canning veni

[tezz32]

anyone have any good recipes for canning venison?

[ladydiehard]

My family cans some of our venison every year but its not a "fancy" recipe. You can get "fancy" when you prepare the canned meat for eating.

This is what we've been doing for years...

Trim fat, tendons and other nasty stuff off of selected meat. We generally use the hind quarters for canning but any of it will work.

Cube meat up into desired chunks.

Fill pint jar half full, packing it tightly. Add 1/4 teaspoon salt. Continue filling jar, right up to the top. Add another 1/4 teaspoon salt.

Meat will make its own juice. Do not add water.

Place jars in water canner and bring to full boil. Water level should come to the tops of the jars. Lower heat to a simmer and simmer for 3 hours.

Remove jars carefully, avoid touching each other, allow to cool. Check to be sure all jars have sealed. Any jar that does not seal should be consumed asap.

Quart jars may also be used. Follow same procedure but increase salt to one teaspoon, 1/2 and 1/2.

Canned venison is mild, tender, and convenient. Even people who have had a bad experience with "wild" tasting venison love the canned meat...if you can just get them to try it. Even the toughest old buck is tender once its canned.

[IADEERDUDE]

whats the average shelf life of canned venison??

[ladydiehard]

I'm not sure. Longest I've heard of someone keeping it is 5 years. However, I've been told that as long as its sealed, it will keep much longer. Around my house, it never makes it near the 5 year mark.

[ladydiehard]

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I have a few co-workers that can it all the time.
They have the same basic recipe but they use even the lower leg with nothing trimmed off id it al all.
They say it's incredible tasting.
The next deer I shoot, I will be canning some to try.
Thanks Ladydiehard

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Ewwwwwww! Lower leg? With nothing trimmed off? YUCK! I'm not sure even canning will help the taste and toughness of the lower leg. But to each their own!

Good luck with your canning! Every one I know that tries it, loves it!

[ladydiehard]

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I've been canning venison for the past 20 years now. it makes a really quick meal when you're in a hurry. Anybody have any recipes they want to share using canned venison? I like to make a gravy with it, add some mushrooms, and put it on cooked noodles. Venison stroganoff! Yum Yum!

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I throw a jar of it in the crock pot, add some onion, carrots, potatoes, little salt and pepper, cook till carrots and potatoes are done, use juices for gravy...delicious!

I also roll the canned meat in flour, add a little salt and pepper and fry them in margarine. Don't have to fry long since the meat is actually cooked when canned. Basically just heating it up till flour batter is browned. Make some gravy and then just make whatever sides you want to go with it.

Canned meat also works great for soups or stews.

Quick, easy, convenient and DELICIOUS!