Posted: 11/14/2014 8:14:24 PM EDT
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I just butchered 8 laying hens and I would like to can them. I've never done it before and have a few questions. 1. Whats the easiest method to get the meat off the bones. Can I just take all the pieces I have and boil the meat off the bones, then just pick out all the stuff I don't want? a. If I do this should I replace the water after each batch and... 1a. Can that separately as chicken broth and can the chicken meat with water or... 2a. Can the meat with the water it was boiled in? |
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I can hundreds of pounds of chicken every year.
I buy whole chickens when they are priced at .39 cents or cheaper per pound. I throw a couple chickens in a stock pot with enough water to cover. I cook them until they are half way cooked. Clean the sink until you could eat off it. Pull chickens out of pot and put them in sink to cool just enough where you can debone them. Can the chicken meat 15 lbs pressure for 90 minutes. Throw bones back in stock pot along with any vegetables you have saved. Bring to a slow boil. Strain the stock pot and can the Chichen stock 10 lbs pressure for 20 minutes. Don't over cook the chicken in the stock pot and it won't be over cooked in pressure cooker. This method boils out the fat so the chichen fat doesn't get boiled out in the canner. |
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I can hundreds of pounds of chicken every year. I buy whole chickens when they are priced at .39 cents or cheaper per pound. I throw a couple chickens in a stock pot with enough water to cover. I cook them until they are half way cooked. Clean the sink until you could eat off it. Pull chickens out of pot and put them in sink to cool just enough where you can debone them. Can the chicken meat 15 lbs pressure for 90 minutes. Throw bones back in stock pot along with any vegetables you have saved. Bring to a slow boil. Strain the stock pot and can the Chichen stock 10 lbs pressure for 20 minutes. Don't over cook the chicken in the stock pot and it won't be over cooked in pressure cooker. This method boils out the fat so the chichen fat doesn't get boiled out in the canner. Solid advice in this post. 
I just wish we had $0.39 /lb chicken here. It NEVER happens. I will occasionally see whole birds at $0.99 a pound but never lower. 
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