That sounds really good. I'm now wondering about making zucchini chips! Our one zucchini plant is producing 3-5 zucchinis per day right now!

I've never added oil, vinegar, or salt to any dehydrated chips that I've made, but that doesn't mean that you cannot. I'm afraid the oil would make a mess in my dehydrator.

If you plan to add dill to the mix, I would combine the dill with the oil, vinegar, and salt, and purée these together so that the dill will be incorporated and not flake and fall off of the cucumber slices.

I would expect cucumber to be a bit bland by itself when dehydrated, and I wonder it if would rehydrate well enough to use in a salad. I might add a tiny bit of garlic to the mix.

I've had zucchini chips by themselves, and they have plenty of flavor on their own.

I thought vinegar evaporates at a lower temperature / faster than water. If so, that might mean that your dried chips would retain no vinegar. I agree with Lars that the oil might be a problem. It might retard evaporation of water.

Also I'd be concerned about oxidizing the oil with exposure to heat and air like that. Think of the gumminess that can be found on the outside of not-well-wiped-off oil bottle.

Maybe you could use citric acid in stead of vinegar. Or malic acid if you don't mind a little apple taste.

Would you share a video link?

P.s. Just saw arcy's note. Lime sound great!

Well, decided to make a test batch. One has oil and vinegar with salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, and paprika. Another I used dill and salt. One has just a little oil and a steak blend of spices I like and the other some dry Hidden Valley Ranch dressing mix.

No idea about the oil but it worked for the woman doing the youtube video.

Oil can make a mess in your dehydrator that might be difficult to clean, but if you only use a tiny amount, you should be okay. It will give it more of a fried flavor, if that is what you want. If the oil is mixed with vinegar, it will be easier to clean your dehydrator afterwards.

Perhaps it depends on the dehydrator? I have one with washable trays that stack. I use spray oil on them when I make dried bananas, which would stick badly otherwise. I wash the trays in soapy water afterwards - I wash them every time I use them anyway.

I'm imagining dried cucumber might be like dried melon, just not sweet - they're kind of related.

Well, next time I'll do a no oil batch. I did put a drip pan at the bottom of the dehyrator to catch any drips. If I do any spices, I'll use a lot less next time. I didn't think I put too much but I guess the chips concentrated all that flavor and it was a bit too much.

Carolb, I did banana chips first thing and boy did they take forever to dry, and they stuck on the trays. I had to gently pop each one from underneath off, one by one.

use parchment paper in your dehydrator ... should peel up nicely. and remember, they aren't dry until they are DRY

My dehydrated bananas did not stick at all, and I used no oil when I made them.

Doing another small batch, with only a tiny bit of the Hidden valley Ranch dry dressing. I have a huge thing from Cosco I need to use up. I also threw in some halved cherry tomatoes, one okra and some beans, the inner bean of a green bean to see how long it takes them to dry.