Chicken Canning

We planned on canning chicken on Friday. Mom and Dad left early to go get the chicken which was on sale for $1.39 per pound at cash and carry. It comes in 40 pound boxes for $55.60 per box. Boneless skinless chicken breasts. So they bought two boxes and came home where Lisa and Derrinda were going to do all the work in cutting them up and putting them in jars.

Unfortunately, they were frozen solid. Usually we get them from Zaycon where they are fresh, not frozen. We didn’t know they would be frozen when we planned it. So needless to say they had to thaw first and could not be processed on Friday.

So, Mom ended up doing all 80 pounds of chicken on Saturday. Great job Mom! We yielded 59 pints and the scraps were fried up for the dogs so they have yummy treats and nothing was wasted.

Just a reminder in case anyone wants to can chicken. Cut chicken into 1 inch cubes --place in pint canning jars leaving 1 inch of head space. Top with lids. Pressure cook at 11 pounds for 75 minutes for pints or 90 minutes for quarts.

The chicken is very moist and tender and great for making easy casseroles, chicken salad sandwiches, topping pizza, etc.