Simple & Succulent Canned Whole Chicken
- 1 whole stewing chicken
- 1 teaspoon salt
- Remove any giblets which may be in chicken and scrub well.
- Wash one, one or two-quart canning jar (depending on the size of the chicken).
- Add 1 tsp salt to jar.
- Pack raw, skin-on chicken into the jar. If it won't fit you may have to cut it up a bit. Leave 1/2 to 1 inch head space.
- Put jar lids in hottest tap water.
- Clean the lip of the jar carefully to ensure a good seal and place lids and screw-tops on jar; finger tighten.
- Place in pressure canner filled with enough water (not hot) to come 1/2 to 3/4 of the way up the jars.
- Process for 90 minutes after pressure has reached 15 lbs.
- Please note that it is not necessary to add any water to the jars- the chicken will make a delicious broth which will be gelled unless it is heated. Do not de-bone chicken as the bones are neccessary to make a good broth.
- * I often do chicken pieces in pint jars as I live alone. In which case I only add 1/2 tsp salt and reduce the processing to 75 minutes at 15 lbs pressure.
stewing chicken, salt
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/simple-succulent-canned-whole-chicken-338311 (may not work)