dehydrating cooked hamburger helper

Hey everyone! i am new to this dehydrating game and started off with a homemade hamburger helper abd it went well! i cooked it untill the ground beef was hard! it cooled for a few hours then i put it in a air tight container! i took it out to put into ziplock bags for an over night hike next week but now the hamburger seems a little more moist than when i put it in! did i not dehydrate enough? can i put it back in? is it ruined? please someone help

I am sorry this happened.

I feel that most folks would say it is better to not take a chance on food poisoning or something.

I'm not sure what a hamburger helper is! Maybe if you share your recipe someone might spot a reason it didn't work.

It is an American product:



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburger_Helper

Of course, there are clone recipse ....

If I were trying to make some trail meals, I might brown/cook the hamburger then dehydrate it.

I would make the Hamburger Helper without the meat and then dehydrate that mixture.

Put the two together in a neat package for the trail so all that is needed is boiling water.

The step that was missed, is called 'conditioning'. To condition your dehydrated product, after it has cooled from the dehydrator, place it in a glass jar, and seal it well. Shake it, then leave it on the counter for a couple days, watching to see if any sign of moisture forms in the jar. If there's even a hint of moisture, dump it onto the dehydrator trays, and keep drying it. Repeat as often as it takes for the moisture to be completely gone. Storing your dehydrated products in plastic bags does not keep them safe from moisture, mice, and bugs, either.