fruit and vege chips, baked or dehydrated

[shireen]

Does anyone make fruit or vege chips by baking or dehydrating? What do you use and how do you make it? Any tips appreciated.

[noamnety]

1. I make dehydrated veggie chips

I've used zucchini, beets, even green beans. I blanched the beans first. Toss with seasoning while still wet. Chili works well, so does vinegar and salt. Dry til crunchy. They go through a super leathery stage before they hit crunchy, you just have to wait it out.

[shireen]

2. thanks, follow-up question

Do you dry it in an oven? On what temp. setting and for how long?
Thanks!

[noamnety]

3. I use a dehydrator

I got two identical ones at salvation army so I can stack the trays double tall - they were each about 5 or 6 bucks.

And now I'm kicking myself - I just remembered that I wanted a book "Food drying with an attitude" - and I had a barnes and noble gift card but I blew it on gifts for other people yesterday; I should have got myself that book!