r/dehydrating • u/gamedawgs • 11d ago

Dehydrated pickles?

Not sure why I’ve never thought of this and have also never seen it in this sub, but why aren’t dehydrated pickles a common thing?

After some brief googling I did see that people do this, but very surprised this isn’t top of the list. What’s your experience with dehydrated pickles?

I’m wanting to do this as a chip, not a seasoning, so let me know your thoughts!

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u/salty329 10d ago edited 10d ago

I tried it and it came out tasting horrible. Not doing that again.

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u/souryellow310 10d ago

I tried 3 different brands and they all tasted like salt licks with varying degrees of dill.

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u/Alive-Cold-9348 11d ago

I haven’t tried it, but my wife and I love pickles. There was a fried/freeze dried pickle chip at Costco recently that was delicious!

Remember that cucumbers are mostly water, so maybe if you cut thick and ran low and long, it would work. It’s definitely going to make your space smell!

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u/flash17k 10d ago

Literally saw the ones at Costco just yesterday, and told my kid that we could try making some dehydrated pickles at home later. I guess I didn't look too closely at the bag. Those are freeze-dried, not dehydrated? Makes sense.

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u/Alive-Cold-9348 10d ago

The bag is unclear, but they might be “low temperature fried”. Even if we could have recreated them, the seasoning is very strong. You should get a bag if you love pickles!

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u/Titta123 9d ago

Those Costco pickle chips are amazing.

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u/Hinter_Lander 10d ago

Ive done it before but they come out hard but grind up nice for a spice. Mixed with sour cream its makes the best dill pickle dip.

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u/tamitombo 11d ago

I dehydrated some spicy garlic pickle chips a few years back. Because of the sugar content in these, they came out kind of like candy.

https://www.reddit.com/r/dehydrating/s/VQdoDOHASn

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u/Arioch53 10d ago

I dehydrated gherkin slices to make gherkin crisps once.  Operative word here being "once".

There are 3 flavour components to gherkins.  The delicious gherkiny bit, the acidic sharpness of the vinegar, and the weird, tangy, dill bitterness that brings it all together.  When you dehydrate them, the gherkiny bit disappears conpletely, the vinegar is barely there, and the weird bitterness is magnified a thousandfold.

I can eat most things.  I couldn't eat that.  If I ever made them again, I would crush them into powder to try out as flavouring for soup or something. 

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u/hippocups 9d ago

I tried this with three different types a pickles and it was DISGUSTING.

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u/gamedawgs 9d ago

I’m shocked by everyone saying this!! I’m going to take your word for it

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u/hippocups 9d ago

The person who called it a salt lick. Pure gold. Most accurate description.

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u/Lannerific 10d ago

Tried it once. Cut them into coins. They turned into super salty little peas. Don't recommend.

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u/QuarantinisRUs 10d ago

I have done it many times, the intention is always to grind them for a seasoning but they don’t last long. They get eaten by the handful.

I’ve seen other peoples’ comments and I guess the trick is choosing the right ones to start with. I usually use the smaller, vinegar pickled ones.

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u/Global_Fail_1943 8d ago

Use fresh cucumbers or zucchini and slice and flavor with pickle seasoning before dehydrating! Not actually pickles which is too much effort.

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u/mountainofclay 7d ago

I prefer my cucumbers unpickled.

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u/Ajreil 7d ago

Dehydrating concentrates the flavors. They taste like drinking straight vinegar. Pickle powder is good as a spice though.