Who doesn’t love homemade Salsa? We often have a pre dinner snack of salsa and tortilla chips, usually with a cold mug of beer. Here is an awesome Salsa recipe for you to try. Make a small batch to eat fresh or make a large enough batch to can some up to enjoy come Winter.
Salsa can be safely canned in a water bath – I usually put mine up in half pint jars. Perfect size for us and if we have company to enjoy it with us, I just open up another jar.
Ingredients:
7 cups chopped tomatoes (about 6 lbs)
2 cups chopped onions
1 cup chopped green bell pepper
8 jalapeno peppers
3 gloves minced garlic
1 can tomato paste
3/4 cup white vinegar
1/2 cup chopped cilantro
1/2 tsp ground cumin
Coarsely chop all the veggies (I actually dice them quite small.) Remove seeds from peppers (Hah! that’s no fun – we throw a bunch of seeds in the pot too.) Combine all ingredients in a large stainless steel saucepan. Bring to a boil and boil gently, stirring occasionally, until it has the desired consistency.
Ladle into jars, wipe the rim, put on the seal and ring. Boil in a boiling water bath 20 minutes for pints (we do 25 minutes, because we are above 1000 ft elevation.)
This recipe makes 5 pint jars of salsa.
Remove from the canner and let jars sit for 24 hours. Don’t move them and keep the jars out of drafts. You can just put a towel over the jars if you need to.
Then, this winter, enjoy this salsa, I think you’ll like it!
That is beautiful looking salsa, I will give this recipe a try!
Hi Tracy, I think you will really enjoy it. Please let us know how it works out for you.
How many pints or quarts does that recipe make?
Hi Amanda, the salsa recipe makes 5 pint jars worth of salsa. Thanks for asking, I will add that to the post. It should have been included.