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Canning Taco Meat
The beauty of this pressure-canned taco meat is that it’s an easy, shelf-stable solution for quick meals. It’s perfect for busy nights when you need a meal in a hurry but don’t want to sacrifice flavor. Canning taco meat means you can stock up on homemade taco fillings and have them ready whenever the taco cravings hit. It’s truly a homemade convenience food!
👥 16 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h 35m⏳ Prep: 20 min🔥 Cook: 1h 15m👤 Ashley Adamant📖 creativecanning
🥘 Ingredients
Check off ingredients as you prepare them:
🍳 Cookware
- ●skillet
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Add a bit of oil to a large skillet, and cook the ground beef over medium heat. Break it up as it cooks, browning on all sides.
ground beef3 lbsBeef broth or tomato juice (About 3 cups for canning liquid, you may need a bit more to bring jars to 1'' headspace.)3 cups
2
Once the beef is browned and excess fat is drained, stir in the salt, minced onion, chili powder, cumin, red pepper flakes, and oregano. Mix well to evenly coat the meat with the spices.
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3
Sterilize 4 pint-sized canning jars and their lids. (You can adjust the recipe to make more jars as needed, depending on your canner’s capacity.)
4
Choose either beef broth or tomato juice as your canning liquid. You'll need about ¾ cup of liquid per pint jar (about 3 cups total for this recipe). Bring the canning liquid to a hard boil and keep hot as you pack the jars.
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5
Spoon the seasoned ground beef into the jars, packing it tightly but without overpacking. Leave about an inch of headspace at the top.
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6
Pour the boiling hot beef broth or tomato juice into each jar, ensuring the meat is mostly covered, but still leaving that inch of headspace.
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7
Use a clean, damp cloth to wipe the rims of the jars to remove any grease or residue that could affect the seal.
8
Place sterilized lids on the jars and screw on the bands until they’re just finger-tight.
9
Process the jars in a pressure canner at 10 pounds of pressure for ⏱️ 75 minutes (for pints and half pints) or ⏱️ 90 minutes (for quarts). If you’re above 1,000 feet in altitude, adjust the pressure as needed (see notes).
10
After canning, turn off the heat and let the canner cool naturally. Once the pressure has dropped to zero, carefully remove the jars and place them on a towel-lined surface. Allow the jars to cool completely before storing them in a cool, dark place.
Nutrition Facts
calories
235 kcal
fat Content
17 g
serving Size
0.5 cup
fiber Content
1 g
sugar Content
2 g
sodium Content
665 mg
protein Content
15 g
trans Fat Content
1 g
cholesterol Content
60 mg
carbohydrate Content
4 g
saturated Fat Content
7 g
unsaturated Fat Content
9 g
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