Hello! New to canning and tried my hand at canning some raw chicken last night. The chicken condensed more than I expected, and it looks like I should have packed more into the jars so learning lesson there, but I’m wondering if this is safe to eat with so much air in the jar. I pressure canned them for 90 minutes and the seal is strong, but I’m worried about safety since it looks wrong to me and I’m so inexperienced with this. Any thoughts? Is it safe as long as processing time/pressure was correct and there’s a seal? Thanks for any help!
by lburry9
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If you pressure canned them for 90 minutes and the seal is strong then there isn’t any air in there. Chicken does shrink so you probably could have packed them a little more tightly but I don’t see any safety issue with these.
First, off, you’re perfectly safe eating these. The food is safe as long as the jar is at least 1/2 full with liquid. Food above the liquid may discolor but is still safe. Why this happened depends on what method you used for the pack—hot pack with required liquid, raw pack, or raw pack with liquid.