Our first batch of meat chickens is about ready to be, well, as my husband tells the kids, they're about ready for daddy to "take the meat out of them" and we have 30 of them. I'd really like to can some or most. Any ideas of which way you prefer (hot pack/cold pack) and what I'd like even more. . .do you have any recipes that you can make with the chicken meat and then can so they're easy things to whip off the shelf and have for dinner without having to thaw something? Thanks for all the help I'm sure you'll provide!
I do hot pack...the meat has a less rubbery texture and you can fit more meat into the jars. With cold pack it cooks IN the jar..so it goes down in volume. I roast or boil my chicken first and then cut in bite size chunks and pack into the jars hot and pour hot broth over and pressure can for 90 min. (pints or quarts)
Ladies I also canned some of our fryers this year, well this is the first year that we have raised them for probably 10 years and I forgot how wonderful and fresh and delicious the meat is so we have agreed this will be an annual event.
I was unsure how to can either so I coldpacked some of the least desirable pieces and I am ashamed to say that I have not opened a single can because I am not sure what I want to do with it now. Please give me some ideas on how you serve it now.
Canning Chicken and chicken recipes
Posted - Oct 28 2007 : 6:33:10 PM
