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Here are our dehydrated green beans, a flavorful addition to homemade dehydrated backpacking meals or dehydrated meals for camping. They are lightweight and shelf-stable, it’s one of the best foods to dehydrate for long-term storage, lasting up to a year or more when stored properly. Add this to your list of foods that can be dehydrated to enhance your dehydrated meals for added flavor.

How to Dehydrate Green Beans

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This is our step-by-step guide on how to dehydrate green beans. Dehydrating canned cut green beans is real easy to do.  Cut green beans are green beans that have been trimmed down to bite-size pieces. The work is done. for you. So, just like in our everyday cooking, several of our dehydrated camping meal recipes use green beans.  So it just makes good sense to dehydrate what you use day-to-day and have it on hand in your pantry for when it’s needed.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Dehydrating Time 1 day
Total Time 1 day 30 minutes
Course Dehydrated Food Ingredient
Cuisine Backpacking, Camping, Dehydrated Food, Hiking
Servings 3 from one 15-ounce can
Calories 15 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients
  

  • several cans cut green beans (no-salt or low-sodium products preferred)

Instructions
 

Process the Canned Green Beans

  • Drain, then rinse off the canned green beans with lukewarm water to help remove residual salty canning liquid.
    Draining and rinsing the cut green beans in a colander.

Prepare the Dehydrator

  • Layer the green beans onto the dehydrator tray lined with a removable fruit roll sheet insert; one 15-ounce can will fill one Nesco 13.5-inch round dehydrator tray. If it's too crowded, prepare another tray.
    One 14.5-ounce can of green beans on a dehydrator tray.

Dehydrate the Green Beans

  • Set the dehydrator thermostat temperature to 135 °F (57 °C). Dry for 18 to 24 hours until done.
    The dehydrator temperature control is set to 135 °F / 57 °C

When are the Dehydrated Green Beans Done

  • When done, the dehydrated green beans are hard and brittle. They will easily snap in half like a potato chip when bent. There should be no wet or mushy pieces.
    A close-up view of dehydrated green beans that are now ready for the next step in the process, which is equalizing and conditioning.

Equalizing and Conditioning Dehydrated Green Beans

  • After a short cooling period, loosely pack the dehydrated green bean pieces into a clean, dry canning jar with a tight-fitting lid, leaving some headspace.
    Forty-five grams of dehydrated green beans in a 1-pint canning jar.
  • Every day, for 7 to 10 days, check the jar for moisture. Roll the jar contents around and note any clumping or sticking. If seen, put it all back on the dehydrator for several more hours.
  • If you notice any mold at all, even the slightest bit, throw it all out.

Storing the Dehydrated Green Beans

  • Use appropriate-sized canning jars for storage. Depending on how well you dehydrate them and your pantry storage conditions, the dehydrated green beans should keep for at least 12 months.
    Dehydrated green beans in a canning jar for long-term pantry storage.
  • An optional food-safe desiccant packet will aid with moisture control.
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  • Attach or include a label describing the jar contents and the date the green beans were dehydrated. The label identifies the canning jar contents, and the date helps with the rotation schedule.  A first-in, first-out rotation helps us to use items that have been on the shelf the longest, so we're using the oldest food first.

Notes

Drying times will vary depending on your dehydrator and environmental conditions. Refer to your dehydrator owner’s manual for recommended temperatures and times for dehydrating specific foods. Remember to use drying times as a guide.
The product’s ingredient list may include added salt. It is assumed that some, but not all, of the sodium content would be drained away with the canning liquid, so the actual sodium may be less than shown above.

Nutrition

Serving: 5gCalories: 15kcalCarbohydrates: 3gProtein: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 290mgFiber: 1gSugar: 8g

Nutrition information is only an estimate and may differ depending on the ingredients you use.

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