Chili Sauce

Chili Sauce-small

12 red tomatoes
2 onions chopped fine
2 red peppers chopped
3 green peppers chopped
1 cup light brown sugar
2 1/2 cups vinegar
2 tbl pickling spices tied in a bag.

Cut up tomatoes and put in a pot with other vegetables. Add sugar and vinegar and mix well. Put spice bag in pot. Boil slowly 2 1/2 hrs. bottle or can.

edited to say: I usually run this through the blender for a smoother texture. Dump it all back in the pot and remix. Then can.


Chili Sauce large batch

4 qts ripe tomatoes chopped
5 large onions chopped
4 sweet red peppers chopped
2 cups cider vinegar
1 cup brown sugar
1 tbl yellow mustard seed
2 tsp celery seed
1 tbl cinnamon
1 1/2 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp ground nutmeg
1 tsp peppercorns

Tie spices in bag. combine with other ingredients in heavy kettle. Bring to a boil stirring constantly. Reduce heat and simmer until sauce thickens 3 or 4 hrs. Sauce should be thicker than ketsup. Moniter closely stir to prevent scorching.

Pack hot in sterile jars. Process in boiling water bath 15 min. Makes 5-6 pints


What I actually put in may depend on what is in the garden at the time. I made it with all yellow tomatoes one time. Looked odd. Tasted great.

This message was edited Jul 17, 2004 3:06 PM