TUTORIAL: Pressure Canning Fish for Beginners (step-by-step)

Pressure canning fish and meat can be intimidating the first time. In this step by step educational tutorial video, I explain what I'm doing each step of the way as I pressure can several pounds of fresh pink salmon and walleye. Watch and learn how to prepare the jars ("cans") and how to properly operate your pressure canner to preserve fish.

Also - if your pressure canner lid gets stuck on, watch this quick 'how-to' video for a trick on how to get a stuck lid off of a pressure canner:

[grannybee]

excellent tutorial. I have canned for 50+ years, and you explained all the steps in a very understandable way. My sister lived in Alaska for 30 + years and canned tons of salmon. She brought my parents several cases around 20 years ago. Mom and dad ate it sparingly because it was so precious in their eyes to eat too frequently. Eventually some of the jars were "lost" in the back of the pantry. When I came into their home to help them in their final years, I started using it as much as possible, They were approaching 20 years old by this time, but OMG it was so good. I made patties, (tuna) salad, and salmon dip (see my video). This was just plain Salmon. But their smoked salmon was so good we just dumped it into a bowl and picked up chunks of it with toothpicks and ate it "naked". lol Thanks for showing a new generation how to do this. Subscribed and very happy to meet you.

[kelvinumeh]

This is great. Very insightful. I've been researching on how to process fish from my farm as against selling live straight from the ponds.

[yankeegardener]

They recommend not boiling lids any more and just warming then if your pressure canning you don't need to to boil your jar just wash them in hot water and rinse them. Great video ive been canning for over 38 ears and love to can my trout in the spring. Hope to see more from you.

[danbev]

Excellent video! I’ve got some salmon in my freezer that I need to process. You’ve given excellent instruction- as well as my USDA canning book.
Folks, Its important to compare these videos to the experts. Not all of them are as good as this Alaska Hippie!

[gingerdurbin]

I made three pints of this in March for my Dad. He loved it so much, I’m doing nine pints for Fathers Day today! Thanks for the great video!

[deac]

Thank you for posting this video!  I was able to confidently can some shad by following your video.  The explanation is easy to understand and the demonstration is wonderful. The links were helpful too.

[thinkingofothers]

This video was very helpful and interesting, thank you for making it. This is Dave from the Georgia north mountains. I had to change my name for privacy.
I really wanted you to know how I enjoy everyone of your videos.

[christinavalenzuela]

Thank you so much for this video. Step by step and very helpful.

[lisagrafton]

You could probably use that stick, with the magnet, to look for needles or pins you drop while sewing; or to search for fish hooks that are littering the shorelines, and waterways, in Alaska, so animals that go to try to catch fish, don't ingest fish hooks, that could kill them. Finally, you could use it to collect bird shot, in a bird you are processing to eat, so you don't end up breaking a tooth or ingesting the little pellets. There are always good uses for magnets. KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL!
Thank you very much for the fish canning lesson.

[gerrittwaterlander]

Greetings from Eagle River Alaska!! I am just learning how to can fish, this was a great video for beginners!! Thank you soo much!!

[anne-mariesolvang]

Thank you very much, just what I have been looking for!

[randollamere]

I was using petroleum jelly but had a difficult time opening the canner so I switched to olive oil no more problem I have the same canner

[justme]

woul dlike to now what presure cooker you have!

[mikemagnum]

Thanks for a great refresher fish canning video! I have done it successfully once with a batch of trout that I caught, processed and canned myself and was very satisfied with the results.... that was some time ago now and I have a large catch in the freezer waiting for my second canning... I would like to move up to one of those nice American canners!

[gingerdurbin]

I didn’t know the bones would devolve... I’m so excited!

[sharaihmolyneaux]

Thank you soooo much!! I am new to canning and just bought my first pressure canner, an American Canner 925...I am certainly nervous about canning fish and other meats, but that's exactly what I purchased it for. Thank you for the detailed explanations and taking it slow yet at a doable pace. I will let you know how it works out. Looking forward to learning more from you. #appreciated

[SouthoftheBigChicken]

I am down south, talking to an old timer, they canned bream, crappie, bass, gutted them, scaled them, cut tail off, and head off, then canned, bone and meat. Old timer said they made fish patties out of them, not sure how good they were but what he told me. Always check experts before any advice on-line....

[jimmieuna]

Awesome video, everything was well explained, thanks for sharing this. Looking forward to more …

[thomaswilkinson]

Thank you so much for taking time to share this!! Can't wait to finally start up now with confidence. That was really helpful

[GrandmaChickens]

THUMBS UP solely for admitting you were still in pjs--ain't no shame, especially when you're not going anywhere but the kitchen all day! thanks for the video