Rockergirl
Assistant Cook
Hi - I saw a couple of videos about canning ground beef with taco seasoning added. The ground beef was mostly cooked, like the raw pack method, but no water was added to the jars in any of the videos I saw about this. Reading USDA about canning ground beef, you are supposed to add liquid to your cans. Is it necessary to add liquid? I do worry making the taco meat with all that liquid may not taste so good.....I know I shouldn't listen so much to videos but I have seen several (ones that I consider pretty experienced canners), so wondered if it was safe to omit the liquid with taco meat? I did read a chile con carne from the USDA that didn't have added liquid but the had 2 quarts of diced tomatoes in it...which does have "some" liquid but not enough to cover meat....so maybe "some" liquid would be the answer, but not to the one inch...Thoughts?