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How to Make Celery Powder at Home

February 10, 2017 by Tiffany Davis 26 Comments

How to Make Celery Powder at Home - a great way to preserve and stretch your garden harvest.

Celery powder is one of those spice cabinet staples in my house. I love the flavor it adds to soup, stew, chili and even dusting beef, pork, chicken and fish. Not to mention it is great in homemade salad dressings! Making my own herb and spice powders makes me feel better about what I am serving to family and friends when I cook too. I mean, have you seen some of the ingredients in store-bought varieties? Things like MSG and fillers that aren’t needed (or wanted on my part).

I find that making these herb and veggie powders are a great, and space saving, way to save the abundance that comes from our vegetable garden or goodies I pick up from the farmer’s market. I make tomato powder, mushroom powders and garlic powder.

Celery powder is not the same thing as the substance in celery salt. Celery salt is actually made from grinding celery seeds into a powder and mixing with salt. Just thought you might want to do know the difference before you take on the endeavor of making celery powder. BUT you can make a quick celery salt with your celery powder by taking 1 tablespoon of celery powder and mixing it with a quarter cup of sea salt. 

You can print the celery powder recipe – look for the link at the bottom of this page.

Celery Powder – Ingredients & Tools Needed

This is fairly straight forward. You only really need 3 things – a good dehydrator, a few bunches of celery (leaves too!), means to powder your dehydrated celery and a jar or jars to store it in.

  • 2 – 3 bunches of celery (homegrown and/or organic is always best)
    1 bunch will typically make about 2 oz of celery powder.
  • Dehydrator ( this is the one I use )
  • Spice grinder, blender, mini food processor (what I used) or mortar and pestle
  • Canning or Spice Jar with tight lid to keep out moisture

Celery Powder – Simple Directions

  1. Thoroughly wash and dry your celery. How to Make Celery Powder at Home - a great way to preserve and stretch your garden harvest.
  2. Crop celery into even slices – you want them to be as uniform as possible so they are all done about the same time. I pull the leaves off and save those too – lots of flavor there! But I do not use the ends of the celery where it is nearly white.
  3.  Arrange your celery slices in a single layer on your dehydrator trays.
  4. Set your dehydrator to vegetables or 135 degrees F
  5. They’ll need about 8 – 9 hours to fully dehydrate and they are going to shrink a lot.
  6. You’ll know they are ready when they celery powders so try crushing one under a spoon to see if they’re ready.
  7. I grind about a handful at a time for best results. Make sure you do not open the lid to whatever you’re using to grind until the powder settles – you don’t want to breathe that stuff in.
  8. Store in your jar/s and keep in a cool dry cabinet for best results.
  9. Try mixing with other herbs and spices for your own special blend.

Print this recipe.

Making celery powder is simple and I find the flavor enhances so many dishes. Not only that but I feel like my homemade celery powder has more celery flavor than its store-bought counterparts; you’ll have to try it and compare for yourself. Lastly, powders are a great way to save a bountiful harvest from my garden are anytime I find a great deal on organic produce at the farmer’s market!

Happy dehydrating!

How to Make Celery Powder at Home - a great way to preserve and stretch your garden harvest.

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Comments

  1. Sofia says

    May 7, 2017 at 9:54 pm

    Cannot wait to try this! Thanks!

    Reply
    • Holly says

      February 7, 2018 at 5:06 pm

      Can this be done in a regular oven?? Being how I do not own a dehydrator? If so, what temp for the oven n for how long?

      Reply
  2. Lisa says

    February 10, 2018 at 12:25 pm

    Fantastic idea! Would you know how drying effects any nutrients in the celery, or other veggies?

    Reply
  3. Yk says

    February 26, 2018 at 12:17 am

    I don’t have a dehydrator.
    Can I make it in an ordinary oven?

    Reply
    • Tiffany Davis says

      February 26, 2018 at 6:31 am

      Yes, absolutely. You’ll just have to watch it more closely.

      Reply
  4. tracy nelson says

    April 2, 2018 at 4:51 am

    how many stalks would a tablespoon be equal to?

    Reply
  5. paul fugere says

    April 14, 2018 at 4:09 pm

    Cannot wait to try this! Thanks!

    Reply
  6. brian chanda says

    January 28, 2019 at 11:38 pm

    Thankyou for the information, I have also done 365 plants at my home Garden its `really a good experience since i’m planting this for the first time.

    Reply
    • Jean says

      June 8, 2021 at 4:29 am

      Never heard of this type of gardening I will have to check it out.

      Reply
      • Tiffany Davis says

        June 8, 2021 at 6:11 am

        Oh you’re going to love it!

        Reply
  7. Cheri says

    November 14, 2019 at 9:50 pm

    How many teaspoons of powder equals 1 stalk of celery? Thank you for the recipe.

    Reply
    • Tiffany Davis says

      November 15, 2019 at 5:21 am

      I am not sure. I guess you’d have to dehydrate 1 stalk and measure that.

      Reply
      • Jean says

        June 8, 2021 at 4:28 am

        Great idea!
        I know some people who like the flavor of celery but they do not like the texture of cooked or fresh celery in their mouth.
        I will pass this comment on to them.

        Reply
  8. Edwina says

    December 25, 2019 at 12:04 pm

    Thank you for this. Just started drying spice such as Moringa. I don’t habe a dehydrated but utilize my oven at a low temperature and it worked. Thank you for the idea….😁

    Reply
  9. Tami says

    December 28, 2019 at 5:31 pm

    I can no longer find celery ,it was the secret ingredient to grandmas nuts and bolts any idea what portions of celery powder to pepper might be thanks a bunch celery seed did not really work as far as taste

    Reply
    • Tiffany Davis says

      December 29, 2019 at 5:58 am

      The best celery flavor has definitely come from using home grown.

      Reply
  10. Kim Billhimer says

    May 23, 2020 at 6:13 am

    That is a great way of not letting vegetables go to waste.. Actually. I think that is a great idea. Thank you .

    Reply
  11. Ellie says

    September 21, 2020 at 10:14 am

    If you cut the bottom “white part” from your bunch of celery, about 3 1/2 inches, you can re-grow another whole bunch of celery! You can even grow it indoors over the winter. Look on-line for re-growing kitchen scraps. Easy, amazing, and fun! Waste not …

    Reply
    • Jean says

      June 8, 2021 at 4:24 am

      I’ll have to give this a try.
      It would be a great winter project!

      Reply
  12. Connie says

    October 9, 2020 at 7:23 pm

    I wonder about using the pulp left over from juicing celery. Most of the water is already gone. I think I’ll experiment. Thanks for the ideas.

    Reply
  13. Pearl Rex says

    November 6, 2020 at 10:56 am

    Dehydrated healthy food it is amazing

    Reply
  14. Moksha Essentials says

    January 15, 2021 at 2:43 am

    Oh, I love this, and need to read it again! you have the basics laid out so clearly! Great job,

    Reply
    • Tiffany Davis says

      January 15, 2021 at 5:27 am

      Well thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed it.

      Reply
  15. Jean says

    June 8, 2021 at 4:22 am

    Thank you thank you for letting us know that there is a difference between celery salt and celery powder.
    Now that I have more time to do certain things I am putting my best foot forward trying to learn.
    My grandmother who did a lot of this type of stuff passed away before I can learn anything.

    Reply
  16. Debbie McAlister says

    April 4, 2022 at 10:46 am

    HOW DO YOU MEASURE AMOUNTS OF POWDER TO USE.

    Reply
    • Tiffany Davis says

      April 11, 2022 at 11:56 am

      I just wing it – but start small and add it for flavoring as needed.

      Reply

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