Canning Fish at Home

By Linda Heitman
Published on August 28, 2012
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After canning fresh fish at home, you may never want to buy canned fish again.

I love fish but am concerned with the levels of pollution in our oceans. When I lived on the Gulf Coast, there were regular cautions about eating certain fish because of high pollutant or mercury levels. When we moved back to Nebraska, I started looking for alternative fish to eat and even to replace canned tuna. On a recent fishing trip, my husband caught several rainbow trout, and we decided to can them and see how they tasted. The result? I will never buy canned fish of any kind again.

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Canning fish at home

Clean fresh fish, removing head, tail, fins and scales, and remove entrails. Rinse well. Cut fish into sections up to 4 inches long. If fish is small enough, do not remove spine and ribs as they will soften during processing.

Fill clean, hot jars to bottom of band rings, or approximately 1-inch headspace. Place skin side next to glass. Do not add water. Wipe rims with clean, damp paper towel; place previously boiled lids on and tighten bands fully. Use only wide-mouth pint jars.

Process in dial-gauge pressure canner at 12 pounds for 100 minutes.

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