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.
FOR PRINTABLE VERSION CLICK HERE: Favorite Canned Salsa
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
Have you tried the salsa yet? Curious to know your thoughts. There are still a couple of weeks left to squeeze in some tomato canning before they disappear from my state for the winter!