Pressure Canning Meat

[GTN]

Anyone pressure canning meat?
I wanted to stock more meat in the house besides in the freezer. I started looking at store bought canned meat but they are pricey and loaded with salt. So I got on YT to see me options and found/learned how to pressure can it a couple weeks ago. Never canned anything before.
I went to fb marketplace and there was a used pressure canner for almost 1/2 off new.
So far I’ve canned:
De-boned chicken legs
Hamburger
Beef stew. Meat, potatoes, carrots all in 1 jar.
Today is Bourbon Chicken.
Each batch I eat one of the jars to make sure I like it before making lots of it.

Anyone else doing this?

 

[repete]

My wife and I can and freeze dry quite a bit of meat, it seem to run in cycles. We've got half a cow coming in the next two weeks so will be busy with that. We get frozen and then lots of the burger or stew meat is then either cooked and then freeze dried and then placed in canning jars and vacuum packed for quick easy meals. When pressure canning we rarely do complete meals like stews as we don't care for how the potatoes turn out. We still have some venison from last year canned plain or in BBQ sauce , it's melt in your mouth tender and very quick to fix.

 

[GTN]

My wife and I can and freeze dry quite a bit of meat, it seem to run in cycles. We've got half a cow coming in the next two weeks so will be busy with that. We get frozen and then lots of the burger or stew meat is then either cooked and then freeze dried and then placed in canning jars and vacuum packed for quick easy meals. When pressure canning we rarely do complete meals like stews as we don't care for how the potatoes turn out. We still have some venison from last year canned plain or in BBQ sauce , it's melt in your mouth tender and very quick to fix.

Yeah someone else told me to try doing the stew meat in one jar and potatoes, carrots and celery in another.

 

[Acer-m14]

@GTN

leave the bones in .. then you have Chicken Bone Broth too ..

Just got done canning Chicken Drum Sticks with bones ..

got chicken drumsticks on sale .. 2 5 packs marked down to $1.26 each ..

and a big pack of 12 drumsticks for 1.39 a pound .. $5.87

there all in the pressure canner now ... 2 quart jars with 4 drums and 2 qts with 5 drums .. ( tight fit )

fill with hot water to 1 1/4 inch head space and pressure can for 75 minutes .. ( this time is only for chicken with bone )

without the bone ... time would be the normal 90 minutes for quarts ..

when its done i will also have some Chicken Bone Broth too ..




i got canned Chili and Canned Sloppy joe ready to go ..

 

[Acer-m14]

haven't done this yet .. still getting recipes .. like the jar needs a bay leaf or two .. i can't remember if she did that ..

but its the process

it on the to do list to make .. .. celery .. onions .. in the jar .. too

 

[Acer-m14]

you can also make Carmel with your canner ..

dulce de leche​

my mom made this when candy making using water bath method ..

you can do it in a pressure canner too ... quicker ..

 

[Acer-m14]

we don't care for how the potatoes turn out.

to mushy ?

 

[camper4lyfe]

I want to try canning, but the possibility of screwing up and getting botulism scares me away from it.

 

[GTN]

Camper just watch some YT videos for beginners. I spent 3-4 days learning everything I could before starting. First batch I did was just water in jars to make sure I knew how to work things. Second batch was some chicken legs. I ate 1 jar by myself so if I got sick my wife could take me to the hospital.
So far so good!
Every new recipe I eat one jar to make sure I like it before making more of it.

 

[GTN]

@GTN

leave the bones in .. then you have Chicken Bone Broth too ..

Just got done canning Chicken Drum Sticks with bones ..

got chicken drumsticks on sale .. 2 5 packs marked down to $1.26 each ..

and a big pack of 12 drumsticks for 1.39 a pound .. $5.87

there all in the pressure canner now ... 2 quart jars with 4 drums and 2 qts with 5 drums .. ( tight fit )

fill with hot water to 1 1/4 inch head space and pressure can for 75 minutes .. ( this time is only for chicken with bone )

without the bone ... time would be the normal 90 minutes for quarts ..

when its done i will also have some Chicken Bone Broth too ..

View attachment 225824


i got canned Chili and Canned Sloppy joe ready to go ..

View attachment 225825

View attachment 225826

Doing legs tomorrow and also pork shoulder