Best Homemade dehydrated meals.

[mrmike]

[QUOTE only issue is it doesn't last very long before i eat it[/QUOTE]

Terrible shame, might have to give it a try, thankyou!

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[gg012]

2/3 hours on 90 degrees depending how thickly it's cut.

Silver side from the butchers, cut the fat off and slice.

Raid the cupboard for a random mix of soy/teryaki/Worcester sauce with pepper, chilli, garlic powder (whatever random stuff i decide to add) stick it and beef all in a sandwich bag, mix thoroughly and leave in the fridge over night.

Next day put it in a sieve and get the most of the sauce off, pat dryish with kitchen towel.

Chuck it in the air fryer for a few hours. Always turns out pretty decent, only issue is it doesn't last very long before i eat it

I have that problem with DIY biltong, I have no idea what the shelf life is as it all gets scranned pretty immediately!

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[TeeDee]

I'm going to bump this thread a little as Winter time is settling in and making longer evening we have some time to concoct some meals and see how they fare.

What dehydrators are people using ? which ones have you used and binned off?

Are you Vacuum packing the foods?

What have you found to be the best way to composite a meal together? Dehydrate everything or leave some ingredients as 'fresh' to be added to improve the experience?

What is a simple foolproof meal you've made? and keep coming back too?

Which ingredients do you find don't go through the dehydration experience in the best way?

How long do you trust your DIY dehydrated meal as safe? How long have you pushed it?

How do you up the calorie count of a meal? Without adding additional bulk ?

 

[Chris]

I saw this posted by one of our gun lovin' friends at BCUSA and quite liked the idea: https://www.thepurposefulpantry.com/best-meals-in-a-jar-recipes/

I have this dehydrator, which I've used for dehydrated mushrooms so far but nothing else: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07MTQGLJ7


So far so good. I'd like to try some dehydrated meals, as there's only so many ration packs I'm willing to eat and Real Turmat goes for the Mortgage-Per-Meal format (£13+ per meal!).

 

[TeeDee]

I saw this posted by one of our gun lovin' friends at BCUSA and quite liked the idea: https://www.thepurposefulpantry.com/best-meals-in-a-jar-recipes/

I have this dehydrator, which I've used for dehydrated mushrooms so far but nothing else: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07MTQGLJ7


So far so good. I'd like to try some dehydrated meals, as there's only so many ration packs I'm willing to eat and Real Turmat goes for the Mortgage-Per-Meal format (£13+ per meal!).

I've seen the prices of some of the more bougie dehydrated meals and I'm sure (?) they taste great.
I'd like to get into the habit of making more dehydrated meals with regular occurrence and building up a near impossible method of making tasty meals with confidence in terms of how long they may last.

I picked up some Firepot dehydrated meals which I think RRP for £6+?? You can get a lot of basic ingredients for £6 for what will be a single meal - so just thinking of expanding into this in someway.

 

[TeeDee]

That looks like a serious bit of kit dehydrator wise! I'm jealous!! May need to 'splurge' on a new one and a decent vacuum packer.

I saw this posted by one of our gun lovin' friends at BCUSA and quite liked the idea: https://www.thepurposefulpantry.com/best-meals-in-a-jar-recipes/

I have this dehydrator, which I've used for dehydrated mushrooms so far but nothing else: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07MTQGLJ7


So far so good. I'd like to try some dehydrated meals, as there's only so many ration packs I'm willing to eat and Real Turmat goes for the Mortgage-Per-Meal format (£13+ per meal!).

 

[Chris]

I've seen the prices of some of the more bougie dehydrated meals and I'm sure (?) they taste great.
I'd like to get into the habit of making more dehydrated meals with regular occurrence and building up a near impossible method of making tasty meals with confidence in terms of how long they may last.

I picked up some Firepot dehydrated meals which I think RRP for £6+?? You can get a lot of basic ingredients for £6 for what will be a single meal - so just thinking of expanding into this in someway.

The idea I like with the jar meals, or the idea it triggered at least, is that you could economise by dehydrating the individual ingredients. Find a big batch of sweetcorn on special offer? Buy that, dehydrate it and then use it in a range of meals.

This would seem to maximise the potential for being frugal whilst also adding flexibility, compared with buying all the ingredients for one specific meal at once and then just dehydrating that specific meal in a big batch. It would also allow you to lessen the impact of the less-long-lasting ingredients when it comes to longevity. If you make a spaghetti bolognese for instance, the shelf life is going to be that of the shortest lasting ingredient (probably the meat) in the meal, which could lead to potential waste of other ingredients which would’ve lasted a year or more longer on their own.

 

[Billy-o]

This may not count: a handful of couscous, half a chicken stockcube, a handful of any freeze dried veg. Add hot water and a bit of dried sausage.

 

[HillBill]

Best being a subjective term...
Anything our lass cooks, its always dry and often burnt.

 

[TeeDee]

Best being a subjective term...
Anything our lass cooks, its always dry and often burnt.

Since you've been touched by the cultural hand of the French - I would have thought you'd be stepping up yourself in the Kitchen ?? Non?

 

[HillBill]

Since you've been touched by the cultural hand of the French - I would have thought you'd be stepping up yourself in the Kitchen ?? Non?

Oui mon ami. I do most of the culinary work in our house, but sometimes, I CBA. I do everything from scratch, i love the mise en place, i love building the layers of flavour and ultimately eating it. But sometimes, i'm drunk, and Rach doesn't trust me with a knife... Might cut myself apparently. (never have though), its just when i've had a drink., it takes me far longer than it should to get things cooking. SHe says i'm the only person shes ever met to take something which takes 20 mins, take 2 hours (not burning it, just taking that long to actually get up and cook it after the prep, lol) So now, when we have a drink... we just make our own food. Last night for example.. she had hotdogs, super noodles and garlic bread. I had Udon Noodles with a Soy and chipotle sauce, with marinated chicken livers, Peppers, onions, and sugar snap peas. (Was banging)

 

[TeeDee]

Oui mon ami. I do most of the culinary work in our house, but sometimes, I CBA. I do everything from scratch, i love the mise en place, i love building the layers of flavour and ultimately eating it. But sometimes, i'm drunk,

Yep. Amazing how that happens...