Pressure Canning Taco Meat
Canning taco meat is a great way to add fast food to your pantry without relying on less healthy alternatives on busy days.
Ingredients
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- 2 cups chopped onions
- 8 pounds ground meat
- 16 Tablespoons taco seasoning if using my homemade taco seasoning, or however much the directions call for per pound on your purchased brand
- Boiling water
Instructions
- Prepare your pressure canner, jars, and lids:
- Heat the olive oil in a heavy bottomed skillet. Lightly saute ½ cup of the onions just until translucent.
- Add 2 pounds of the ground meat, and stir to break it up. Cook, stirring, until just browned. Don’t cook it all the way. It will continue to cook during processing.
- Mix in 4 Tablespoons of the taco seasoning. Use a slotted spoon to remove the mixture from the pan and put into a large bowl. Repeat for the rest of the onions and meat.
- Start filling each jar with the taco meat mixture. Don’t pack it in tightly, but don’t leave big gaps either. Make sure you leave 1 inch of headspace.
- Now, fill the jar with boiling water, again, leaving 1 inch headspace. Remove trapped air bubbles and top off with water if necessary, leaving 1-inch headspace.
- Clean rim of jar. Put on lid and screw band. Place in canner. Repeat for remaining jars.
- Process pint jars for 75 minutes at 10 pounds of pressure, quart jars for 90 minutes at 10 pounds pressure.
- Always check the Altitude Adjustment Chart before you start so you know what your pressure needs to be!
- After processing, turn off the heat and allow the canner to cool off and the pressure to return to zero.
- When the pressure has returned to zero, carefully remove the jars with the jar lifter. The jars will still be extremely hot and the contents will be boiling.
- Put your jars on a towel lined cabinet and leave them undisturbed for 12 to 24 hours. After 12 hours you can check the seals.
- If all the jars are sealed, remove the rings, wipe down the sides of the jar, and label and date the contents. Now store them in your pantry in a cool, dark place.
- The meat is already cooked, so all you have to do is heat it up. And that makes dinner so much faster to get on the table!
Nutrition
Serving: 1pintCalories: 1193kcalCarbohydrates: 7gProtein: 78gFat: 93gSaturated Fat: 35gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 41gTrans Fat: 6gCholesterol: 322mgSodium: 709mgPotassium: 1283mgFiber: 2gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 470IUVitamin C: 5mgCalcium: 91mgIron: 9mg
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