Pressure Canned Seasoned Venison
Fill your shelves with a pressure canned seasoned venison for quick meals throughout the year. Full of flavor and easy to create!
Servings: 5 quarts
Equipment
Ingredients
- 20 cups cubed venison stew meat (about 10 pounds)
- ¼-½ cup seasoning mixture of minced garlic, minced onion, salt, and pepper see directions for additional information
Instructions
- Begin by preparing your canner and jars. Wash and sterilize quart jars, rings, and lids. Keep warm. Check the seal and center vent of your lid the canner. Set aside.
- Create the seasoning mixture: 1 part pepper, 1 part dried minced garlic, 1 part dried minced onion, and 1-2 parts kosher salt (or canning salt).
- Season prepared meat with seasoning mixture.
- Stuff jars with raw seasoned meat, leaving 1 inch of head space.
- Wipe rims with a damp cloth, center the lid on the jar and adjust the band to fingertip tight.
- Place jars on the rack of a prepared pressure canner (mine needs 3 quarts of hot water plus a splash of vinegar).
- Process quart jars for 90 minutes at 10 pounds. If your altitude is greater than 1000 feet, use 15 pounds. Follow the directions of your pressure canner or see the more detailed directions in the notes.
Notes
Pint jars can also be used. You will need two cups of meat per pint jar (four cups per quart jar). Pint jars process for 75 minutes.
We keep the seasoning mixture on hand for all sorts of cooking: proteins, vegetables, potatoes, you name it. That's what the directions give you "parts." so you can mix up as much as you want!
Detailed Directions
Place the lid on the canner and heat to high heat. Once a steady stream of steam can be seen/felt, vent for 10 minutes, adjusting the heat if needed to have a steady but not crazy stream of steam. After 10 minutes, put the weighted gauge on the vent. You will want 10 pounds if your altitude is under 1000 ft; 15 pounds if you are over 1000 ft.
Once the weight starts to jiggle (indicating it has reached the appropriate pressure), begin timing. You will need to process pint jars for 75 minutes and quart jars for 90 minutes. Once the timer has gone off, turn off and remove the canner from heat. Allow the pressure to drop on the canner all the way (read specific canner instructions for the indicator). Remove weight and allow to cool an additional 10 minutes. Remove jars from canner; do not retighten bands. Cool 12 hours, then check their seals, label, and store jars.
Once the weight starts to jiggle (indicating it has reached the appropriate pressure), begin timing. You will need to process pint jars for 75 minutes and quart jars for 90 minutes. Once the timer has gone off, turn off and remove the canner from heat. Allow the pressure to drop on the canner all the way (read specific canner instructions for the indicator). Remove weight and allow to cool an additional 10 minutes. Remove jars from canner; do not retighten bands. Cool 12 hours, then check their seals, label, and store jars.