Ingredients
- 1 cup dehydrated ground chicken
- 1/3 cup dehydrated onions
- 1/3 cup dehydrated carrots
- 1/3 cup dehydrated celery
- 1/3 cup dehydrated potatoes
- 4 tablespoons dehydrated tomato powder
- 2 tablespoons garlic powder
- 3 tablespoons dried parsley
- 4 tablespoons beef bouillon powder
- 2 cups dehydrated ground chicken
- 1/2 cup bacon bits
- 2 cups dehydrated corn
- 2 tablespoons dehydrated powdered jalapeno
- 1/2 cup dehydrated diced onion
- 1/2 cup dehydrated diced red (bell) pepper
- 3 tablespoons dried thyme
- 4-5 tablespoons chicken bouillon powder
- 1 cup dehydrated (cubed) potatoes
- 1/2 cup, plus 2 tablespoons powdered whole milk
Instructions
- Mix the dry components at home and keep the milk powder in its own twist. It clumps against anything that has picked up damp, and a clump will not dissolve in a camp pot.
- Get the water boiling before the powders go anywhere near it, and whisk rather than tip. Tomato powder and bouillon both form a skin on the surface and then sit there as lumps.
- Put the potato and the chicken in first and give them a head start. They are the densest things in the pot and everything else will be ready well before they are.
- Drop to a bare simmer once the rest is in. A hard boil breaks dehydrated vegetables into shreds before their centres have softened at all.
- Keep topping up with hot water as it thickens. Dried potato drinks far more than you expect, and a stew that looked right at five minutes is a paste at fifteen.
- It is ready when a cube of potato crushes against the side of the pot with no chalky core left. That is the slowest thing in the bowl, so it decides for everything else.
- Season at the very end. The bouillon powders are salty and how salty varies by brand, so taste before you reach for anything.
- The dry mix keeps a year sealed, or longer vacuum-packed. Bacon bits are the exception — their fat turns within a couple of months, so pack them apart and add them fresh.
Nutrition
| Per 100 g | Per 1 oz (28 g) | |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 318 kcal | 90 kcal |
| Protein | 30.1 g | 8.5 g |
| Fat | 8.3 g | 2.3 g |
| saturated | 2.5 g | 0.7 g |
| Carbohydrate | 26.4 g | 7.5 g |
| sugars | 8.1 g | 2.3 g |
| Fibre | 6.9 g | 2 g |
| Sodium | 2115 mg | 600 mg |
Estimated from the ingredients, for the finished dried product. Actual values vary with the produce you use and how far you dry it.
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