How to Pressure Can Ground Beef. Since Julie put the “pressure” on for me to teach everyone about canning your own meat at the end of her post last week … here is a little intro to pressure canning for you! For those of you who have followed our blog and our facebook page for a while, you may know that I tend to procrastinate on trying new things. I had my pressure cooker for almost a year before I got brave enough to try it (see why I love it so much now here, here, and here).

Well I won’t tell you how long I have had my pressure canner(*ahem* Grandma Lori bought it for me for Christmas last year *ahem*) … but I finally got brave enough to try it! Ground beef was on sale for $1. LEAN kind which is pretty sweet. So I bought 2. 0 pounds and forced myself to give it a shot. Getting excited for my adventure! Ok I have water- bath canned quite a few things before (you can see some of them here, here, and here) … but I was surprised that pressure canning was SOOOOOOO stinking easy! I want to cry that I have wasted a year of not being able to enjoy easy, convenient, cheap ground beef straight out of the jar.

Here is a quick picture tutorial for you, but it is so simply you can just follow the directions in your manual and you will be fine! I know it makes it easier to see someone actually do it though, so here ya go: This whole process definitely took a little longer than I expected mainly because of the time it took to release the pressure and cook the beef. So definitely make sure you have 3- 4 hours set aside to get this done. You won’t be actively working the whole time, but don’t start it at 1. I did 😉 The next thing I want to try is canned chicken. Can’t wait until it goes on sale!

Click here to read more about the pressure canner that I use. I love it! Related.

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