I had a dehydrator hit this year at the last meal of my August group trip with a stir-fry meal. I dehydrated three 16 ounce bags of Flav-R-Pac Quick 'n Easy Rice Stir Fry, 14 ounces of chicken, and 12 ounces of lean pork. This fed eight paddlers, although a couple are vegetarians and only ate the stir-fry and the garlic bread side.

The packaged Rice Stir Fry is unseasoned and includes rice,  broccoli, carrots, water chestnuts, red peppers, and green soybeans. This comes frozen in one pound plastic bags. I just emptied the bags onto dehydrator trays and dried the stuff all at once.

The meats were cooked, unseasoned, in a microwave oven, patted dry (from fat), loaded into the dehydrator and dried.

Everything was double-packed in zip-lock freezer bags.

At lunch time, the stir-fry stuff was put into two large plastic jars and covered with water. Same with the meats, but in a smaller plastic jar. About an hour before the start of cooking, some more water was added to cover the expanded stir-fry mix.

The stir-fry stuff and the meats were drained and prepared separately (so the vegetarians could get a meatless meal) in wok-like conditons (lightly oiled, high heat) using the camp frying pan. Everyone was warned that nothing was seasoned, so there was a mad dash (no pun intended) for the remaining spices (last day).

Both the veggies and meaties were happy enough with the meal to want it on the menu for next year. Everyone in the group of eight likes broccoli, and it was well represented in the stir-fry mix.

What I liked about it was easy to prepare (dehydrate), fast and easy to cook (few minutes in a hot pan), and no complaints from any the judges.

There is quite a variety of stir-fry mixes to choose from. On solo trips I have taken Asian theme mixes (no rice) and added combinations of chicken, turkey, and shrimp.

-aj