Chili Sauce Recipes

CHILI SAUCE

Steps:

• Peel tomatoes by placing them in boiling water for 30 seconds and then plunging them into cold water. The skin will slide right off. If it doesn't, plunge them in the hot water again.
• Wrap all the whole spices in a little cheesecloth bag.
• Rough chop the remaining ingredients. Don't worry about it being pretty, just chop them up into pieces between 1/4" - 1/2".
• Put all the ingredients into a large stock pot and bring to a boil. Once boiling, reduce heat to a simmer and simmer until thick and reduced by 1/3rd. This will take many hours. 5-10 hours depending on the type of tomatoes you use.
• Taste as you go! If after 3 hours you find you like the taste of it, then remove the spice bag and continue to simmer until thickened. I always leave my spice bag in until the end though.

CHILI SAUCE

Steps:

• Stir the tomato sauce, brown sugar, vinegar, and allspice together in a mixing bowl until thoroughly blended. Pour into a covered container, and refrigerate until ready to use.

FRESH TOMATO CHILI SAUCE

Steps:

• Place the tomatoes in a large pot over medium heat, and simmer 1 hour. Skim off any excess liquid or foam. Stir in the chile peppers, bell peppers, onion, vinegar, lime juice, white sugar, brown sugar, and desired amount of salt. Reduce heat to low, and simmer 3 to 5 hours until liquid reduces and thickens. Adjust seasonings to taste.
• Remove chili sauce from heat, and skim off any foam. Pour into hot, sterilized jars, leaving 1/4 inch headroom. Adjust lids. Process for 10 minutes in a boiling-water bath.

CHILI SAUCE

Steps:

• In a stock pot, combine the tomatoes, onions, peppers, sugar and salt; simmer, uncovered, for 45 minutes. , Place the pickling spices, celery seed and mustard seed on a double thickness of cheesecloth; bring up corners of cloth and tie with string to form a bag; add to tomato mixture. Cook for 45 minutes or until very thick, stirring frequently. , Add vinegar; cook to desired thickness. Discard spice bag. Carefully ladle hot mixture into hot pint jars, leaving 1/2-in. headspace. Adjust caps. Process for 15 minutes in a boiling-water canner.

HOMEMADE CHILI SAUCE

Steps:

• Whisk tomato sauce, brown sugar, vinegar, chili powder, allspice, garlic powder, and onion powder together in a bowl.

EASY CHILI SAUCE

Steps:

• Use large tins (28-ounce) of plum tomatoes and do NOT drain.
• Combine all ingredients in a large heavy pot.
• Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to a simmer and cook, uncovered, until thick-- about 90 minutes.
• Tomatoes will break apart as they cook, although you can help this along by pressing them against the side of the pot with a wooden spoon.
• Stir chili sauce often as it cooks.
• Pour chili sauce into hot, sterilized jars and seal.
• Process in a hot water bath if you wish, but I store these jars in the back of my fridge-- they don't take up too much room because they seem to be eaten quickly!
• Recipe makes seven cups; I always do up 2 pint jars for my family then put the rest in 1-cup size jars to give away.