Smoked Garlic Sea Salt

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

Julie's elephant garlic on Nesco dehydratorJulie's elephant garlic on Nesco dehydrator

Guest Post 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.




First, Dehydrate the Elephant Garlic ~ We Use Our Nesco® Dehydrator

Nesco Brand Dehydrators

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Nesco® FD-80A Food + Jerky Dehydrator

NESCO FD-80A Square Shaped Food Dehydrator, For Snacks, Fruit, Beef Jerky, White11%
NESCO FD-80A Square Shaped Food Dehydrator, For Snacks, Fruit, Beef Jerky, White
$89.99

This is a square-shaped food dehydrator, perfect for snacks, fruit, and beef jerky. White with a top black tray edge, with a white lid.

  • 700 watts of drying power
  • Expandable to 8 trays
  • 15.25 x 10.25 x 15.63 inches (LxWxH)
  • Temperature range: 95°F - 160°F
  • Comes with: 1 Clean-A-Screen, 1 Recipe Instruction Book, 1 Jerky Seasoning & Cure Sample

Nesco® FD-61WHC Snackmaster Encore Food Dehydrator

Nesco FD-61WHC Snackmaster Encore Food Dehydrator with Jerky Gun Kit for Great Snacks and Jerky, 5 Trays, Gray
Nesco FD-61WHC Snackmaster Encore Food Dehydrator with Jerky Gun Kit for Great Snacks and Jerky, 5 Trays, Gray

This round Nesco Snackmaster comes with a jerky gun kit and 5 trays. It has a very light grey body with a darker grey lid.

  • 500 watts of drying power
  • Expandable to 12 trays
  • 13.5 x 13.5 x 9.25 inches (LxWxH)
  • Temperature range: 95°F - 160°F
  • Comes with: 1 Jerky Gun with 3 tip attachments, 2 Fruit Roll Sheets, 2 Clean-A-Screens, 5 Jerky Seasoning & Cure Samples, Recipe & Instruction book

Nesco® FD-60 Snackmaster Express Food Dehydrator

Nesco FD-60 Snackmaster Express Food Dehydrator for Great Jerky and Snacks, 4 Trays, 13.5" X 9.75", white and grey16%
Nesco FD-60 Snackmaster Express Food Dehydrator for Great Jerky and Snacks, 4 Trays, 13.5" X 9.75", white and grey
$79.99

This is the new version of mine as it has an updated lid. It's a light grey body with a darker grey lid.

  • 500 watts of drying power
  • Expandable to 12 trays
  • 3.5 x 13.5 x 9.25 inches (LxWxH)
  • Temperature range: 95°F - 155°F
  • Comes with: 1 Fruit Roll Sheet, 2 Original-Flavor Jerky Spice & Cure Packets.

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Nesco Dehydrator Accessories

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Solid Fruit Roll Sheets

NESCO LSS-2-6 Round Clear Plastic 13 1/2" Fruit Roll Sheets, Food Dehydrators, White
NESCO LSS-2-6 Round Clear Plastic 13 1/2" Fruit Roll Sheets, Food Dehydrators, White

Nesco LSS-2-6 Round clear plastic 13-1/2" diameter Fruit Roll Sheets, white.

  • 2 pk of solid fruit roll sheets
  • 1.6 sq feet drying area
  • Dry capacity up to 3 cups of pureed fruit per sheet
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Mesh Sheets

NESCO LM-2-6 Round Plastic Mesh 13 1/2" Clean-A-Screens, for Dehydrators, (Pack of 2)33%
NESCO LM-2-6 Round Plastic Mesh 13 1/2" Clean-A-Screens, for Dehydrators, (Pack of 2)
$11.99 ($6.00 / Count)

Nesco LM-2-6 Round plastic mesh 13-1/2" diameter Clean-A-Screens, white.

  • 2 pk of mesh sheets
  • 1.6 sq feet drying area
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Trays

NESCO WT-2SG Round Speckled Plastic 13 1/2" Add-A-Trays, 20 Series and 30 Series Food Dehydrators7%
NESCO WT-2SG Round Speckled Plastic 13 1/2" Add-A-Trays, 20 Series and 30 Series Food Dehydrators
$23.00 ($23.00 / Count)

Nesco WT-2SG Round Speckled Plastic 13-1/2" diameter Add-A-Tray.

  • 2 pk of speckled round trays
  • 1.6 sq feet drying area
  • Fits 20 Series and 30 Series Food Dehydrators
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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."

Use A Propane Smoker

She 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.

Julie continues: "After that, we have a propane smoker we use to smoke the garlic.

We use a 'Misto' sprayer (see a photo of it below shown to the right of the big red bottle of 'Wright's All Natural Hickory Seasoning') to spray liquid smoke and then put the garlic on a small screen.

Dry smoke for one hour. The garlic comes out toasted brown."

Wright's Hickory SeasoningWright's Hickory Seasoning

Wright's All Natural Hickory Seasoning - 1 Quart - Liquid Smoke

Wright's All Natural Hickory Seasoning, Liquid Smoke - 1 Quart
Wright's All Natural Hickory Seasoning, Liquid Smoke - 1 Quart

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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."

Julie's magic smoked garlic, ready to be mixed with fine sea saltJulie's magic smoked garlic, ready to be mixed with fine sea salt

"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!"

Julie's Smoked Garlic SaltJulie's Smoked Garlic Salt
Julie's Vacuum-Packed Garlic SaltJulie's Vacuum-Packed Garlic Salt
Jars of Julie's Smoked Garlic SaltJars of Julie's Smoked Garlic Salt



The Ideal Way to Use Smoked Garlic Sea Salt:

Julie's powdered smoked garlic saltJulie's powdered smoked garlic 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!

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