Homemade Chunky Salsa

17 ingredients
5 steps

Ingredients

  • 8 quarts Tomatoes, Diced
  • 1 quart Sweet Peppers, Chopped
  • 1 quart Onions, Chopped
  • 1 quart Celery, Chopped
  • 1 quart Cider Vinegar
  • 2 cups Water
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 2 Tablespoons Brown Sugar
  • 1/3 cups Canning Salt, Not Iodized
  • 1 Tablespoon Pickling Spice, Tied In A Cloth
  • 2 Tablespoons Chili Powder
  • 3 Tablespoons Cayenne Pepper, More If You Want It Hotter
  • 1 Tablespoon Garlic Powder
  • 2 Tablespoons Lemon Juice
  • 1 Tablespoon Lime Juice
  • Tabasco Sauce, To Taste (None For Mild Salsa, Plenty For Hot Salsa)
  • Fresh Ground Black Pepper To Taste

Directions

  1. 1
    Combine all ingredient in a large, heavy kettle or roasting pan. Bring to a boil, then simmer for 3 to 3-1/2 hours, stirring occasionally.
  2. 2
    Remove the picking spice that was tied in a cloth. Pour hot salsa into clean, sterilized pint jars. Process in a pressure canner at 10 lbs. pressure for 30 minutes.
  3. 3
    This makes a mild to medium-heat salsa. For killer hot, we drop in 2 or 3 jalapeno peppers.
  4. 4
    Yields 14 pints.
  5. 5
    (We've cooked this in the oven, on the barbecue, and on a portable propane burner. All methods work equally well.)

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