Dehydrating chicken for long-term food storage

[BigTVideos]

Thanks for sharing.

[cpranga9488]

Couldn't you, can the chicken broth once you are done boiling the chicken?

[savgal1211]

I have an All American 921, and have Canned beef stew, turkey, riast beef, chicken and som epork roast. I will try this, thanks!

[1TacticalMedic]

Dude pass the dong, i mean bong! This chicken has already been rehydyated, i mean rehydrated, I mean thawed! Next time screw preheating the water, preheat your bong!! Is samonella a fish? (cough cough) Great vid, maybe you could do a vid on how to dry your pot plant out! (where my grape skins at, cough, cough) good job stoner, hit it for me!

[turntheothersheik]

@1TacticalMedic Are you done with your stereotypes yet, dude? Just because someone looks like a stoner doesn't mean they are. That's not me in the video, just friends who were showing how to prep chicken for dehydration. Don't forget to remove the bongs, er, bones from your chicken, dude.

[thiscreepingmalaise]

@1TacticalMedic -These people are trying to help others, what are you doing besides being a dick. But I should have known as you want this guy to pass his  Dong! Sorry dude, I don't swing that way!!

[turntheothersheik]

@Topaz5866, thanks for the encouragement! I know of the guy you're referring to, and I'm working on a similar approach using my dehydrated meats, veggies, rice, beans and spices to make literally hundreds of different kinds of soup with all the same general ingredients. But with different spice combinations, you can make an unlimited number of different recipes. I've got a post or two on my blog address above about using spices to change up food preps.

Thanks again for posting!

[Topaz5866]

Thanks for your great video. The dehydrated chicken would be great in premade or premixed soup mixes packaged in mylar bags with oxygen absorbers. There is a guy on YT who was talking about 365 meals in mylar bags. Great information.

Your video is much appreciated!

[turntheothersheik]

@Dawnphoenix, thank you for correcting me on the jerky. I haven't had a chance to do any meat dehydration for some time, but I've been stocking up on cases of canned chicken and mackerel (half the price of salmon and tastes the same, IMO) and have been keeping my dehydrators busy with lots and lots of veggies. Check out my dehydration posts on the link on the video screen above. I hope those tips help as well!

[lildinks02]

the backpack chef is a good site to dehydrating meats. check it out.

[turntheothersheik]

01greenbud, you cook the chicken before you dehydrate it. You should NEVER dehydrate or even remotely consider eating raw chicken.

[01greenbud]

I thought you were supposed to dehydrate chicken at 160 to kill salmonella.

[macleoud777]

you should always wash your chicken before you cook it.. never cook right out of the package...

[idahochas]

@macleoud777 it doesnt matter it you wash it or not. as long as its cooked properly, you are killing all harmful bacteria that may be present.

[turntheothersheik]

Flyod26, chicken and other meats should ALWAYS be cooked before dehydrating them. Especially chicken! If you don't cook it, you run a huge risk of salmonella poisoning. I've never heard about dehydrating raw beef, but I don't eat much beef. I much prefer chicken and fish.

Masm60, the bacteria is killed when you thoroughly cook the chicken. That's exactly why you should cook it before you dehydrate it. And after dehydration, there's no water, so bacteria can't grow.

[Dawnpheonix]

@turntheothersheik

Of course you've heard of dehydrated raw beef- it's jerky. Granted, jerky requires use of a curing method prior to dehydrating.

[flyod26]

Why do you cook it before you dehydrating it? I'm very new to this stuff. I just purchased a Nesco American harvester dehydrator and have only done frozen vegetables, and a little jerky. I assumed chicken "jerky" would be like beef jerky, and in beef you dehydrate it raw. Thanks for your time!

[masm60]

@flyod26 I'm no expert but I'd guess it is because chicken is more prone to carry bacteria and the dehydrator doesn't get hot enough to kill it.