Favorite Canned Salsa

This recipe from Simply in Season wasn’t too difficult at all, and a fresh jar from summer will be a welcome treat in the winter.

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14 cups tomatoes (peeled, chopped, and drained)
3 cups onion (chopped)
1/2 cup chili peppers (chopped; use more if you want it hotter)
1-3 cups green, yellow, and red sweet peppers (chopped)
8-10 cloves garlic (minced)
1 cup tomato sauce
1 cup ketchup
3/4 cup vinegar
10 Tbs cornstarch or Thermflo
2 1/2 tbs salt
1 Tbs chili powder
1 1/2 tsp ground cumin

1. Combine tomatoes, onion, peppers, and garlic and set aside.

2. Combine tomato sauce, ketchup, vinegar, cornstarch, salt, chili powder, and cumin and cook until thick and a clear dark color. Add sauce to drained vegetables and ladle into hot sterilized pint jars to within 1/2 inch of top, seal with sterilized lids, and process full jars in boiling water bath for 35 minutes.

Servings: 36

Yield: 9-11 pints

The Verdict: I wasn’t so sure about the cornstarch mixture. As I was cooking it, I seriously had some doubts. But I  kept cooking, and eventually it became very thick and dark. It wasn’t until I mixed it with the vegetables that it seemed to smell the way a salsa should. Silly me, I need to have trust in the recipes. The only bummer part is that some didn’t seal, apparently because I overfilled a couple of them because it was leaking when I went to fish them out of the water bath. Oops.

Nutrition Facts
Serving size: 1/36 of a recipe (3.9 ounces).
Percent daily values based on the Reference Daily Intake (RDI) for a 2000 calorie diet.
Nutrition information calculated from recipe ingredients.
Amount Per Serving
Calories 37.66
Calories From Fat (6%) 2.12
% Daily Value
Total Fat 0.25g <1%
Saturated Fat 0.04g <1%
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 608.75mg 25%
Potassium 254.18mg 7%
Total Carbohydrates 8.84g 3%
Fiber 1.4g 6%
Sugar 4.33g
Protein 1.08g 2%

This recipe also shared with Frugal Friday, Fight Back Friday, Friday Food Flop, Grocery Cart Challenge, Wholesome Whole Foods, Food on Fridays, and Finer Things Friday

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