Great for a really fast meal. Frozen soup needs to thaw, but with canned, you just pour from the jar and heat and eat, or add a few noodles or dumplings and let it simmer a few minutes. Great for times when you are coming in late from a shopping trip, tired and short on time.
Faster than pizza delivery! I do save jars from pickles and such. I do not have a way to can the jars correctly. How dangerous would it be just to store them in those jars without proper canning procedures? How long could I store them in the fridge? I've seriously been giving it some consideration, and this topic is pushing me into that direction. Those little cans are so expensive to buy. In the fridge, soup keeps just as long as anything else, so it must be eaten pretty quickly.
No, it wouldn't be safe to store the jars without the proper canning procedures. My friend cans her homemade soup. She says when she's ill and can't cook. It's the fastest thing her hubby can prepare: heating up soup and not feel like all the cooking is on him. Do you have the proper method for canning leftover soups? Carolyn from Hampstead, NC Answers: Canning Your Leftover Soup Put your soups in fruit jars and leaving an ample space in the neck area, then you can go ahead and freeze.
It's cheaper than using freezer bags. If you realize you will not have enough liquid to fill your jars, there is a simple fix. Evenly distribute the soup base you do have. Then, if needed, top off each jar with a bit of chicken broth.
Heat it up first. This has worked well for me. If you only need a little bit of extra liquid, hot water works fine. This question comes from Karen in Canada. I have found they can get mushy when being processed for so long. Is it possible to cook just a little and then let them finish cooking while processing? To properly can your own soup recipe, you partially cook those vegetables. You only partially cook those veggies and then combine everything together.
You simmer it, and then you put it in your jars and process. They make an overabundance of soup for supper, with the intention of canning leftovers. Prepare the food specifically for canning instead. If you have leftovers, just put them in the freezer for later.
You should have a good product in the end. I make a large pot of venison vegetable soup, tomato based, boil the noodles separate, put the noodles in the sterilized jar, bring the soup to a boil and fill the jar. Yes, canning your own venison vegetable soup is okay. However, soups should not be canned with any pasta, thickeners, or dairy products.
What you should do is can the soup without the noodles, and then just add the noodles when you open the jar later. Also, you really MUST pressure can soup. Botulism is a risk, so any vegetables or meat and your soup contains both must be pressure canned.
I love checking your site for different ideas and recipe… please keep them coming, and in advance, thank you for your help with this. It is hard to say without knowing just what was in your soup and how you processed it. My guess is you have cream or some other dairy in your soup. And unfortunately, that is not recommended for canning. Also if I make vegetable soup and put small, cooked pasta in it, can that be canned? Thank you for sharing your knowledge and your support.
Karen, it is true that canning pureed soup is not advised. There have been no tests done to determine safety. It all has to do with the density of purees. What you can do is can your ingredients and then puree the soup when you serve it. Use regular safety measures like any other canned soup. And it is also true that pasta has not been tested for safety in home canning. I get comments all the time saying that since commercially canned soups contain pasta, we can do it also.
But the issue is equipment. Commercial processes use different equipment than home canners have available. We cannot assume that if we can buy soups with pasta or rice that it is still safe to add the same ingredients for home canning also. It is not. I followed the USDA website canning guidelines for canning soup. The soup has set for 24 hours, and I have removed the screw bands and checked the seals, which are good.
However, I have noticed that there is a slight oily layer on top of the soup. I drained the turkey sausage before adding it to the soup, but obviously did not get it all. I have read that fat cannot be safely canned, but is a very slight oily layer on top okay?
Yes, when you are canning soup with meat, there may be some oils left in your soup. That is fine. You do want to get as much fat out as you can, but some may remain. As long as you drained the meat and followed all the other safety precautions, it is not a problem.
I have canned chili, stews and other soups, but not sure on this recipe. Can I safely add this to my soup, then can it?
Just not sure if the sour cream would break down during the pressure process. Elizabeth, it is not recommended that you can anything with dairy products. What I would do is try canning it without the sour cream or any other dairy, instead adding those ingredients later when you serve it. Potato soup is a favorite at our house too. I almost always make it after a ham dinner with the leftover mashed potatoes and ham gravy as a base.
My secret ingredient is chicken broth. The broth adds a wonderfully rich flavor. Generally, most home canned goods will last for at least a year. You can still use the soup, even if it has been longer than the 1-year mark, but the quality starts going down at that point. Just pull it to the front of the cupboard and make a plan to use it up soon. Barley Soup Recipes — Use roast leftovers and barley to make this beef barley soup.
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It is also safe to freeze vegetable and meat soups that contain pasta, rice, or noodles. Just remember to allow time for frozen soup to thaw in the refrigerator; or if it is defrosted in the microwave oven, it should be heated and eaten immediately.
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