Cooking the Harvest: Pressure Canned Sloppy Joes

This pressure canning recipe comes together in a snap. A ready made home grown meal at your fingertips.
Pressure Canned Sloppy Joes
Yield: 8 pints
Adapted from a recipe originally from Dr Barb Ingham at the University of Wisconsin Extension Service.
4 lbs ground beef
500 g onion (washed, peeled, chopped. 3 cups / 16 oz. Measured after prep. 3 medium onions before prep)
225 g green and/or bell pepper (chopped, seeded. 1 ½ cups. Measured after prep. About 1 ½ large.)
500 ml tomato sauce (2 cups / 16 oz / 1 US pint)
500 ml ketchup (2 cups / 16 oz / 1 US pint)
500 ml water (2 cups / 16 oz / 1 US pint)
4-5 cloves garlic, minced
2 tsp chili powder
1 tablespoon salt (OR non-bitter, non-clouding salt sub)
1 tablespoon sugar (optional)
1 tablespoon prepared mustard
3/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
Instructions
Prep the onion and peppers in advance, set aside.
Sauté the ground meat in a large pot. Drain off any excess fat (mine was quite lean so I did not drain)
Add the prepped veg and all remaining ingredients.
Bring to a boil uncovered, then reduce to a simmer and let simmer for 5 minutes, uncovered.
Ladle into clean hot jars, being sure to get balanced scoops of liquid and solid.
Use either 8 oz, Pint or Quart jars.
Leave 1 inch headspace.
Debubble; adjust headspace.
Wipe jar rims.
Put lids on.
Processing pressure: 10 lbs (69 kPa) weighted gauge, 11 lbs (76 kpa) dial gauge (adjust pressure for your altitude when over 300 metres / 1000 feet)
Processing time: Process 8 oz or pint jars for 75 minutes. Process quart jars for 90 minutes.
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How did this taste after? Did you de bubble? Did the cloves ketchup work?

[@cookingtheharvest]

It was quite good. Canning ground beef definitely changes the texture a bit, but with all the seasonings and a bun, not really noticeable. We tend to take this camping. It's a quick easy meal when we've been driving or hiking all day. I'll never make that clove heavy ketchup again, but it was a good way to use it up!