Large Batch of Salsa (for canning)

2011-08-26 14:25
Mountain Standard Time

I really love this salsa, I love it's colors and the flavor.  I hope you like as much as I do

30 tomatoes peeled and chopped about a 5 gallon bucket full

2 green bell peppers

10 cups chopped onions

1/2 bunch of cilantro

10 cloves garlic or 3 Tablespoons of garlic powder

4-5 yellow banana pepper or 1 cup chopped jalapenos, Anaheim peppers are great too.

1/2-3/4 cup sugar

2 cups vinegar or Lime juice (I prefer the lime juice, others I know prefer vinegar that's why I put both)

8 teaspoons salt

2 teaspoons black pepper

2 large cans tomato paste

To get your tomatoes to peel it helps to blanch them in boiling water so they slip right off.

Mix everything together in a huge pot.  Simmer 1 1/2 hrs, stirring frequently, at the end of cooking time add 1/2 bunch of cilantro.

Ladle into jars and process, 35 minutes for pint jars and 45 minutes for quart jars.

Makes about 16 pints