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🌿How to Dehydrate Herbs in Air Fryer Directions

Learn how to dehydrate herbs in your air fryer to avoid waste and preserve the flavor, aroma, nutrients and potency of your herbs. Dehydrating herbs in your air fryer is ideal because it won't heat up the house when it's hot, nor does it tie up your oven. It also uses less space and energy.
Course condiment
Cuisine American
Keyword air fryer, dehydrating, drying, herbs
Special Diet Vegetarian
Prep Time 20 minutes
4 hours
Total Time 4 hours 20 minutes
Servings 4 bunches
Author Terri Gilson
Cost 5

Equipment

  • Air fryer with dehydrator function

Ingredients

  • fresh herbs * you any type of fresh herb (Oregano shown in this example)

Instructions

  • Remove leaves from stems (see Top Tip)
    oregano leaves being removed from stems on grey cutting board
  • Clean and rinse herbs.
    *It's important to wash herbs your herbs before dehydrating them in an air fryer. Although they may not have pesticides or herbicides on them, washing removes any dirt, debris, or pests that may on the plant. It also helps you identify and pick out bad leaves.
    herbs being cleaned in strainer
  • Dry herbs by placing them on paper towels.
    washed oregano on paper towel
  • Pat herbs dry with more paper towel.
    herbs being patted dry with paper towel from top
  • Place herbs in your air fryer drawer or basket.
    oregano leaves in air fryer drawer
  • Place the rack over the herbs or use a mesh muslin bag (see Equipment) if doing more than one type of herb per drawer.
    herbs in drawer with rack on top of them
  • Use the dehydrator function on your air fryer, set to 135 degrees F or 57 degrees C.
    *If you have a Ninja Foodi dual and are using both drawers, use match cook.
    air fryer dehydrate mode set to 135 degrees F
  • Dehydrate for 3-4 hours, according to your air fryer's operating manual.
    Let stand for about 15 minutes after the process is complete.
    Store in sealed mason jars (see Storage)
    dehydrate mode on air fryer set to 4 hours

Notes

*See post content for important information and tips!