Venison Processing- Canning at Home

  • B-man
    Posts: 5989
    #1808156

    Tis the season for processing your kill.

    I’ve cut up and done my own since I started hunting, but within just the last few years started canning.

    It’s an awesome way to preserve meat for the year, and it’s great for a lot of quick and easy meals.

    The flavor is amazing, hard to imagine for how simple it is, and better than you would ever think.

    If you’ve never done it, give it a try. You can use the meat in anything you’d like. My favorite is mixing it with a packet of onion soup mix and pouring over mashed potatoes. I also like to make a quick stew with it. The meat is already fall-apart-tender, just cook your veggies and add the meat. Those are just a couple examples, but the uses are endless (spaghetti, tacos, fajitas, chili, casseroles, etc)

    Best of all, it keeps for at least two years, without taking up freezer or fridge space.

    All you need is a pressure canner, venison, and a little salt.

    Pack pint jars with raw meat (about a pound). Add a teaspoon of salt. Then can under 10-15lbs of pressure for 100 minutes.

    You can also substitute some of the salt with bullion or onion beef soup mix.

    In my 22qt canner I can process 18 pint jars in one batch (about 18lbs of venison).

    Give it a try this season!

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    riverruns
    Inactive
    Posts: 2218
    #1808174

    Yep, this is good stuff. My dad just did 13 pints of it today. We haven’t done it for a long time so it’ll be good to try again. toast

    rubberduck
    east bethel
    Posts: 436
    #1808186

    one of the best ways for venison!!!

    HYBES
    SE MN
    Posts: 284
    #1815061

    I like to use 1 bullion cube and 1 TSP beef fat per jar.

    Joe Scegura
    Alexandria MN
    Posts: 2758
    #1815071

    Love this stuff!

    My wife saw a jar of it sitting on the shelf and she had some choice words about the looks of it roll . It may not be pretty in the jar but tastes amazing! I’d definitely recommend it waytogo

    Born
    Posts: 52
    #1815095

    I have eaten it at 4 years old. Stored in cool dark place. My favorite is 1 cup black beans 1 cup canned venison mixed together. It is good cold or warm. I mix it for lunch at work, mostly I eat it cold.

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