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Wear it out,
Make it do,
Or go without."
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Showing posts with label Spiralized Daikon Radish. Show all posts
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Thursday, May 29, 2025

Dehydrated Daikon Radish


Organic Daikon Radishes (a superfood, powerhouse of goodness) are sold in bundles of either 2-3 in our grocery stores, and each one can be up to 15 inches long. 

I only need about a 1/2 cup of the radish, when I make kimchi for ourselves.

It got me thinking.

I could freeze the rest for meals, or I could dehydrate the extra.



I used my handheld spiralizer and spiralized the extra daikon radishes.  I then placed those into they dehydrator (you get a lot, but it will dry up to almost nothing).




I will store the dehydrated daikon radishes until the next time I want to make kimchi, and simply break up the dehydrated radishes, and re-hydrate them.  

Easy, makes the most of our purchase with buying daikon radishes, and we don't have to eat it for days fresh.  However, I did find a recipe that uses daikon radish, that I do want to eventually try.   By the way, diced daikon radish goes well in soups and stews (and can be swapped for potatoes in soups).

I also want to upgrade my spiralizer to something that works a bit more efficient than my itty bitty hand twist one.

Yes, I wanted to plant these radishes in the garden the last few years, but we did not have the space, and you can see they grow very deep roots.

Dehydrated Daikon Radish  ©  May 2025 by Kristina at Pioneer Woman at Heart