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Meals in a jar! What a fantastic concept! A recipe found on a social media site led to today's project (4/21/24). Chicken, rice and veggies, all in one jar, ready to open, heat and eat when time, and energy, do not allow for the making of a whole meal. 7 quarts and 34 pints later, they are finally out of the 2 pressure canners we had going today. Now to cool for a day, tomorrow we'll remove the rings and wash the jars before storing them for use at a later date. We may have to taste test one sooner rather than later, but we'll let you know about that, if and when it happens. :)
Recipe-In each pint jar (doubled for quarts)
Approx. 2 chicken thighs, cut into pieces
2 Tablespoons rice (uncooked, not instant)
Veggies of choice-we used water chestnuts, carrots, onions and sugar snap peas, things that could be in a stir-fry
1/2 teaspoon chopped garlic (forgot this after the first batch)
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon paprika
1 Tablespoon special spice mix (we used turmeric, parsley, powdered garlic & onion, basil instead of Vegeta as it has some of Susan's allergy foods)
Top with filtered water to 1 inch headspace. Pressure can pints 75 minutes and quarts 90 minutes.
Our next project will likely be French Onion Soup. Oh my!
