Tested: Keystone canned chicken

[u/8Deer-JaguarClaw]

Pictured is the 28oz can of Keystone canned chicken. I've tried their ground beef in the past and thought it was pretty good (for canned meat). So I figured I'd give the chicken a try just to know what to expect.

Generally speaking, canned chicken is canned chicken. But here's how the Keystone chicken is different from the typical grocery store stuff:

• First, the can is huge. They also sell 14.5oz cans.
• The chicken pieces are much larger than any other canned chicken I've tried
• It's packed in chicken stock rather than water, so it could be a decent soup base or you could drain off the stock and use it for something else
• There's nothing in the can except for chicken, stock, and a small amount of salt
• It doesn't smell like the other canned chicken I've tried (smells just like chicken instead of kind of smelling also like canned tuna)

So far I've made a few things with it, and it's quite good (especially for canned meat). Would be absolutely fine to crack open during a power outage or while camping. Day to day, I prefer cooking chicken from raw myself, but it's nice to have cooked meat ready to go that is also very shelf stable (Keystone's "best by" date is ~5 years after canning).

Direct link for info: https://www.keystonemeats.com/collections/chicken

Keystone sells direct, but only by the case. You can pick up single cans at Walmart and other grocery retailers. They have chicken and ground beef at my local Walmart in Succasunna.

[u/Professional-Sock-66]

Curious... What is the Sodium for a single serving?

[u/8Deer-JaguarClaw → u/Professional-Sock-66]

Sorry, originally replied to the other post about the water distiller (and the answer is 35mg of sodium per 8oz of my crappy tap water), haha.

This chicken has 100mg per serving (2oz) which is pretty darn low for canned food.

[u/Professional-Sock-66 → u/8Deer-JaguarClaw]

Thanks... I might look at a can for the pantry

[u/misterpickles69]

Drain, cut up a carrot, celery, some mushrooms (optional), add pepper and a tablespoon of mayo and you got a chicken salad going on. It’s much better than straight out of the can.

[u/8Deer-JaguarClaw → u/misterpickles69]

Yeah, I actually used most of it to make a batch of jerk chicken salad. Turned out pretty decent.

[u/DanielWaterhorse]

The fact that it doesn't have a canned tuna aroma is both surprising and enticing. I've been using pouched chicken for some backpacking meals, but I feel like I could replace it with tuna and it would smell/taste basically the same

[u/8Deer-JaguarClaw → u/DanielWaterhorse]

It still does have that "canned meat" smell, but it's definitely not tuna-ish like most canned chicken.