Has anyone ever heard of canning a chicken?

[krcote]

Just think about the grocery store... they carry canned chicken, tuna, shrimp, ham......... of course you can!

 

[Orchid]

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Pun intended?

 

[PineappleMama]

Can't possibly be any worse than Devilled Ham, Vienna Sausages, Spam...

 

[Tuffoldhen]

Canning chicken or any poultry is done all the time.

http://www.simplycanning.com/canning-chicken.html

 

[bakerjw]

Don't forget canning chicken stock. Quite easy to do.

 

[pdsavage]

You can can anytype of meat you need a Pressure canner not a Pressure cooker ,you can get botulism if you try canning in a Pressure cooker.

You can pressure cook in a pressure canner, but you can’t pressure can in a pressure cooker. That’s the long and short of it, even if sources try to tell you otherwise; the USDA has done the most extensive home-canning testing in the world and their regulations are there to keep you safe! So trust them – they know their botulism (the dangerous bacterium that pressure canning destroys) and they don’t want you dying from it. I can’t even count how many times I’ve heard people wondering how to use a pressure cooker for canning. Listen, folks – it’s not worth your life. This may all seem extreme, but botulism’s ideal environment is a jar of home-canned food. You need to kill these buggers (excuse my Australianese!) right up front before they get a chance to breed even one tiny bit. The same goes for people wondering how to can green beans without a pressure cooker. Just. Don’t. Try it.Pressure canner vs pressure cooker – 10 tips to help you decide

http://naturalmaven.com/pressure-canner-vs-pressure-cooker-10-tips-to-help-you-decide

 

[AKsmama]

My FIL takes a lot of our venison to a canning facility in Georgia and it's pretty good, so yeah, I can imagine canned chicken would be good.

 

[BarefootMom]

This time next week I plan to be canning some chicken! We are processing this weekend (If it doesn't rain that is) and I plan on canning at least a canner full of breasts.

My mom used to can fish...it was kinda gross though.

I can a lot of things- mostly fruit and vegetables though.

 

[Two Creeks Farm]

You can get botulism from store bought processed foods LOL

I use pressure cookers/canners that range in size with weighted gauges and follow the USDA guidlines religiously for cooking times. The time you process at the correct temperature decides what is killed and what isnt, not the cool down period. If you wnt to see a mistake, try opening a pressure cooker or canner immediatley after the timer goes off. You will notice no cool down times on the USDA proceedures as they all state to allow the canner to cool down on its own, thats for your immediate safety not the prevention of botulism. The biggest mistake I see people make is trying to use a hot water bath to can low acid foods.

To each their own ofcourse, but follow those weights and processing times and you will be just fine

 

[HHandbasket]

I buy canned chicken (made by Swanson) at Costco all the time. So if big companies can do it, I can see how ndividuals can do it, too.

Underwood Deviled Ham also does a canned chicken spread that I used to love when I was a kid, but it was pricey and SALTY.