating, have done chicken chili, rice, ground turkey, veggies. I find it's just like hammock camping, always learning something new! I wanna try that buffalo chicken, gonna have to give it a go.
Thank you for all your tips and tricks. I would have done 90% of the mistakes... I've only had my dehydrator for a few weeks, but nothing goes bad in my house anymore and I'm eating so much better with dehydrated fruits and jerky for work instead of the horrible "snacks" I used to bring. Your "Buffalo Chicken" video is in my recommended to watch, so I'll see about that now! Thanks again.
It's very easy to skip one quite cumbersome and time consuming step by buying ready-made, freeze-dried (but already cooked) herbs, such as onions, garlic, spring onions, parsley etc .. They are also super cheap. I always buy something like this in a 500 gram glass for 99 ct. I can make 6 to 8 servings with one glass, depending on the dish.
Just got a dehydrator for Christmas and have already made your Hungarian Goulash, Great! I love making my own meals with it, and I will continue to do so, but I'm not sure I agree with your assessment that it only costs a few dollars a meal? While that may be true for buying ingredients I wonder if you have taken into the account the cost of running the dehydrator? I have not figured it out myself but to me it is almost like running an electric heater for 10-12 hours straight, and my guess is the consumption of electricity has to be pretty high.
We just bought a dehydrator this summer and have yet to find the time to give it a try. Hoping to use it a lot this winter and have a stockpile ready for next years’ adventures!
I am on a Keto diet so I dehydrate all of my backpacking meals. The buffalo chicken is great, chili, pasta meat sauce, zucchini and any other left overs that are Keto friendly. I do add olive oil, butter, powdered sour cream and powdered heavy whipping cream to a lot of meals to increase the fat. You also cannot beat homemade beef jerky. I was around a lot of jealous hikers on the AT when they saw my dehydrated BACON. Eat well on the trail, dehydrate.
Enjoy the videos guys. Would love to see more videos of you rehydrating the Buffalo chicken and others as well as how you mix it with other sides on the trail.
Kevin, Just starting this, so I’ll be checking out your recipes. Do you have a video of how you prep, cook, dehydrate and store the food for us beginners to save us the agony of all mistakes y’all have made.
Trying my first dehydrator right now 😃 watching your video than you got to the blanching part ,??? Me oh you have to blanch lol should have earlier ,I got five racks off bell peppers in all ready raw ,oooops thanks for the wise tips👍
Hi! Good question. You have brought up the $64,000 question. Chef Glenn McAllister (the Backpacking Chef, wrote Recipes for Adventure) dehydrates most of his Ingredients separately and then combines them to make up his meal packets. Linda Fredrick Chaffee (High Trail Cookery, the Backpack Gourmet) cooks entire meals and then dehydrates them. We have done both methods and it depends on what you are making. I like the precooked then dehydrated method for most our meals because I believe it allows the flavors to marry better. 9/2014 my wife made and dehydrated all the meals for 12 people, on a 10 day canoe trip, totaling less than 100 lbs. Some of my favorite meals were: Turkey Tetrazini; Spaghetti with meat sauce, garlic bread, peas and no-bake cherry cheesecake; Humus; salsa; trail pizza on crackers; Hopping John; fruit porridge (canned pie filling in couscous) and my personal favorite Corned Beef and Cabbage.
You forgot a tip: get a dehydrator with a timer! It's so much easier to have it shut off on you I stead of constantly checking, or worst forgetting to check, the food. Don't cheap out on the dehydrator!
Awesome Vid, I actually took notes ha do you have links to the bags you put the dehydrated food into? I've been doing some research and most of the bags out there say not to add boiling water.
My brother had whites under the eyes; then a month later the doctor told him that he has cronic IBD inflamed bowel disease that doesn't have a cure. Thankfully dehydrating his SCD diet has kept his symptoms in remission. I hope the guy in the video avoids sugar and starch before he gets the bad news.
When I do banana chips I take a paintbrush and paint a light coat of Honey over it to make them a little bit sweeter and you said your wives how many wives do you have LOL good video thanks for the tips better for you to mess up that me mess up but thank you for saving me the mess up appreciate it buddy
I've been drying food for thirty + years. I use 93% hamburger and I have never rinsed it, not ever. My canoe trips are usually 3 weeks and I have never had a meal go bad. Pretty much all my dinners have burger or shredded roast. Frozen vegetables are already blanched, they can go right on the trays. Thank you, lots of good tips and best of luck with your recipes.
Try Rain County regarding dehydration, she is vacuum sealing mason jars with meat and fat, she has 7 year old Elk. I am going to start dehydrating eggs, our happy chickens are gifting us. You have great ideas for backpacking making good quality food to take with you.
Great video, I’m really considering getting a dehydrator before like you said mountain houses are expensive. I’ve been buying the #10 cans of them and splitting them up to make it cheaper.
Found y’all recently and love your tips and hints. This is so helpful! Thx.
To avoid strong smells inside the house...I dehydrate in my garage. The last time I dehydrated garlic & onions. My neighbors thought I was make homemade spaghetti sauce outside. 😂. I love vac sealing. I literally use it even with cold cuts. I have vac sealed speciality cheeses that are more than 6 months old. When reopened, they taste as fresh as the 1st day. 👌🏼 One think I might suggest. I put any seasoning/spices/herbs in a separate vac seal bag enclosed in the bigger bag of vac seal dinner.
Excellent! Thanks, and I made artisan jerky for years. Wy wife & I have been plant based diet for about five years now after the was diagnosed with colorectal cancer. I would like to remind your viewers that many of these recipes can be made vegetarian and healthier very easily. Cheers!
Excellent. Beautiful video. Thank you 👍
Such good advice. This is the kind of video that I could watch two or three times to make sure that I got all of the points. Thanks!
Great stuff! I just started dehydrating, have done chicken chili, rice, ground turkey, veggies. I find it's just like hammock camping, always learning something new! I wanna try that buffalo chicken, gonna have to give it a go.
Thanks for your sharing
Thank you for all your tips and tricks. I would have done 90% of the mistakes... I've only had my dehydrator for a few weeks, but nothing goes bad in my house anymore and I'm eating so much better with dehydrated fruits and jerky for work instead of the horrible "snacks" I used to bring. Your "Buffalo Chicken" video is in my recommended to watch, so I'll see about that now! Thanks again.
This is gold. Subscribed.
Great video but a tip for you. Frozen vegetables are already blanched.
It's very easy to skip one quite cumbersome and time consuming step by buying ready-made, freeze-dried (but already cooked) herbs, such as onions, garlic, spring onions, parsley etc .. They are also super cheap. I always buy something like this in a 500 gram glass for 99 ct. I can make 6 to 8 servings with one glass, depending on the dish.
Great tips!
Thank you for sharing!
Stay safe and have fun!
Awesome, great tips. Also that was a hot tip on the chili powder, we definitely would have made that mistake!
Just got a dehydrator for Christmas and have already made your Hungarian Goulash, Great!
I love making my own meals with it, and I will continue to do so, but I'm not sure I agree with your assessment that it only costs a few dollars a meal? While that may be true for buying ingredients I wonder if you have taken into the account the cost of running the dehydrator?
I have not figured it out myself but to me it is almost like running an electric heater for 10-12 hours straight, and my guess is the consumption of electricity has to be pretty high.
We just bought a dehydrator this summer and have yet to find the time to give it a try. Hoping to use it a lot this winter and have a stockpile ready for next years’ adventures!
I am on a Keto diet so I dehydrate all of my backpacking meals. The buffalo chicken is great, chili, pasta meat sauce, zucchini and any other left overs that are Keto friendly. I do add olive oil, butter, powdered sour cream and powdered heavy whipping cream to a lot of meals to increase the fat. You also cannot beat homemade beef jerky.
I was around a lot of jealous hikers on the AT when they saw my dehydrated BACON.
Eat well on the trail, dehydrate.
So that's what keto is, dehydrated food. That makes sense now
A lot of rice and pasta are keto if you just don't add water and eat them crunchy and dry
Dude this legit helped me, Subbed & thumbs up!
Awesome video, thanks for sharing ;)
Boop!
Thanks for the yummy tips...
Enjoy the videos guys. Would love to see more videos of you rehydrating the Buffalo chicken and others as well as how you mix it with other sides on the trail.
Super helpful! Glad you made this video.
Regarding losing flavor, did you know the word Cholesterol is a lating term meaning....drumroll...Flavor!! 😂
Kevin, Just starting this, so I’ll be checking out your recipes. Do you have a video of how you prep, cook, dehydrate and store the food for us beginners to save us the agony of all mistakes y’all have made.
Thanks for all the great tips. I've done buffalo chicken and Jonny marzetti.
Oh and have made jerky for several years. Not until your videos that I'm trying different things.
Trying my first dehydrator right now 😃 watching your video than you got to the blanching part ,??? Me oh you have to blanch lol should have earlier ,I got five racks off bell peppers in all ready raw ,oooops thanks for the wise tips👍
Amazing, thank you soo much
Thank you so much!!
Off topic completely but y’all should do something with Kyle hates hiking!!!
New to this. Question: is it best to dehydrate a FIXED meal, or bring the dehydrated components and fix on site. Thanks, Gail
Hi! Good question. You have brought up the $64,000 question. Chef Glenn McAllister (the Backpacking Chef, wrote Recipes for Adventure) dehydrates most of his Ingredients separately and then combines them to make up his meal packets. Linda Fredrick Chaffee (High Trail Cookery, the Backpack Gourmet) cooks entire meals and then dehydrates them. We have done both methods and it depends on what you are making. I like the precooked then dehydrated method for most our meals because I believe it allows the flavors to marry better. 9/2014 my wife made and dehydrated all the meals for 12 people, on a 10 day canoe trip, totaling less than 100 lbs. Some of my favorite meals were: Turkey Tetrazini; Spaghetti with meat sauce, garlic bread, peas and no-bake cherry cheesecake; Humus; salsa; trail pizza on crackers; Hopping John; fruit porridge (canned pie filling in couscous) and my personal favorite Corned Beef and Cabbage.
@@StacieDude I need to know more on those recipes
"Ain't nobody got time for that" - lol, great comment
Very helpful, thanks
Great video with tons of useful information. Thank you!
Thanks 🇨🇦👍
You forgot a tip: get a dehydrator with a timer! It's so much easier to have it shut off on you I stead of constantly checking, or worst forgetting to check, the food. Don't cheap out on the dehydrator!
Would it be possible to add a timer (like those to control lamps) if a currently owned one does not have one?
@@camezcym4975 yes, it's a perfect option
Thank you so much
Great tips! Subbed and thumbed 👍👍
Awesome Vid, I actually took notes ha do you have links to the bags you put the dehydrated food into? I've been doing some research and most of the bags out there say not to add boiling water.
Do you ever add spices like onion or garlic powder tot the meal packets when you package them up to add some flavor back in?
Awesome video. Thanx
The example with the Alfredo sauce: can you make he whole meal including the Alfredo sauce and then re-dehydrate it? If that makes sense.
leave dairy separate when dehydrating so maybe just bring the sauce seperate or buy powdered
I have a mean dehydrated ground beef taco recipe and a great dehydrated hummus recipe. Everytime I'm out my friends ask me to make it.
share it with your internet friends? :D
@@robg836 guess not
Could you please share it with the rest of us.
Good info
My brother had whites under the eyes; then a month later the doctor told him that
he has cronic IBD inflamed bowel disease that doesn't have a cure.
Thankfully dehydrating his SCD diet has kept his symptoms in remission.
I hope the guy in the video avoids sugar and starch before he gets the
bad news.
Did you say that you cook frozen veggies? I thought that you could put frozen veggies directly in the dehydrator.
Because of odors, I dehydrate in the garage. Smells of food on my gear in the Smokies is an invitation to predators to invade my campsite.
How long would the food last in Ziploc bags at room temp?
Can you mix dehydrated and freeze dried food into the same packet?
Have you guys done thru hiking ? Like pct, cdt, at
Have you ever used mylar bags?
Now I want buffalo chicken
When I do banana chips I take a paintbrush and paint a light coat of Honey over it to make them a little bit sweeter and you said your wives how many wives do you have LOL good video thanks for the tips better for you to mess up that me mess up but thank you for saving me the mess up appreciate it buddy
an ad that i can't skip?
that's bold. lol
Awesome video. Thanx