How to Dehydrate Cilantro (Coriander)
Do you ever find yourself with left over cilantro when you're cooking? Or perhaps more grew in your garden than you know what to do with. This is where dehydrating comes to the rescue. Although cilantro takes quite a while to dehydrate, it's super simple and well worth the effort. No more guilt from wasting perfectly good cilantro.
Notable Equipment
- 1 Dehydrator
Ingredients
- Fresh cilantro
Instructions
- 1. Wash buy rinsing with cool water. Pat with a towel to dry.
- 2. Cut or remove any dead or heavily wilted leaves or stems (otherwise leave everything intact)
- 3. Arrange on a mesh lined dehydrating tray with enough room for air to circulate between the pieces (no over lapping)
- 4. Place in dehydrator and dehydrate at 95°F for about 15 hours
- 5. Once dehydrated, finely chop or pulverize using herb scissors, a blender or mortar and pestle.
Notes
- 1 fresh bunch (65g) will yield about 3 tbsps dried cilantro (chopped)
- A mesh liner is required for cilantro
- Dehydrating times may vary (the water content in the cilantro, as well as the humidity and altitude of where you live in impact the time)
- To learn more about dehydrating, check out our post How to Dehydrate: Learning the Basics
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