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How to Dehydrate Fresh and Canned Corn
I love to have jars of dehydrated corn in my pantry.
It lasts practically forever.
It is easy to store a large amount of corn in a little area.
It makes cooking homemade meals quick and easy.
I just love my dehydrated food!
How and Why Dehydrate Canned Corn
You may be wondering why anyone would want to dehydrate canned corn in the first place.
I have a few reasons for dehydrating canned corn:
- I find a great price on #10 cans of corn.
- The cans of corn in my pantry are nearing their expiration dates.
- I have too many cans of corn in my pantry already.
A friend of mine found a bunch of #10 cans of corn marked way down at Walmart, so she grabbed them for me.
I decided to dehydrate the corn since a #10 corn is too much to use at one sitting – even if you do have 12 children!
I typically do an inventory of my pantry items twice a year, but somehow I still find cans that are nearing their expiration dates and need to be used up quickly.
I dehydrate these cans of corn to extend their shelf life.
If I just have too many cans of corn in my pantry, I will dehydrate some up to make more shelf space.
It's Easy to Dehydrate Canned Corn
It’s easy to dehydrate canned corn.
This is the perfect way to get started dehydrating because it is so simple.
#1 – Open the cans of corn
#2 – Drain the corn
#3 – Put the corn onto the dehydrator and process until completely dried.
Dehydrating Frozen Corn
You use this same process when dehydrating frozen corn.
Just open the bags of frozen corn, and dump them onto the dehydrator trays.
There’s no prepping involved.
Dehydrating Fresh Corn
Fresh corn just takes a little prepping before you can dehydrate it.
Shuck the corn, then blanch.
Blanch the corn by dropping it into boiling water for one-minute, then immediately into ice water.
Cut the corn off from the cob, then put it directly onto the dehydrator trays.
Storing Dehydrated Corn
I store my dehydrated corn in a variety of ways.
- Canning jars
- Foodsaver bags
- Mylar bags
I usually start out by just storing my dehydrated corn in canning jars.
I set the jars on the pantry shelf and use them it in my regular meal plans.
I don’t seal anything since I am using it quite often.
I just put lid on top and call it good enough.
If I have a lot of jars of corn, then I use my Foodsaver jar sealers to seal the jars for longer storage.
When I have too much corn to keep in my everyday pantry, I seal it up in Foodsaver bags.
I place the Foodsaver bags in Mylar bags, then store these bags in a nice container, like a tote with a lid or an aluminum (unused) garbage can with a tight lid.
Any container that has a tight lid will work. The goal is to keep out rodents.
Using Dehydrated Corn
Using dehydrated corn is super easy too.
I just take a handful of dehydrated corn and drop it into any soups and stews that I happened to be making that day.
I don’t do anything special to the corn first.
I just throw it right into whatever I am cooking.
This corn can also be ground up into cornmeal and used in recipes.
Leave a comment and let me know if you plan on dehydrating any corn.
Resources I Use When Dehydrating
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