Crispy Green Bean Chips

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Course: Snack

Keyword: green bean chips

Servings:

Calories: 140kcal

These Crispy Green Bean Chips are easy to make and a great way to get veggies into your and your family's diet. They're gluten free and dairy free too.

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Equipment

1 Dehydrator (optional if not using oven method)
cookie sheets or jelly roll pan (if using oven method)

Ingredients

5 pounds green beans (organic preferred)
1/3 cup oil (melted coconut oil preferred)
4 teaspoons salt
1/4 cup nutritional yeast (see Recipe Notes for substitutions)

Instructions

Place green beans in a large bowl. If using frozen green beans, simply allow them to thaw in a bowl (optional - see notes below). If using fresh beans, you will need to blanch them first.
Optional, but highly recommended step: squeeze the water out of the beans.
Pour oil on top of beans. If using coconut oil, melt the oil first and work fast as the oils solidifies quickly if your room or beans are cold.
Sprinkle seasonings on top of coated beans and stir well. Use either the dehydrator or oven method as follows.

Dehydrator Method

Dry in dehydrator until crisp dry (about 10 - 12 hours at 125°F, or 8 hours at 135°F.)
Store in an airtight container.

Oven Method

Bake in a low temperature oven. Spread the beans on a cookie sheet or jelly roll pan. Bake at 200 for 1 hour 15 minutes, then toss and bake for another hour, checking and tossing until done.

Notes

Leave Chips in Dehydrator: The chips need to be really really dry in order to be crispy. If you remove them from the dehydrator too soon, they will be really hard to chew.
Frozen or Thawed Beans: I have used both frozen and thawed beans. The oils solidifies quickly on frozen beans, but it does work.
Appearance: These Green Bean Chips do not look nice. The photo in the post is a true one and I only brightened it a tiny bit. I think the lighting in the room made the bean chips look good for some reason.
Fresh Beans: Fresh beans can be used, but they tend to shrink more and may not become quite as crispy as frozen beans. For best results, blanch fresh beans briefly before dehydrating.
Nutritional Yeast: If you don't like or don't use nutritional yeast, you can use 1 teaspoon each garlic powder and onion powder instead.

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