Freeze Dried Eggs

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Learn how to make freeze dried eggs for short and long-term storage. This is the best way to preserve eggs for long periods of time.

Prep Time15

Cook Time20

Total Time20 15

Course: Condiment

Cuisine: American

Keyword: freeze dried eggs, how to freeze dry eggs, prepping, preserving

Servings: eggs

Push start of the freeze dryer. It will give you the prompt to allow the vacuum chamber to cool for 15 minutes. Also, make sure the valve is closed at the bottom.
Crack eggs and place into a blender. Blend until smooth. This can also be done with a large bowl and a whisk. I like to blend a dozen eggs at a time.
Pour into the freeze dryer pans. The pans will fit a dozen eggs per pan.
Place into the freezer and freeze until solid. You can skip this step and go straight into the freeze dryer, but this takes less time and wastes less electricity.
Add the trays into the freeze dryer. Close the door, and seal
Sit and wait for the freeze dryer to work its magic.
This takes anywhere from 16-24 hours, depending on the amount of eggs you use per tray.
Once the freeze dryer turns off, check the eggs. If they still feel wet, place them back into the freeze dryer and do the process again. Hit the "more time" button.
Take the eggs out of the trays and transfer them into glass jars (for shorter term storage) or into mylar bags with oxygen absorbers for long term (up to 20 years) storage.

Blend the eggs before placing them into the trays. This is due to the fat content.
Freeze the trays with the eggs in them before placing them into the freeze dryer. This makes the process go much faster and waste less electricity.
After the freeze dried eggs are done processing in the freeze dryer, transfer them right away. If you let them sit out very long, they may start absorbing the liquid in the atmosphere around them.
For easy clean up, you can line the trays with parchment paper.