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When using a safe, tested pressure canning recipe, what are the guidelines on swapping meat? I.e., beef stew... can I use venison? Pork? Chicken? It ...
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Swapping Meats #878001
Asked July 20, 2024, 10:04 AM EDT
When using a safe, tested pressure canning recipe, what are the guidelines on swapping meat? I.e., beef stew... can I use venison? Pork? Chicken? It seems as though, at the very least, red meat swaps make sense?
I'm not finding any written guidelines on safely swapping meats 1:1 in a tested recipe. Please advise. Thank you so much.
Franklin County Ohio
Expert Response
This is from Nellie Oehler, answered July 15 #877114
You are right you can substitute different meats in the recipe. Generally, we recommend if it calls for a red meat you can substitute game meats., lamb, goat, and pork, and if it calls for poultry that also include chicken, duck, goose, and rabbit and follow the preparation methods for preparing the meat for canning.
The processing times for meats are all the same without bone so there should not be a problem interchanging them. If you are canning poultry with bone in, the processing time is different.
When canning chili, soups, stews etc. you need to follow guidelines for preparation of the tested recipe as well as the size of the jar. For example it is ok to make chili that calls for beef with ground turkey or you could substitute different meats in soups as long as you keep the other ingredients in the right proportions. If it says pints only then don't can in quarts. Hope that makes sense.
There are some good recipes and guidelines in this publication
https://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog/pub/pnw-361-canning-meat-poultry-game
Learn More:https://nchfp.uga.edu/how/can/preparing-and-canning-poultry-red-meats-and-seafoods/meat-strips-cubes-or-chunks/
Ball Beef Stew Recipe
https://www.ballmasonjars.com/blog?cid=easy-beef-stew-pressure-canning
You are right you can substitute different meats in the recipe. Generally, we recommend if it calls for a red meat you can substitute game meats., lamb, goat, and pork, and if it calls for poultry that also include chicken, duck, goose, and rabbit and follow the preparation methods for preparing the meat for canning.
The processing times for meats are all the same without bone so there should not be a problem interchanging them. If you are canning poultry with bone in, the processing time is different.
When canning chili, soups, stews etc. you need to follow guidelines for preparation of the tested recipe as well as the size of the jar. For example it is ok to make chili that calls for beef with ground turkey or you could substitute different meats in soups as long as you keep the other ingredients in the right proportions. If it says pints only then don't can in quarts. Hope that makes sense.
There are some good recipes and guidelines in this publication
https://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog/pub/pnw-361-canning-meat-poultry-game
Learn More:https://nchfp.uga.edu/how/can/preparing-and-canning-poultry-red-meats-and-seafoods/meat-strips-cubes-or-chunks/
Ball Beef Stew Recipe
https://www.ballmasonjars.com/blog?cid=easy-beef-stew-pressure-canning
