Monday, September 7, 2009

Chile Salsa

If you are a fan of spicy salsa, this recipe is for you. This is my favorite salsa recipe to date. It is fairly hot, but not uncomfortably so. I got it off of a few university extention websites and it has been tested safe for canning.

I used a food processor to chop everything finely and it saved a lot of time and tears (from the peppers and onions).

Yield: 7 to 9 pints
10 cups peeled, cored, chopped tomatoes
4 cups chopped onions
1 cup vinegar
6 cups seeded, chopped chiles/peppers*
3 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper

Combine ingredients in a large saucepan. Heat to a boil and simmer 10 minutes. Ladle hot salsa into pint jars, leaving 1/2-inch headspace. Adjust lids and process in a boiling water canner: 15 minutes at 0-1,000 feet altitude, 20 minutes at 1,001-6,000 feet; 25 minutes above 6,000 feet.
*Use mixture of mild and hot chiles/peppers.

(If desired, you may substitute lemon of lime juice for the vinegar)

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