Using a Dehydrator to Make Shelf Stable Ground Beef
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Hey Everyone! Thank you for all of the wonderful feedback on my Youtube Dehydrating videos! I’ve made another one for you this week on how I dehydrate ground beef in order to save money and space in my freezer! Dehydrated ground beef is shelf stable and rehydrates like a charm (I can’t tell the difference!).
Be sure and watch until the end to see what my ground beef looks like once it is rehydrated! Links to products I use in the video are below.
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Dehydrating is a wonderful way to preserve ground beef while leaving your freezer space free!
Other videos in this series:
- Making your own instant rice from bulk rice
- Dehydrating to save money and freezer space
- Affording groceries during times of rapid price increases
More money saving tips posts:
- Money Saving Tip: Rice, the Ultimate Budget Extender
- Money Saving Tip: Go Bananas!
- Money Saving Tip: Rethink Bulk
- Get 8 Meals From 4 Pounds of Ground Beef
LINKS TO PRODUCTS BELOW:
**I am using an Excalibur 9 tray dehydrator with a timer. You can read more about it by clicking here.
**The dehydrator fruit leather sheets I use (on the bottom, to catch the tiny bits) can be purchased at 9 for around $10 by clicking here.
**To vacuum seal my mason jars, I use a Foodsaver (Click here for the one I have) with a Wide Mouth Mason Jar attachment. I’ll do a video on both of those soon.
To see the Excalibur dehydrator I currently use, click here. For a complete collection of dehydrators offered by Amazon, click here.
So far I have dried the frozen vegetables and the rice, at your suggestions, with great results. Now I need to try the beef too! thanks
I can’t wait to hear what you think Joanne!!!
I bought one of the Excalibur 9 tray dehydrator, Love it! I am dehydrating pork and chicken today. Is it best to put the meats into jars or sealed bags? The beef jerky I did is already gone….LOL Thank you and see you tomorrow.
I personally thing it is best to put it into jars. But that is my personal preference.
You should offer a book on dehydrating.! I would buy it, and probably some for gifts as well!
Thanks for the dehydrating videos. I am researching putting meals together in a vaccum bag for better storage. Soups, stews, stroganoff, anything I can find. Do you have recipes for these? There is a wealth of info out there, but we really trust you because we feel we know you.
HI,
Never thought about dehydrating ground beef, great idea!
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if I don’t have a vacuum sealer for my mason jars the dehydrated hamburger can go into the freezer in a small ziplock bag correct?
The freezer would certainly work but once cooked and dehydrated it is fine at room temp as well. I like to store it in glass jars but plastic bags would also work.
Love your dehydrating videos! Can you do the same with bulk sausage?
It really depends on fat content. If it is a lean sausage, absolutely! You just don’t want anything that is going to be greasy.
I have a question, how do you evacuate the air from the Mason jars? do you process them the way one would do for regular canning? I have a food vacuum unit but have no purchased any jars to go with it. I am loving this idea, would rather have food in jars than in the freezer!!!
I have a special thing that does that, I’ll put you a link here after my book signjng.