Smoked Garlic Sea Salt

Guest Post by Julie

Here's how to make Smoked Garlic Sea Salt, brought to you by Julie!

Smoked garlic sea salt... hmm, just imagine its many uses for seasoning bland veggies—and meats!

Julie from Astoria, Oregon, dehydrates elephant garlic—and it is amazing!

In the image above, you can see Julie's slices of mammoth garlic dehydrating on a Nesco dehydrator. Read more about Nesco dehydrators here and see Amazon images coming up.

Frequently Asked Questions:

Dehydrate Elephant Garlic ~ We Use Our Nesco® Dehydrator

Julie says: "We start by dehydrating the elephant garlic in a Nesco® dehydrator at 125°F for almost 24 hours, rotating the pans every 8 hours."

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Use A Propane Smoker

Julie then smokes it in a smoker and enjoys the results of her labor, but wondered if we had any suggestions or improvements to what she was already doing.

Our short answer: No.

Just a Quick Note...

If you're sensitive to handling raw garlic, please check out my 10 Tips for Handling Spicy Garlic here, prior to dehydrating it!

Crush Dried Garlic In a Magic Bullet™

"After crushing it in a Magic Bullet, we mix it with a fine sea salt and use it for seasoning on a double-steamer chicken after it's cooked."

"We also smoke our own sea salt by mixing pink Himalayan and white coarse sea salt with crushed garlic. Smoke the mixture for seven hours—spraying occasionally with liquid smoke. It is amazing."

Vacuum Sealed and Packed Smoked Garlic Salt

Julie says "It is so good, I wish you could sample it!"

The Ideal Way to Use Smoked Garlic Sea Salt

The best way to store your smoked garlic sea salt is by vacuum-packing it.

Julie continues:

"We just vacuum-packed about 60 jars of homemade smoked garlic sea salt. We are going to be smoking the elephant garlic tomorrow!

We steam chicken thighs with our sea salt and Spade L Ranch Seasoning—and use the garlic powder for taste after."

Thanks so much for sharing, Julie!

If you came to this page before reading about how to dehydrate garlic, read how to dehydrate garlic here.

Additional Info. on Making Garlic Sea Salt

Making your own garlic sea salt at home using dehydrated garlic is easy and delicious! Here are some tips:

• Start by slicing fresh garlic cloves as thin as possible. A mandoline works great for uniform slices.
• Arrange garlic slices in a single layer on dehydrator trays and dehydrate at 125°F to 135°F for 6-8 hours until very brittle.
• Allow the crispy garlic chips to cool fully, then grind them to a fine powder using a dedicated spice grinder, small food processor, or mortar and pestle.
• Transfer the powder to a small bowl and mix in fine-grain sea salt using a 2:1 ratio of salt to garlic powder. For example, mix 1 cup fine sea salt with 1/2 cup garlic powder.

Optional - You can further enhance the flavor by also grinding/mixing in a couple of tablespoons of dried parsley, onion powder, red pepper flakes, etc.

Transfer your homemade garlic sea salt to an airtight glass spice jar. Label the jar with its contents and date. It keeps 6+ months when stored in a cool dark place such as a pantry.

Sprinkle your custom garlic sea salt blend on meats, roast veggies, salads, buttered bread, popcorn - wherever you want a nice salty, garlicky kick! Adjust the garlic ratio to taste and have fun experimenting with flavors.

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