Costco Canned Chicken vs My Own

The other day after pouring the liquid off my can of Costco Chicken Breast for my yummy Chinese salad, I decided to weigh just the meat. I got just less than 8 oz from a 12 oz can of chicken! I figured it up and I was paying almost $6.00 a lb on a good sale day! I dusted off my mother's old pressure canner and went looking for some chicken breast. Due to being in my experiment mode, I did not look for best sale on skinless boneless breast, but bought at the cost my grocery store was selling that day. I packed it in jelly jars and 75 minutes later better chicken than Costco at over half the price. I had a bottle the next day and found it to be juicier and much tastier. It does naturally make some broth, but it is pure chicken broth, not water as Costco chicken. I called around and found out that Lins is having a chicken breast sale in two weeks where it is only $1.29 a lb. I can get the same amount of chicken as in a Costco can for about 75 cents a jar at that rate. ...about a 75% savings.

Directions on bottling chicken: Raw pack, do not cook before It makes it dry. (NOTE: Every thing I found said to cook first, but Wendy DeWitt, a provident living specialist has been doing hers raw for years. Even had a bottle after storing for years. It was perfect. The intense heat cooks and kills all bacteria.) Boil jar lids, this is not to sanitize but to soften to seat. After placing lids on jars, place in pressure canner at 15 lb for 75 minutes. Let the steam come our of the hole a top for about 4 minutes, place weight on, let pressure build until weight is rocking steadily. On my smooth top stove, it is at about 7.5 heat. Pressure for 75 minutes and turn off heat. You can remove from heat, but do not remove weight or lid until completely cool. It is that simple.