Ingredients
24 cup tomatoes -- peel, core,
1 chop
2 cup white vinegar -- 5%
2 cup jalapeno chiles -- chop with
1 seeds
2 cup sweet peppers -- diced, *
2 cup sweet onions -- diced, *
2 small cans tomato sauce
3 cloves garlic -- minced
1 tbsp pickling salt -- do not use
1 table
1 bunch cilantro -- chopp
Directions
Red peppers make a prettier sauce, but green is ok. I like the
flavor of the red ones. Get sweet onions like Vidalia or Texas 1020
if you can.
Cook tomatoes and vinegarfor an hour in a large[!] pot. Add remaining
ingredients except cilantro and cook another a to 2 hours 'til a
consistency you like. Add cilantro. Put in hot pint jars and process
in water bath 15 minutes.
Makes about 10 pints
Recipe By : J. Hassell [via Rec.Food.Preserving]
From: La Parilla The Mexican Grill By R
Servings: 1 servings
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