Cooking With My Food Storage: Meal in a Jar--Chicken Noodle Soup

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Meal in a Jar--Chicken Noodle Soup

If you are new to making Meal in a Jars please read this how to post about How to Make a Meal in a Jar--Two Methods.

Chicken Noodle soup is my kids all-time favorite meal. They always eat it well without complaining (insert happy dance here).

I’ve been making Chicken Noodle soup for them using freeze dried Thrive Foods for about 5 years and just recently realized I could speed up the process by making a bunch of Chicken Noodle Soup meals in a Jar. So I made 12.

Best idea ever. Now I have a bunch of meals ready to go that I know my kids will love that only take 10 minutes to make. Love it.

Chicken Noodle Soup in a Jar
For printable recipe and mason jar labels see below.

1 cup Freeze Dried Chopped Chicken

2 Tablespoons Chicken Bouillon

1 tsp Chef’s Choice Blend

1 tsp Salad Blend

½ cup Celery

¼ cup Carrots

1/4 cup Freeze Dried Onions

2 cups Egg Noodles

8 cups water (to be added during cooking)

Jar Directions: Layer ingredients in a wide mouthed, quart-sized jar, shaking the dry powder ingredients into the bulkier items. Top with an oxygen packet (300 cc) for longer-term storage, or seal with a food saver. Cover with a new canning lid and hand-tighten the metal ring.

Cooking Directions: Add contents of jar to 8 cup of rapidly boiling water. Stir well. Simmer 10 -12 minutes until noodles are soft.

A note on Food Safety:

The Meal-in-a-Jar method is a form of Dry Pack Canning. The food inside the jars is preserved because the food is free of moisture and oxygen, the lack of which inhibits bacterial growth. Jars should be stored in a dark environment to prevent any nutritional degradation due to light.

When packing your jars remember to always

Sanitize all equipment before use. Be sure to dry all equipment thoroughly before using.
Wash hands and or wear food handler’s gloves.
Keep work area clean and dry.
Use either method 1 or method 2 to remove the oxygen from your jar.