Dehydrated Li Hing Mango

A couple of days ago Leslie gave me her dehydrator, Landon brought home some green mangoes from work, I picked up some li hing powder from Longs . . . and the experiment began . . .

I wasn't sure what I would end up with, but it turned out good.  The bag I brought to work got wiped out.  It's not at all like the li hing mango you buy in the stores . . . it's a lot dryer . . . lighter . . .

All I did was slice up the mangoes and pour the powder over them.  It was ono just like this.  I admit, I started munching on a few pieces and wondered if I should set some aside . . . but I didn't.  By the way, ahem . . . excuse me but . . . you're drooling . . .


They need to be placed like this on the tray . . . not touching.


I filled up all 5 trays.


I turned on the dehydrator before going to bed. The sound kinda surprised me. It made a soft whirring noise. I placed my hand over the trays and realized that it was blowing warm air upward. So that's how it works!!

When I awoke to go to the bathroom about 4 hours later, it looked done so I turned it off.  I'm thinking that maybe even 3 hours might've been good enough.  Still, with the li hing flavor . . . mmmm.


Look how much the dehydrator cost!!!  15 bucks!!  Les said that was about 6 years ago . . . but still . . . howzdat hah??!  My coworker Ronnie is gonna order one for himself from Amazon.  They run around $50 and have temperature controls.  This one only has an on/off button, but it's good enough for me.  Not sure if I'm ready to do meat yet . . . stay tuned . . .