Homemade Dehydrated Chicken

Make Homemade Dehydrated Chicken in a dehydrator as a dry backpacking food snack for a camp. Turn shredded chicken breast recipe into chicken jerky and enjoy it as a part of backpacker dehydrated food.

Course Snack

Cuisine International

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Prep Time 5

Cook Time 6

Total Time 6 5

Servings cups

Calories 515kcal

Author Zuzana Paar

Equipment

1 Dehydrator

Ingredients

4 Pieces Cooked Chicken
Salt and Pepper - optional

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

If you have frozen chicken, you can in 10 minutes pressure chicken into perfectly cooked pieces using Instant Pot or any home pressure cooker following my post.
On a cutting board, place your chicken breast and shred the chicken into smaller strips using a fork or your hand.
Place the chicken strips onto the dehydrator trays, ensuring they do not overlap. Place onto a dehydrator, close the lid, and set the temperature setting to 70 degrees Celsius or 145 degrees to 165 degrees Fahrenheit. Dehydrate for 5 to 7 hours making sure you alternate the trays filled with chicken every few hours for thorough drying.

Video

Notes

Type of Chicken - best is full-cooked chicken, which is then shredded
Excess liquid - make sure an excess liquid is taken out after your cooking as it prolongs the drying process.
Fat - make sure all of the fat from the chicken is taken out

Nutrition