Dehydrated Strawberry Chips
These dehydrated strawberry chips are the perfect thing for when you have too many fresh strawberries and you aren’t in the mood for strawberry jam.
They make a healthy snack as sweet as candy.
Tips and tricks for this recipe
I only recently discovered how easy it is to hull a strawberry without losing any of the flesh!
Hold the washed strawberry in your non-dominant hand (the left, for most people. Panel #1, below). With your right hand, pinch the leaves and stem together and pull and twist them off (Panel #2).
Insert the tip of a paring knife into the strawberry (#3). And, always cutting away from your left hand, cut a small, cone shaped segment out of the strawberry (#4).
These handy, stackable racks are great for dehydrating strawberries and other fruits in the oven or for cooking bacon. Mmmm bacon.
It’s pretty sad how the dehydrated strawberries get all shriveled up and sad looking. But the dehydrating process really concentrates the sweetness and gives candy-like sweetness to even the dullest of early season strawberries.
FAQs about dehydrated strawberry chips
Strawberries do well in a stand-alone dehydrator, or you can use your oven on a low temperature setting (e.g. 150 degrees F).
No. Lemon juice is primarily used in dehydrating to prevent browning, and there are some who say that it has antimicrobial properties.
(Side note: please don’t try to sterilize needles with lemon juice. It doesn’t work. I promise.)
Eat them plain. Add them to granola or trail mix. Grind super-dry dried strawberries into powder for meringues or macarons or strawberry milk.
Depending on how well they’ve been dried, dehydrated strawberries will keep in a cool location for weeks to months. If they are still somewhat soft, they’ll keep only about a week or so.
Related recipes
Check out other uglyducklingbakery snacks, including these dehydrated apples or cherry tomatoes.
Or maybe you are looking for recipes for strawberries and might want to make a smoothie or some strawberry applesauce, a strawberry apple pie, a strawberry gimlet, or heart-shaped strawberry pop tarts?
Dehydrated strawberry chips
Ingredients
- 1 lb (16 oz/450g) fresh strawberries
- 1 tbsp lemon juice optional
Instructions
- Wash and hull the strawberries, then slice them into 1/4' slices.1 lb (16 oz/450g) fresh strawberries
- Optional: mix the lemon juice with 1 tbsp of water and dip the strawberry slices into the solution.1 tbsp lemon juice
- Lay the strawberry slices on a rack or on baking sheets lined with parchment or silicone mats. They can be touching but do not overlap the slices.
- Dehydrate in the oven at 175°F for ~4 hours or until they are the desired consistency. I would recommend turning them over about halfway through, especially if you are drying on baking sheets.
- Cool and then store in an air-free container at cool room temperature.
Nutrition
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