Ball Canning Soup Food

VEGETABLE SOUP (CANNING)

Steps:

• Combine all the vegetables in a large saucepot. Add the water, boil 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, if desired.
• Ladle hot soup into hot jars, leaving 1" headspace. Remove air bubbles with a knife. Adjust two piece caps.
• Process pints 1 hour, quarts 1 hour and 15 minutes, at 10 pounds pressure in a pressure canner.
• Yield: About 14 pints or 7 quarts.

CHICKEN MEXICAN SOUP ( FOR CANNING )

Steps:

• Boil chicken covered in water until done. When chicken has cooled you can shred it or cut into 1-inch cubes. Set aside.
• Prepare pressure canner. Heat jars and lids in simmering water until ready for use. ( do not boil ).
• In large pot add all ingredients except chicken. Bring to a boil, cover and simmer 3 minutes. Add chicken and boil lightly for 5 minutes.
• Ladle hot soup into hot jars leaving 1-inch headspace, remove air bubbles and wipe rim of jar. Center hot lid on jar. Apply band and adjust until fingertip tight. Place jars into pressure canner.
• Process quarts at 11 pounds pressure for 90 minutes or pints for 75 minutes ( adjust for altitude if needed ).
• Remove jars and cool. Check lids for seal after 24 hours. Lids should not flex up and down when center is pressed.
• THIS RECIPE YIELDS 7 QUARTS!

USDA'S "YOUR CHOICE" SOUP RECIPE

Steps:

• Cook all meat first;
• Prep and blanch all vegetables first according to USDA canning recommendations for those individual veg, which includes rehydrating dried beans first;
• Combine all the ingredients you propose to use in your soup in a large pot, with enough liquid (stock or water) to cover plus 5 to 10 cm (2 to 3 inches) more. Bring to a boil. Adjust taste with herbs, spices, seasonings, etc.
• There is no need to fully cook the soup, it will cook in the jars -- you are just ensuring everything is piping hot;
• Fill jars half full of solids, no more;
• Top up as need with more broth or stock leaving 3 cm (1 inch) of headspace. If you run out of broth or stock, just use boiling water out of the kettle to top up,. You could even flavour that plain boiling water with stock cubes or powder.
• Pour hot into half-litre (1 US pint) jars or 1 litre (US quart) jars.
• Leave 3 cm (1 inch) headspace.
• Debubble; adjust headspace.
• Put lids on, put in pressure canner.
• Processing pressure: 10 lbs (69 kPa) weighted gauge, 11 lbs (76 kpa) dial gauge (adjust pressure for your altitude when over 300 metres / 1000 feet.)
• Processing time: half-litre (1 US pint) jars for 60 minutes. OR 1 litre (1 US quart) jars for 75 minutes. Processing time for either size jar must be increased to 100 minutes if the soup includes fish or seafood.

EASY TOMATO SOUP RECIPE FOR CANNING

Steps:

• Place tomatoes, celery, onion, parsley and bay leaves in a large stainless steel pot. Cook gently, uncovered, until tender, stirring as needed. I aim to reduce the volume roughly by half, or until it starts to thicken.
• Press through a food strainer or sieve into a large stainless steel or enameled cast iron saucepan. Set aside 2 cups of puree to cool.
• Whisk together Clear Gel and cooled tomato puree to form a slurry.
• Bring soup back to a boil and stir in the Clear Gel slurry. Continue to boil for two minutes, until it thickens. Add salt, pepper and sugar (if desired). Soup will not resemble commercial soup concentrate. Instead, it will look like a slightly too thick tomato soup.
• Ladle into pint or half pint jars and fill to 1" headspace. Wipe rims and seat two piece caps.
• Process in pressure canner at 10 pounds of pressure for weighted gauge and 11 pounds for dial gauge, for 25 minutes for pints or half pints. Do not use quarts for this recipe.
• When ready to serve the canned tomato soup, just heat with equal amount of liquid such as milk, water or chicken broth.
• Makes around 4 pints.

CANNING SOUP

Steps:

• Start by preparing your jars and getting water in the canner heating. You want the canner hot, but not boiling, when the jars are ready to be processed. If you are new to using a pressure canner, see this article for full pressure canning instructions. This includes more detailed information and step-by-step instructions on how a pressure canner works.