Quick canning chicken????

[TanksHill]

I got some great chicken sale today and I plan to can it. What type of liquid do you prefer to use? Water, broth, bouillon??? Can you can the chicken in say a Knorr broth? I know its not organic and in a purist form but it sure would taste good. What do you think?

sorry if this has been covered before?


gina

 

[patandchickens]

can it in water, the liquid ends up *becoming* broth

Good luck, have fun,

Pat

 

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And you can throw in a bit of garlic and onion if you want more flavor, or flavor the broth later if you use it for soup or whatever. I did some of my turkey breast in water with garlic and scallions and some in broth because I had it (water when I ran out....but, aarrgh, there is broth simmering now....)

 

[TanksHill]

Thank you both. I have to admit though. After I had already cut up the chicken and added the Knorr bouillon to the water I thought about not using it. The Knorr that is. So I cooked the chicken until light pink and then scooped it out of the broth. I then canned in water. I know that is a$$ backwards but it's my first time canning meat. I read the ingredients in the knorr and realized I didn't want my chicken sitting in that. Next time I will just use salt.

I did google canning chicken. I found a website where the lady cuts up the chicken and puts it in jars raw. Then pressure cans it. When finished the jar is full of broth and the chicken is cooked. This is obviously not the recommended method, right?

anyways its a learning process..

Thanks again. gina

 

[freemotion]

You can do raw pack, just be sure to vent the canner for the recommended time so you know the contents are all hot before you start timing. I raw pack some meats, but I simmered my turkey breast because I will likely use some for turkey salad and if it cooks in the jar, it has that icky gooky stuff on it. If I pre-simmer it to hot pack it, it shrinks so more fits in the jar and that icky gooky stuff is already cooked off. It looks far more appealing if you are about to make a sandwich out of it!

 

[TanksHill]

Yes I noticed that. All of the gooky stuff was left behind in the pot and the new water was nice and clear. My canner is just about cooled. I cant wait to see how the jars look. Canning meat is a big step in putting up food.

Whoo Hoo!!!!

 

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It tastes SOOOOO much better than cooked and frozen meat leftovers. I tend to waste those. Canned meats are like crockpot meats. Can't go wrong!

And you can make and can cream of mushroom soup and open up a jar along with any type of canned meat and you have an instant main dish! That tastes like you slaved over it for hours! (Which you did, but weeks or months before....)

 

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OH, and of course,

 

[Ldychef2k]

Congratulations on your big step ! Totally awesome....there is nothing like the convenience and the sense of accomplishment.