As a new person to pressure canning, I cannot help but reflect on how much I learn from your videos, Lisa! If you are new to preserving food and want to come up to speed fast, you are in the right place.
My husband says he doesn't care for the texture of canned ground beef. However, if I use it in a dish and don't tell him, he never complains about the texture.
My son says it tastes different too. He doesn't live at home and I tell him that's fine, you don't have to eat it-and I think it tastes just fine. But if the power goes out, most of my meat is shelf stable in jars. I only freeze a few packages for burgers and meatloaf-saves tons of room in my freezer and it's easy and quick to make a meal or add to one if unexpected company comes over...Thanks Leisa for all the informative videos! This one was a refresher for me but I always learn something new...
Leisa, I think you are the one that I watched years ago when beginning to can meat. All I`d canned prior to was the normal veggies, fruits, jams, etc. I have never looked back!! :) My pantry`s not complete with out canned meat. So much ya can do with the ground beef..add to spaghetti sauce, sloppy Jo`s, tacos, chili, ground beef & noodles with beef gravy....the list goes on & on. Learning to be creative with meals now might save heartache down the road when things get really bad. You`ve picked a good time for some refresher courses!
I watched your video while having my coffee, 20 minutes later I’m at my local supermarket to buy items for dinner…and low and behold….they had ground meat on fast sale for 99 cents a package (1lb packages)! I got 19 lbs of ground meat for $19!!! Meatloaf mix ( beef, pork and veal), ground veal and ground turkey. What a windfall!!
I just bought 150 pounds at $2.98 pound. If I saw it at 99¢ I'd buy a freezer and purchase 500 pounds at that price. I haven't seen for only 99¢ in 30 years!!!😲😲😲
The restaurant supply store here had a sale on bulk 80/20 ground beef for $2.50/lb last month. I snagged 120 lbs and canned it all up. It’s still shocking and upsetting that $2.50 was an incredibly low price nowadays, but at least I have it for less than they’ll charge tomorrow. I also boiled out and saved some of the fat to use later. AND the best thing I did was I bottled up the gross goopy dregs at the bottom that are little crumbs and gelatin juice and I stuck it in the fridge to mix a little with kibble every day. My doggo loooves me for it. I didn’t use my handy dandy electric canner for this kind of heavy duty bulk job…cough cough 💜
The gelatin is wonderful for dogs. It gives them extra minerals for bones. I make homemade dog food for my 10 yr old border collie who is slowing down, but he's got a 4 month old female Anatolian Shepherd puppy who weighs 45 pounds already. She really can use the bone broth or gelatin.
We love Taco Tuesday nights with our canned meat. So fast, so yummy. Just brown up, add your packet and the water that is in the jar is enuf to mix the spice with. Easy Peasy
My fiance wasn’t sure about the texture. I made tacos with canned ground beef and didn’t tell him it was canned meat. He didn’t even notice and went back for seconds!
Maybe not everyone would think this is a good idea, but what I do is can a 50/50 mix of ground beef and ground turkery. The turkey maintains its texture just like freshly cooked, but when opening the jars it has a nice beefy taste.
I have canned an amazing amount of ground beef. At first, I wasn't thrilled with the smell either. However, if you put it in a cast iron pan with some bacon grease and fry it up, it takes on a whole new flavor. I don't raise pigs, but I do save my bacon grease in pint jars in the fridge. Use it with eggs, or beef, or hash browns,... whatever you want, it helps with flavor. Then you can use the ground beef in anything like sauce, casseroles, burritos, etc. Can until you can't.
Leisa I always come back to your videos. I know I will can safely and protect my family. It's not a criticism of home canners for people who didn't grow up eating canned meat. I've learned to use canned hamburger in making things (spaghetti, lasagna, sloppy Joe's etc). I think the same thing about home canned peaches. I spent a small fortune picking organic peaches and home canned them. The darn things tasted like I opened a can of sliced peaches I bought at the grocery store. All that work for nothing. My mother always froze her peaches and strawberries. Until the day I die I will freeze my strawberries and peaches. I'm concerned that we will soon lose our electrical grid for a lengthy period so I've been a canning maniac. Freeze drying too. I just got half a hog today delivered and that's next week's project. Thank you for everything you have taught us. I don't say it often enough.
Thank you so much for the kick in the butt. I don’t care for canned ground beef BUT, I’ll bet I will love it a couple of years from now when I can’t get or afford it ❤
Tomato juice is an approved liquid. My 1st try canning GB, I used TJ since wasn’t sure about flavor; figured I could use it for spaghetti sauce or chili.
Just a suggestion from my learning: As someone who started pressure canning in smaller jars for quite some time, use caution where the smaller jars are located in the pot. If the smaller jars are in certain older canners or (if stacking in the canner) on the lower tier, it can change the density of the final product or cause over heating (especially in the older canners) of the bottom of the glass. My cats and kids were unhappy with the denser ground beef. And the cracked jars were my learning curve. I have 2 newer canners now.
This instructional video is one of your best ones on canning ground meat. It is very thorough , clear, and concise, straight to the point. I will save and will recommend this one for beginners and a refresher for the more experienced who have not canned in awhile. Thanks 👍
I’ve been out of work for a couple of months and the meat that I have canned has really helped me and my family out. Like most new canners I was scared as heck to use the pressure bomb lol. So once the first batch was done I was hooked on it. I grab a jar dump it in a pan heat up some instant rice and some veggies and dinner is served in about 10 minutes.
I'll be checking the Wednesday sale ad for some ground beef to can and a roast or 2 for vegetable soup. Also, the extra turkey that I bought before Christmas will be coming out of my freezer for roasting, broth making, and canning. I have lots of empty pint jars that need to be filled after eating from my pantry this past winter. Thank you for your video!
I learned in 2020 from you to do this. I use 80/20. I cook it, drain the fat, fill the jars and I use beef broth. I use it for tacos, goulash, enchiladas, anything you would use ground beef for. I have had no problems with a different taste or texture. Use spices when you are about to eat it. :)
Our ground beef is on sale this week for $3.49/pound. I have some ground beef canned but my husband thinks it has a weird texture. I'm fine with it. But the deal is that we still have to use what I've canned. I do think that it kinda smells like dog food until it's reheated. Then it's just fine. Meat is meat if you ask me. And I love it that it's shelf stable. That goes for all meat though.
Smart move on your part! I actually watched your video on canning meat and put up ugly chicken and beef. I just used up the last jar of beef and it’s on sale the next two days and I plan on going both days, because they are limiting it to 10 pounds. So, my sweet husband has agreed to follow me with his own cart and buy his limit too! He seems to love the Burrito in a jar and eat all 12 I made in January already.😂🥰
USDA canning guide has an excellent chili con carne recipe. Having plain canned g-beef is handy for quick meals - tacos, enchiladas, SOS, spaghetti; any recipe that calls for ground beef. It doesn't stink to me and seasoning once opened is the trick.
I love having ground beef on the shelf. I just went down to my pantry looking for some raw packed pork and was surprised how many jars of meatballs I have thanks to you. 😊
It was meatball french [Italian actally] bread pizza 2 weeks ago. Absolutely awesome. 😊😊 Walmart has Italian or French loaf for $1. Screw Stouffers, 6 full meals!
Funny that you did this today. My son and I canned ground beef this weekend. We didn’t save the liquid from the browning. I used beef broth instead. However, I have at least 10 more lbs to do and will save the liquid and add to it.
Started pantry reorganization and inventory before work this morning. ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE STACKING PAST THE RAFTERS. Goal is more room and easier access. This will be a several day process.
Newbie to canning and I think I have missed the boat with prices. Beef is so expensive here I may have to stick to beans. Love your videos. Learned all about siphoning today also.
I had seen someone who, instead of cooking it like you did, they blanched the ground meat. That was a royal pain! I may try this with ground goat meat. (Yes, I raise meat goats). The meat has a richer flavor than most ground beef. Makes WONDERFUL meat loaf or stuffed peppers.
Texture sensitive.....my family didn't like it BUT the dog did....oh well, live and learn. I feel if I can roast, chicken, sausage and bacon I can put more ground beef in my freezer. Love watching your channel....I learn so much from you!
I've done something similar. Canned all chicken and roasts then filled the freezer with the steaks, bacon, dairy & bones for making broth. I wasn't sure about the ground beef, so I tried one batch of no-bean chili (keto diet). I do notice a texture difference, but it's not bad. The flavor is still the same. So I think I'm going to work on canning ground beef now - plain & a seasoned version for breakfast that I can throw into scrambled eggs w/ cheese. I'd also like to try those stuffed pepper soup recipes people have shown. I wish you well on your preservation endeavor. Cheers! :)
I just picked up on another 200 pounds of 81/19 for $2.98 pound. Im going to try canning patties using my wide mouth as a cutter and browning them before putting into jars. I boil up the fat and onion peels and cool overnight to remove the fat. Its so much tastier than just plain water.
I use the canned ground beef for chili, tacos, and sauces, but I'm going to try making a tourtiere (meat pie) with it too. Thank you Leisa for all the knowledge you share. 😊
I was amazed at how good canned hamburger is. I didnt think it was mushy at all. Thank you Leisa, for all of your hard work and sharing great information.
Just did a load yesterday! Great minds think alike 😊 I use boiling water to clean my lids and since not using vinegar any more all my lids seal. Before that when I was using vinegar I kept having fails! Love watching your videos - thank you!
I need to get on this! Just had to clear out my stand up freezer since it stopped running sometime yesterday. Thankfully, there wasn't much meat in it, mostly my husband's junk food.
Had a first yesterday while canning broth, my funnel would not go down inside jar, yep mason jar. I thought what the hey here? Filled my others lidded them and put in canner looked at said jar. It was not round!😳😳😳 never seen that before. It was a jar a friend gave me with questionable contents I had dumped and cleaned al jars, didn’t notice this one. But it went to trash after I checked with another funnel, and proving it was wonky! Will never forget that experience.
being single, I like to can my ground beef, with onion and mushrooms in broth, in 10 to 12 oz jars. Each jar is just the right size to pour over a baked potato. This makes it easier for me because I get enough meat with no waste and no over-eating. But if I do meatballs, i have to use pints. Using the right size jars saves money.
Oh, I also have a second question. If you can half pints, I know you process for the same amount of time as pints. How do you get the jars above the water line, though? If it were 3 quarts or 3 inches of water, wouldn't it cover the half pint jars? Do you just stack up several racks to get the jars above the water line if you are doing half pints? Thank you so much. I love your channel--very informative!
I don't recall hearing what ratio of meat you used. Could you please specify? Thank you.... My garden harvest has already started with spinach, and herbs and green beans, etc. I just need to get my "meat" house in order. Thanks for all of your tutorials. I have learned a lot about safety and safely canning from you.
I wasn't a fan of the taste raw packed but it was fine with spaghetti sauce or taco seasoning. It also came out of the jar in a big clump that you have to break up. The last time I cooked it first and added taco seasoning for tacos and nachos and it's pretty good that way.
@@lisashowalter6083 Yes, I've been doing this for a couple of years now. I only use the 90-93% lean ground beef, cook it in a skillet until all the pink is out, then spread it on the silicone mats on my dehydrating trays. Once they are dehydrated, I put it in Mason jars, then vacuum seal it. I know this is probably overkill, but the meat has a great taste once I rehydrate it by pouring boiling water over it and soaking it. You can also add it to soups, stews, spaghetti sauce, etc.
Lisa can you tell me something. IF I GET my jars ready to canand then don't have time to can it ,can I safely put it >n the fridge and can it the next day thank you Becky
Slowly but surely over time I've swapped out to all wide mouth jars simply for a few simple personal preference reasons. 1. Consistency, they are all the same so I don't have to grab or stock multiple ring and lid sizes. 2. Easier to get stuff in and out of. 3. Big hands so easier to get down inside if I have to clean out something stubborn. Only exceptions of course being things that aren't nearly as easy to find in wide mouth like half pints etc. I still have few regular mouth jars here and there but they usually get used for gifted canning stuff and get replaced. I do find a slight consistency difference with canned burger vs fresh burger but not enough of one to really care. Taste wise I prefer using broth to plain water because it's a flavor bonus.
Lisa please help. I made 4 qts of tomatoe juice and forgot to put my citric acid in them. I processed them and they sealed, do I have to throw them out? Thanks I watch you all the time. Liz
This is the only meat I've had reservations doing lol. Would it have better flavor, maybe, if I used beef broth instead of water to fill the jars with?
I can my ground beef the same way as you do. I do however add salt to the jars while filling them with the medium fried hamburger. I tried the raw pack ground beef once and yep, never did it again. It was all just a big clump... I use my caned ground beef in basically everything that I would put ground beef in, unless I have fresh ground beef on hand. I have actually also managed to make both meatballs and meatloaf from the caned ground beef. You do however need a "binder" and, I use eggs and breadcrumbs to create that binder. Otherwise, I just follow the recipe for meatballs or meatloaf. I'll a lot of times add more than just ground beef to my meatloaf. Such as onions, garlic, bacon, black olives, salt/spices and whatever else pops into my mind, that I think will taste good and I have in my pantry. Hubby has not been able to tell the difference between the meatloaf made of fresh ground beef and caned...😁 Could also be due that I seldom make the meatloaf with the same ingredients so, he's used to it tasting a bit different but, he still claims that the consistency is the same. I'd say that the only thing I do different between fresh ground beef and caned, is that the caned ground beef I'll usually make in a bread/loaf pan, whereas the fresh beef I'll make into a roll and roll it up in tin foil when going into the oven.
Leisa could I cook the meat & pour out the liquid, then pour in beef broth in the pot and heat it up just until it is almost boiling ? Would that help it to taste better? Just wandering.
Thank you for sharing this will help me a lot. I was wanting to ask when I can chili and spaghetti sauce with hamburger the burger disappears or dissolves. Is this normal? Would you be able to tell me how you do spaghetti sauce or chili with beans that you had added hamburger to it before canning. Thank You Alicia in Almost Heaven West Virginia
Kroger has ground beef right now, buy 2, get 1 free. It's not the leanest, but I did a test a couple months ago, fried both 85/15 and 73/27 and there was only a 1.5 ounce difference per pound. So if I buy 10 lbs and get 5 pounds free, that's $2.39/lb. - a savings I can't pass up for minimal loss to the fat content. I'll just drain off most of it and add some hot beef broth to the jars. We don't mind the texture. Like you said, "It's MEAT".
I may have missed this part, but did you brown your ground beef in a separate pan and then move it to the roaster pan to keep warm (with water added), or did you actually brown it in the roaster pan, drain the grease, and then add water? I have a roaster pan I have never used yet and am really new to all of this. Thank you!
Great video as always! I have a question. I see that you did not completely fill the bottom of the canner with jars and left a huge hole in the center of the canner floor. Then you put a rack on top of the jars then added the jars on top. I was always taught that you must completely fill each layer and if you do not have enough product to do so, you either put jars with water and a lid or pad around the jars with a towel. I was told to do this so jars do not clink against each other and possibly break or tip over. Can you set me straight on this? Thanks!
Can you make stuff peppers and can them? Found a recipe for them. Parboil peppers, cook your hamburger and ingredients, stuff the peppers and put in Jat, can pints for 75 mins. Safe?
There is an approved canning recipe for Stuffed Pepper Soup; it's in several canning recipe books and a few people on YT have videos on it. I plan to make then recipe, but when I'm ready to eat it, I'll add the rice and drain off excess liquid. The textures will all be different, but I'm hoping that the taste will be the same. I love stuffed peppers. :)
I have a couple ground beef soup recipes, one spicy Mexican style. My son brought home a hamburger pasta recipe from Italy too. This looks perfect. Dog food... alrighty then. Half pint for me, open 2 if you need a pound 😊
I've been canning my ground beef for years sometimes I put broth in place of the water it's all good to us!!
As a new person to pressure canning, I cannot help but reflect on how much I learn from your videos, Lisa!
If you are new to preserving food and want to come up to speed fast, you are in the right place.
My husband says he doesn't care for the texture of canned ground beef. However, if I use it in a dish and don't tell him, he never complains about the texture.
Because he's tasting with his head instead of his mouth. I believe that a lot of the texture issues are caused from this
My son says it tastes different too. He doesn't live at home and I tell him that's fine, you don't have to eat it-and I think it tastes just fine. But if the power goes out, most of my meat is shelf stable in jars. I only freeze a few packages for burgers and meatloaf-saves tons of room in my freezer and it's easy and quick to make a meal or add to one if unexpected company comes over...Thanks Leisa for all the informative videos! This one was a refresher for me but I always learn something new...
Leisa, I think you are the one that I watched years ago when beginning to can meat. All I`d canned prior to was the normal veggies, fruits, jams, etc. I have never looked back!! :) My pantry`s not complete with out canned meat. So much ya can do with the ground beef..add to spaghetti sauce, sloppy Jo`s, tacos, chili, ground beef & noodles with beef gravy....the list goes on & on. Learning to be creative with meals now might save heartache down the road when things get really bad. You`ve picked a good time for some refresher courses!
Thanks!
I watched your video while having my coffee, 20 minutes later I’m at my local supermarket to buy items for dinner…and low and behold….they had ground meat on fast sale for 99 cents a package (1lb packages)! I got 19 lbs of ground meat for $19!!! Meatloaf mix ( beef, pork and veal), ground veal and ground turkey. What a windfall!!
Love that!
I just bought 150 pounds at $2.98 pound. If I saw it at 99¢ I'd buy a freezer and purchase 500 pounds at that price. I haven't seen for only 99¢ in 30 years!!!😲😲😲
The restaurant supply store here had a sale on bulk 80/20 ground beef for $2.50/lb last month. I snagged 120 lbs and canned it all up. It’s still shocking and upsetting that $2.50 was an incredibly low price nowadays, but at least I have it for less than they’ll charge tomorrow. I also boiled out and saved some of the fat to use later. AND the best thing I did was I bottled up the gross goopy dregs at the bottom that are little crumbs and gelatin juice and I stuck it in the fridge to mix a little with kibble every day. My doggo loooves me for it. I didn’t use my handy dandy electric canner for this kind of heavy duty bulk job…cough cough 💜
The gelatin is wonderful for dogs. It gives them extra minerals for bones. I make homemade dog food for my 10 yr old border collie who is slowing down, but he's got a 4 month old female Anatolian Shepherd puppy who weighs 45 pounds already. She really can use the bone broth or gelatin.
SCORE!
I add my seasonings to it before jarring or while pre cooking. Like onions, bell peppers, salt&pepper. That way it doesn’t have that off scent.
We love Taco Tuesday nights with our canned meat. So fast, so yummy. Just brown up, add your packet and the water that is in the jar is enuf to mix the spice with. Easy Peasy
Love it
My stock pile of ground beef and items has been a blessing especially since we are dealing with a health crisis. Thank you for your videos.
These are the emergencies we prep for.
My fiance wasn’t sure about the texture. I made tacos with canned ground beef and didn’t tell him it was canned meat. He didn’t even notice and went back for seconds!
That is often the best route for doubters
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Maybe not everyone would think this is a good idea, but what I do is can a 50/50 mix of ground beef and ground turkery. The turkey maintains its texture just like freshly cooked, but when opening the jars it has a nice beefy taste.
Good idea, kinda lime what I did with the ground beef and ground pork
Yeah BORK!!
I get pork loin for $1.29 and have the butcher grind it to mix with gr beef or on its own. Big savings.
I have canned an amazing amount of ground beef. At first, I wasn't thrilled with the smell either. However, if you put it in a cast iron pan with some bacon grease and fry it up, it takes on a whole new flavor. I don't raise pigs, but I do save my bacon grease in pint jars in the fridge. Use it with eggs, or beef, or hash browns,... whatever you want, it helps with flavor. Then you can use the ground beef in anything like sauce, casseroles, burritos, etc. Can until you can't.
Great tip!
I use bacon grease on my cast iron loaf pans for making our bread! Can’t taste I in the bread, awe shucks!
A kitchen isn't complete without a jar of bacon grease! 🥓
Leisa I always come back to your videos. I know I will can safely and protect my family. It's not a criticism of home canners for people who didn't grow up eating canned meat. I've learned to use canned hamburger in making things (spaghetti, lasagna, sloppy Joe's etc). I think the same thing about home canned peaches. I spent a small fortune picking organic peaches and home canned them. The darn things tasted like I opened a can of sliced peaches I bought at the grocery store. All that work for nothing. My mother always froze her peaches and strawberries. Until the day I die I will freeze my strawberries and peaches. I'm concerned that we will soon lose our electrical grid for a lengthy period so I've been a canning maniac. Freeze drying too. I just got half a hog today delivered and that's next week's project. Thank you for everything you have taught us. I don't say it often enough.
:-) As you are talking after removing the jars from the canner, all i could here is that HAPPY sound of the lids sealing. Fantastic presentation.
Glad you enjoyed it
I’m eating a jar of my canned pork tonight for supper. Along with a jar of okra. Yes the slimy kind.
I LOVE the sling okra… but have never canned it
Thank you so much for the kick in the butt. I don’t care for canned ground beef BUT, I’ll bet I will love it a couple of years from now when I can’t get or afford it ❤
Tomato sauce, or brown gravy, or bbq/Sloppy Joe, or taco/fajita seasonings. ❤
Tomato juice is an approved liquid. My 1st try canning GB, I used TJ since wasn’t sure about flavor; figured I could use it for spaghetti sauce or chili.
Sounds great!
Can meat is wonderful , nothing like dog food . Been canning it for over 25 years .
I’m glad you like it and don’t think it tastes like dog food. Now I am going to give it a try.
Just a suggestion from my learning:
As someone who started pressure canning in smaller jars for quite some time, use caution where the smaller jars are located in the pot. If the smaller jars are in certain older canners or (if stacking in the canner) on the lower tier, it can change the density of the final product or cause over heating (especially in the older canners) of the bottom of the glass. My cats and kids were unhappy with the denser ground beef. And the cracked jars were my learning curve. I have 2 newer canners now.
I have never experienced this with my old canners
Having this and homemade tomato sauce makes for the fastest spaghetti ever! This along with ugly chicken are staples!
This instructional video is one of your best ones on canning ground meat. It is very thorough , clear, and concise, straight to the point. I will save and will recommend this one for beginners and a refresher for the more experienced who have not canned in awhile.
Thanks 👍
I’ve been out of work for a couple of months and the meat that I have canned has really helped me and my family out. Like most new canners I was scared as heck to use the pressure bomb lol. So once the first batch was done I was hooked on it. I grab a jar dump it in a pan heat up some instant rice and some veggies and dinner is served in about 10 minutes.
I love my canned ground beef! It’s always ready for a meal ! However I really like my chicken even more… gotta get more!
I haven't tried ground beef yet, but I did can 12 pints of seasoned black beans that are amazing!
How did you season them ? So far, all of the beans that I've canned are unseasoned. I want to do black beans next.
I'll be checking the Wednesday sale ad for some ground beef to can and a roast or 2 for vegetable soup. Also, the extra turkey that I bought before Christmas will be coming out of my freezer for roasting, broth making, and canning. I have lots of empty pint jars that need to be filled after eating from my pantry this past winter. Thank you for your video!
I learned in 2020 from you to do this. I use 80/20. I cook it, drain the fat, fill the jars and I use beef broth.
I use it for tacos, goulash, enchiladas, anything you would use ground beef for. I have had no problems with a different taste or texture. Use spices when you are about to eat it.
:)
Our ground beef is on sale this week for $3.49/pound. I have some ground beef canned but my husband thinks it has a weird texture. I'm fine with it. But the deal is that we still have to use what I've canned. I do think that it kinda smells like dog food until it's reheated. Then it's just fine. Meat is meat if you ask me. And I love it that it's shelf stable. That goes for all meat though.
Have you tried canning it as meatballs? Leisa has a great video on that and they are very good.
Smart move on your part! I actually watched your video on canning meat and put up ugly chicken and beef. I just used up the last jar of beef and it’s on sale the next two days and I plan on going both days, because they are limiting it to 10 pounds. So, my sweet husband has agreed to follow me with his own cart and buy his limit too! He seems to love the Burrito in a jar and eat all 12 I made in January already.😂🥰
USDA canning guide has an excellent chili con carne recipe. Having plain canned g-beef is handy for quick meals - tacos, enchiladas, SOS, spaghetti; any recipe that calls for ground beef. It doesn't stink to me and seasoning once opened is the trick.
I LOVE canned ground beef. I will never not have an abundance on my shelf.
Do you do it plain or add seasonings? Thanks!
@@vsheavenly68 I’ve done it with just salt. With garlic powder and minced onions. And with beef bouillon. All were delicious
@@RuthYB53 thank you so much 🌺
Love having canned meat on the shelf. No worries of power outages, it is already cooked. Fast food? you bet ya. Love your channel. GOD bless
Tacos, sloppy joes, burritos, biscuits and gravy homemade hamburger helper and the list goes on. Thanks Leisa!
I love this canned beef for chili and taco casseroles😃
I love having ground beef on the shelf. I just went down to my pantry looking for some raw packed pork and was surprised how many jars of meatballs I have thanks to you. 😊
That is awesome!
It was meatball french [Italian actally] bread pizza 2 weeks ago. Absolutely awesome. 😊😊 Walmart has Italian or French loaf for $1. Screw Stouffers, 6 full meals!
Funny that you did this today. My son and I canned ground beef this weekend. We didn’t save the liquid from the browning. I used beef broth instead. However, I have at least 10 more lbs to do and will save the liquid and add to it.
As long as its not real fatty, you're good
Instead of water I add beef broth. Helps make the taste richer
Started pantry reorganization and inventory before work this morning. ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE STACKING PAST THE RAFTERS.
Goal is more room and easier access. This will be a several day process.
But worth every step. You've got this
Your closed captions are a hoot. You are apparently "stacking it to the raptors" (not the rafters). 🦖
🤣🤣🤣
Newbie to canning and I think I have missed the boat with prices. Beef is so expensive here I may have to stick to beans. Love your videos. Learned all about siphoning today also.
I had seen someone who, instead of cooking it like you did, they blanched the
ground meat. That was a royal pain! I may try this with ground goat meat. (Yes, I raise meat goats). The meat has a richer flavor than most ground beef. Makes WONDERFUL meat loaf or stuffed peppers.
You can do it!
Wow! Duh me I didn't think of using my roaster!
I’m retiring in June and doing more canning is on my list of things I want to do!! Can’t wait! Great video!!
Texture sensitive.....my family didn't like it BUT the dog did....oh well, live and learn. I feel if I can roast, chicken, sausage and bacon I can put more ground beef in my freezer. Love watching your channel....I learn so much from you!
Thank you
I've done something similar. Canned all chicken and roasts then filled the freezer with the steaks, bacon, dairy & bones for making broth. I wasn't sure about the ground beef, so I tried one batch of no-bean chili (keto diet). I do notice a texture difference, but it's not bad. The flavor is still the same. So I think I'm going to work on canning ground beef now - plain & a seasoned version for breakfast that I can throw into scrambled eggs w/ cheese. I'd also like to try those stuffed pepper soup recipes people have shown.
I wish you well on your preservation endeavor. Cheers! :)
I just picked up on another 200 pounds of 81/19 for $2.98 pound. Im going to try canning patties using my wide mouth as a cutter and browning them before putting into jars. I boil up the fat and onion peels and cool overnight to remove the fat. Its so much tastier than just plain water.
I use the canned ground beef for chili, tacos, and sauces, but I'm going to try making a tourtiere (meat pie) with it too. Thank you Leisa for all the knowledge you share. 😊
Thank you!
Cottage pie! Casserole with mashed tater hat! Yum Yum yum.
I was amazed at how good canned hamburger is. I didnt think it was mushy at all. Thank you Leisa, for all of your hard work and sharing great information.
I'm getting ready to get another 1/4 beef in June and still have some ground beef from last year. Getting ready to can some up.
Jeez, I failed my first time try w/ pickles. I guess I'll have to try again. You make it look easy! Btw, that meat could mske some sloppy joes 😉
Yes it could
Just did a load yesterday! Great minds think alike 😊 I use boiling water to clean my lids and since not using vinegar any more all my lids seal. Before that when I was using vinegar I kept having fails! Love watching your videos - thank you!
I need to get on this! Just had to clear out my stand up freezer since it stopped running sometime yesterday. Thankfully, there wasn't much meat in it, mostly my husband's junk food.
Canning ground beef is the same texture as Taco Bell meat (which I love) for various meals.
Ha! I never noticed that.
I think this would be great for Runza sandwiches or casseroles! Just cook down the cabbage and onions and add this ground beef.
Thank you, Lisa. I am just starting and I have been on the fence (fearful) about canning meat and especially ground beef. This is a needed push.
You can do it! ♥️
Yes , THANK YOU LEISA YOUR THE BEST 😊
Thank you
Had a first yesterday while canning broth, my funnel would not go down inside jar, yep mason jar. I thought what the hey here? Filled my others lidded them and put in canner looked at said jar. It was not round!😳😳😳 never seen that before. It was a jar a friend gave me with questionable contents I had dumped and cleaned al jars, didn’t notice this one. But it went to trash after I checked with another funnel, and proving it was wonky! Will never forget that experience.
Might have saved the jar for dry goods.
@@miriambeckstrom9425that's what I thought at first but you still need a lid.
@@kimskluckers2951 could have used it for a vase or holding pencils. If nothing else just to root or water plants. Oh well, it's gone now 😕
Lol 8 counted 7 popping when you pulled them out sweet music to the ear.
Great video! I always watch to make sure I process all my proteins and vegetables correctly!
Thanks for sharing
being single, I like to can my ground beef, with onion and mushrooms in broth, in 10 to 12 oz jars. Each jar is just the right size to pour over a baked potato. This makes it easier for me because I get enough meat with no waste and no over-eating. But if I do meatballs, i have to use pints. Using the right size jars saves money.
Sounds great!
I learned a bunch with your videos thank you so much
Oh, I also have a second question. If you can half pints, I know you process for the same amount of time as pints. How do you get the jars above the water line, though? If it were 3 quarts or 3 inches of water, wouldn't it cover the half pint jars? Do you just stack up several racks to get the jars above the water line if you are doing half pints? Thank you so much. I love your channel--very informative!
Add an extra rack on the bittom
I don't recall hearing what ratio of meat you used. Could you please specify? Thank you.... My garden harvest has already started with spinach, and herbs and green beans, etc. I just need to get my "meat" house in order. Thanks for all of your tutorials. I have learned a lot about safety and safely canning from you.
I get very lean beef from our processor. What ever kind you get works
I wasn't a fan of the taste raw packed but it was fine with spaghetti sauce or taco seasoning. It also came out of the jar in a big clump that you have to break up. The last time I cooked it first and added taco seasoning for tacos and nachos and it's pretty good that way.
I'm not crazy about the canned ground beef, so my compromise is to cook the ground meat and dehydrate it. This works better for me.
Have you done this and does it change texture?
@@lisashowalter6083 Yes, I've been doing this for a couple of years now. I only use the 90-93% lean ground beef, cook it in a skillet until all the pink is out, then spread it on the silicone mats on my dehydrating trays. Once they are dehydrated, I put it in Mason jars, then vacuum seal it. I know this is probably overkill, but the meat has a great taste once I rehydrate it by pouring boiling water over it and soaking it. You can also add it to soups, stews, spaghetti sauce, etc.
Thank you!!🙏🏻💕
You're so welcome!
Lisa can you tell me something. IF I GET my jars ready to canand then don't have time to can it ,can I safely put it >n the fridge and can it the next day thank you Becky
Yes
I love canned ground beef.
Me too
Thank you, Leisa!!
Slowly but surely over time I've swapped out to all wide mouth jars simply for a few simple personal preference reasons. 1. Consistency, they are all the same so I don't have to grab or stock multiple ring and lid sizes. 2. Easier to get stuff in and out of. 3. Big hands so easier to get down inside if I have to clean out something stubborn. Only exceptions of course being things that aren't nearly as easy to find in wide mouth like half pints etc. I still have few regular mouth jars here and there but they usually get used for gifted canning stuff and get replaced. I do find a slight consistency difference with canned burger vs fresh burger but not enough of one to really care. Taste wise I prefer using broth to plain water because it's a flavor bonus.
Thank you. Very helpful advice. Off I go.
love your videos. so informative. thanks loads
Great instructions.
Lisa please help. I made 4 qts of tomatoe juice and forgot to put my citric acid in them. I processed them and they sealed, do I have to throw them out? Thanks I watch you all the time. Liz
How long ago?
Thank you!
Do you have a local beef farmer nearby that you could source some real good healthy beef from? The taste is SO much better than store bought.
That's what I did
This is the only meat I've had reservations doing lol. Would it have better flavor, maybe, if I used beef broth instead of water to fill the jars with?
Could be
I can my ground beef the same way as you do. I do however add salt to the jars while filling them with the medium fried hamburger. I tried the raw pack ground beef once and yep, never did it again. It was all just a big clump...
I use my caned ground beef in basically everything that I would put ground beef in, unless I have fresh ground beef on hand.
I have actually also managed to make both meatballs and meatloaf from the caned ground beef. You do however need a "binder" and, I use eggs and breadcrumbs to create that binder. Otherwise, I just follow the recipe for meatballs or meatloaf. I'll a lot of times add more than just ground beef to my meatloaf. Such as onions, garlic, bacon, black olives, salt/spices and whatever else pops into my mind, that I think will taste good and I have in my pantry. Hubby has not been able to tell the difference between the meatloaf made of fresh ground beef and caned...😁 Could also be due that I seldom make the meatloaf with the same ingredients so, he's used to it tasting a bit different but, he still claims that the consistency is the same. I'd say that the only thing I do different between fresh ground beef and caned, is that the caned ground beef I'll usually make in a bread/loaf pan, whereas the fresh beef I'll make into a roll and roll it up in tin foil when going into the oven.
I may have to give that a try, thanks!
@@SuttonsDaze I really like the meatloaf with the added bacon in it since it does ad back some fat into the ground beef
Someday I'd like to see you do half pints,if that's ever possible. Thank you
Leisa could I cook the meat & pour out the liquid, then pour in beef broth in the pot and heat it up just until it is almost boiling ? Would that help it to taste better? Just wandering.
Wouldn't change the flavor
Just call me Fido. I like home canned ground beef.
Me too!! Bark bark
Leisa, everything we use burger with, we put onion in. Is it ok to cook this partially with onion? Thank you so much❤
Yes you can
I'd like to have my meat seasoned and ready to use when I open the jar, is there a restriction on adding spices? I use 3 tbs per pound of meat. TY.
Nooe, dry spices are approved
I have figured out that if you are having trouble with bands seating, if you turn the opposite way, they will sit, and then you turn the other 😮way .
Lisa could you use beef broth or bullion instead of water?
Absolutely
Love it. I have an American standard canner I need to put to use. What's the shelf life on these stored properly?
Years
Another informative video. Thanks.
So nice of you
Thank you
You're welcome
Thank you for sharing this will help me a lot. I was wanting to ask when I can chili and spaghetti sauce with hamburger the burger disappears or dissolves. Is this normal? Would you be able to tell me how you do spaghetti sauce or chili with beans that you had added hamburger to it before canning.
Thank You
Alicia in Almost Heaven West Virginia
The NCFHFP has a chili recipe with beans. You may want to can the ground beef seperate to get your desired effect
Kroger has ground beef right now, buy 2, get 1 free. It's not the leanest, but I did a test a couple months ago, fried both 85/15 and 73/27 and there was only a 1.5 ounce difference per pound. So if I buy 10 lbs and get 5 pounds free, that's $2.39/lb. - a savings I can't pass up for minimal loss to the fat content. I'll just drain off most of it and add some hot beef broth to the jars. We don't mind the texture. Like you said, "It's MEAT".
I may have missed this part, but did you brown your ground beef in a separate pan and then move it to the roaster pan to keep warm (with water added), or did you actually brown it in the roaster pan, drain the grease, and then add water? I have a roaster pan I have never used yet and am really new to all of this. Thank you!
Nope, Cooked it in the roaster. The water is optional, I did it because my roaster runs hot and I didn't want to overcook the meat
Thanks
Welcome
Great video as always! I have a question. I see that you did not completely fill the bottom of the canner with jars and left a huge hole in the center of the canner floor. Then you put a rack on top of the jars then added the jars on top. I was always taught that you must completely fill each layer and if you do not have enough product to do so, you either put jars with water and a lid or pad around the jars with a towel. I was told to do this so jars do not clink against each other and possibly break or tip over. Can you set me straight on this? Thanks!
Hi, I think you've said in past video, but I 'm not sure. Can a cake rack be used to add a second layer of jars ??
Sure
@@SuttonsDaze Thanks for the quick response!!
Most of the meat I buy fr the store is " loaded " with water so adding water to my canning is no big deal.
You're the best 💖
You mentioned protein coffee in another video. What does it consist of, protein powder?
Premier protein powder blended into my coffee
Can you make stuff peppers and can them? Found a recipe for them. Parboil peppers, cook your hamburger and ingredients, stuff the peppers and put in Jat, can pints for 75 mins. Safe?
If you make it without rice, yes. But...... it wont be what youre used to
There is an approved canning recipe for Stuffed Pepper Soup; it's in several canning recipe books and a few people on YT have videos on it. I plan to make then recipe, but when I'm ready to eat it, I'll add the rice and drain off excess liquid. The textures will all be different, but I'm hoping that the taste will be the same. I love stuffed peppers. :)
Are those cast iron furnace vents you put your jars on when they come out? If so that's a great idea!
yes they are :-)
I have a couple ground beef soup recipes, one spicy Mexican style. My son brought home a hamburger pasta recipe from Italy too. This looks perfect. Dog food... alrighty then. Half pint for me, open 2 if you need a pound 😊
1st batch I did was too much pressure and it tastes over cooked .Save it for dog food😊.I have a 15 weight and 10 is what I was supposed to be.