Sharons Thick Salsa Recipes

CHUNKY SALSA

Steps:

• Fill a Dutch oven two-thirds with water; bring to a boil. Score an "X" on the bottom of each tomato. Using a slotted spoon, place tomatoes, one at a time, in boiling water for 30-60 seconds. Remove tomatoes and immediately plunge in ice water. Discard peel; chop tomatoes., In a stockpot, combine the remaining ingredients. Stir in tomatoes. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 15-20 minutes or until desired thickness., Carefully ladle hot mixture into hot 1-pint jars, leaving 1/2-in. headspace. Remove air bubbles; wipe rims and adjust lids. Process for 15 minutes in a boiling-water canner.

CHUNKY SALSA RECIPE FOR CANNING

Steps:

• Place 9 pint canning jars and lids into your dishwasher on the sanitize setting.
• Get your water bath canner ready be filling it a little over half way, placing the canning rack at the bottom, and heat on the stove. (the water needs to cover jars by 1-2 inches throughout the processing time. Preheat water to 180 degrees.
• Put on your Plastic or rubber gloves and prepare your peppers! Chop off the stem ends and remove seeds, membranes and pulp. Then chop chunky, and place into a large pot.
• Chop tomatoes into large chunks, and place in a large pot.
• Chop onions, garlic, cilantro, chunky and put them into your large pot with other ingredients.
• . Add salt, sugar and cumin powder.
• Bring salsa to a boil, then lower the heat to a simmer, and simmer for 30 minutes stirring every few minutes.
• Ladle hot salsa into hot steralized canning jars, and LEAVE 1/2 an inch headspace at the top! "Headspace" is the unfilled room in the jar above the food and below the rim. This space is needed for expansion of salsa as the jars are processed!
• Remove air bubbles with a knife.
• Wipe jar rims clean with a clean damp cloth, or paper towel.
• Top with canning lid and rim.
• Turn heat up to high on water bath canner, and get water to a hard boil.

SHARON'S THICK SALSA

Steps:

• Get boiling water bath canner ready and boiling making sure water is at least 1 inch over tops of pint jars, get lids simmering but not boiling. Have clean and ready 6 pint jars and 1 half pint jar.
• In a separate pan combine 6 14oz cans tomatoes, Mrs Wages medium salsa package, vinegar and the chopped onion. Bring to a boil and then back down to a simmer and cook for 10 minutes.
• Using a ladle scoop out 2 ladles of salsa into a strainer over a bowl and drain salsa before adding to the pint jars. Drain all salsa before adding to the jars. Fill about 5 pint jars leaving 1" head space. Fill Half pint jars again leaving a 1" head space. Use a little of the left over salsa juice and add just a little to each jar. Add left over salsa juice to a separate pint jar. Wipe tops of jars before adding lids and screwing on the rings.
• Water bath can everything for 40 minutes as it says on the Mrs wages package directions.
• Listen to lids to pop when taken out of the canner and cooled.

CHUNKY TOMATO SALSA

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine the first nine ingredients. Stir in the tomato paste, vinegar and lemon juice. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 1 hour, stirring frequently. Cool to room temperature. Cover and refrigerate until chilled. Serve with chips.