Beet chips - Do they store long?

13 years ago

I have a row of Chioggia Beets and I've been researching what to do with them. Some I will store in our crawl space, but I can't put them in cold storage yet because we still are having warm days. So I'm thinking of making some chips. I like the recipe below and I'm assuming that the chips will keep in a jar indefinitely like other dehydrated veggies/fruits? Does anyone have experience to the contrary? I'd hate to make a bunch of these and then find out they don't keep.

Here's the recipe:

Baked Chioggia Beet Chips

For chips

* 2 medium beets with stems trimmed to 1 inch

* 1 cup water

* 1 Tablespoon canola oil

* Sea salt

Peel beets with a vegetable peeler, then slice thinly (but not too thinly) with mandolin or sharp knife, using stems as handles.

Bring water to a boil in a saucepan. Add beets, then remove pan from heat and let stand 15 minutes. Drain beets in a colander, discarding liquid, then let stand in colander 15 minutes more. Toss beets with oil and salt.

Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 225 F.

Line a shallow baking pan with nonstick liner, then arrange beet slices snugly in 1 layer. Bake beets until dry, about 45 minutes to 1 hour. Immediately transfer chips to a rack to cool (chips will crisp as they cool).

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Comments (5)

gardendawgie
13 years ago
Although chips sound interesting it looks like a lot of trouble. I would simply wait for it to get colder and eat some fresh beets right now.
cindy-6b/7a VA
13 years ago
There are beet chips in the Terra Chips that you can buy. Their's are deep fried.

Don't know if this helps or not.

Cindy
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denninmi
13 years ago
Personally, I'd be concerned about the oil. Not from a food safety standpoint, as I don't believe there is enough to cause a botulism concern as with things packed in oil. But, I think it will go rancid within a period of some months and taste bad.

Personally, I would just leave out the oil and salt at this time. I guess the purpose of the oil is to brown/crisp the beets a bit, and probably to help the salt to stick. So, without it, the beets might be a bit more leathery, but should last longer.

You could probably always crips the beets in the oven with the oil and salt in small batches as you eat them.
nancyofnc
13 years ago
Make them as the recipe says and then pop them in the freezer. Let them defrost and nuke them to warm when you want a treat. They will not be crispy but will be good! If you want long storage chips, I'd suggest you dry them "naked" in the dehydrator, freeze them, take out what you want, defrost, and then put on the oil and salt and heat them in the oven. They may crisp some or not, whatever, the taste of homegrown beets is lost on most people because they have never had them homegrown, sweet, and raw. Most everyone has enjoyed pickled beets and though that way is yummy, eating raw fresh and boiled/or crisped from the garden "beats" the heck out of those "beets".

Nancy
judydel
Original Author
13 years ago
Thanks for the input. I was going to replace the canola oil with olive oil. We keep olive oil at room temperature and it doesn't go rancid, so I didn't think the chips would go rancid. Maybe I'll do some like the recipe suggests and also do some "naked". I love the beets in the Terra Chips, so I'm thinking this is a good way to use the Chioggia. These are the beets that are red and white on the inside like in this photo. They lose their stripped color easily and can become all light pink when cooked. I'm hoping that they don't lose their color with this recipe.