Pressure Canning Chicken or Turkey Vegetable Soup

[prateranita]

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[Growley86]

How long would a chicken / turkey soup like that store for?

[AlwaysTeachingMusic]

@Growley86 That's a really good question. I suppose the best place to find a reliable answer would be from Ball Canning Company. We have stored our soups for 2 -3 years, but they don't often last that long on the shelf only because they're used quickly at our house.

[lokalllize]

where can I buy that kind of cocker

[AlwaysTeachingMusic]

@lokalllize You can get a pressure canner by Presto at Walmart like what we've used for many years. We eventually bought a heavy-duty one from a special company because of the amount of canning we do.

[originaLkomatoast]

@lokalllize

That's a 23 Qt Presto which Wally World sells online only, don't stock in stores, they only stock the 16 Qt which wil hold just as many Qt jars but not as many pint jars as they can be stacked in the 23 Qt. Best price I found was on Amazon. I got an extra rack to stack the pint jars.

[Cjaz84]

jealous of your corning wear.....I have the small one in the same pattern!

[snaps81625]

! Tbsp.. parsley to each jar??

[AlwaysTeachingMusic]

@snaps81625 Hmm, yes, I guess we did use 1 TBSP of FRESH parsley. It worked for us.. . maybe we just like lots of fresh parsley in our chicken soup. :) One jar is 4 cups of soup.

[AlwaysTeachingMusic]

No, the chicken is not raw. We pre-cooked the chicken.

[AlwaysTeachingMusic]

No, the chicken is not raw. We pre-cooked the chicken.

[PretendFarmerGirl]

I like your ULU knife!

[AlwaysTeachingMusic]

@PretendFarmerGirl THANKS! It's an Alaska original! ;)

[Topaz5866]

Was that 1/4 c each of celery and onions, and 1/2 c each of chicken carrots and potatoes? It was a little hard to understand both of you speaking the quantities of each.

[AlwaysTeachingMusic]

@Topaz5866 Yes, you are correct. Sorry that we never noticed that before we were giving to different amounts. Thank you for clarifying and, yes, the measurements you have there are correct. Happy canning!

[AlwaysTeachingMusic]

@Topaz5866 Yes, you are correct. Sorry we never noticed that before we were giving to different amounts. Thank you for clarifying and, yes, the measurements you have there are correct. Happy canning!

[dorightfearnothing]

Do you use any seasoning, salts pepper etc.? Also, is meat cooked before canning?

[AlwaysTeachingMusic]

@dorightfearnothing Yes, we add some pepper, but the broth we used is already salted and seasoned. Sometimes we add a little fresh thyme. Yes, we cook the meat before we can it.

[ShindenZero]

Nice clean kitchen. :D

[grapeview61]

Thank you.

[grapeview61]

Ok did you pre cook the chicken first? Are the veggies fully raw or did you blanch them first? It looks to me that the veggies will cook during the canning process. Am I correct?

[AlwaysTeachingMusic]

@grapeview61 Yes, the chicken is pre-cooked. Veggies we used were raw; however, blanching is a good idea and recommended as it's a safety precaution... they do cook fully during the canning process.

[mejia81004]

great idea to stop the "overcook" of the veg!! Thanks!!

[squidskunk]

you didn't tell us to let the canner vent for 10min before starting to build pressure...

[AlwaysTeachingMusic]

@squidskunk Thanks for the note! This is important to remember!!

[peleefarmers]

Looks fantastic......but.....Where did you get the recipe? How do I know that this is a safe recipe? Can you just make up your own recipes when pressure canning?

[AlwaysTeachingMusic]

@peleefarmers I use a Ball Canning Blue Book as my dictionary while cooking to can. Using their recipes as a base, I create my own. I always look up all the ingredients and then process the time and pressure recommended for the ingredient that needs the most processing time. As far as my recipe being safe... well, for us it worked fine. Soup tasted great, and we're all still kicking! ;)

[rage340]

I made a batch of chicken soup and it came out great..then i pressure canned it and it tasted horrible any idea what might have gone wrong? cooked it at 1hr30 for quarts

[AlwaysTeachingMusic]

@rage340 If you added any wine or milk product to your soup it would affect the taste after canning.

[AlwaysTeachingMusic]

@rage340 If you added wine or any milk product to your soup it would affect taste once canned.

[oldtimeway1]

I've been a hunting for the promised picture of your cellar. Where is it?

[VeeVeeVeeV]

it would have been nice to see the finished product...

i've never seen "cold packed" soup for canning..