It's time to re-stock my onion powder and onion flakes. Here is how you can make your own using a dehydrator (you could also use your oven if the temperature goes low enough). Simply peel your onions, and chop them up. You can use a non-electric hand chopper or simply dice them up quickly in a food processor. You can also dry them in slices if that's what you need for future meals, but they are too large to fit into a coffee grinder to make into powder. Spread the chopped onions on parchment paper lined dehydrator trays, and dry in your dehydrator according to the instructions it comes with. When the onions are dried, simply break apart your diced onions for "flaked" onions. Place the remainder in a small coffee grinder and grind until it becomes a powder. Store the onion flakes in airtight glass jars in your spice cabinet. These will also collect moisture, so you may want to store them using my next tip. Store the onion ...
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