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Chili Sauce - Great Grandma Smith Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
4 Quarts Ripe Tomatoes, peeled and chopped
3 cup finely chopped White Onions
1 cup finely chopped Green Pepper
1 cup Finely chopped Sweet Red pepper
2 cup Sugar
1/4 tsp. Cayenne pepper
3 cup White Vinegar ( I use aged apple cider vinegar) Option: 1½ C. of each vinegar
1 tsp. whole Cloves
3 3" Cinnamon Sticks
1 Tbsp. Mustard Seed

Cheesecloth (old, clean knee high or stocking will work just as good)

Directions:
Directions:
In cheesecloth add cloves, mustard seed and cinnamon sticks; tie off in a bag. (old knee high works well to tie into bag. In a large heavy kettle (Dutch oven) add all ingredients, including spice bag. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Cook slowly until thickened to desired consistency. about 2-3 hours over low heat. the longer it cooked the more flavorful the sauce. Remove spice bag from sauce before packing. Yields about 5 pints. This can be quickly hot packed into canning jars of 1 or ½ pint sizes.
see below.
 

Hot pack canning of chile sauce


Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
Hot clean canning jars of desired size. With proper size lids for jar put them into a pan
of boiling water. Fill jars with hot sauce, wipe rim clean, take a lid from water, put on jar, screw jar ring down tight and let cool at room temperature. You will hear lids pop has they seal themselves.

Directions:
Directions:
With proper size lids for jar put them into a pan of boiling water. Fill jars with hot sauce, wipe rim clean, take a lid from water, put on jar, screw jar ring down tight and let cool at room temperature. You will hear lids pop has they seal themselves.

Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
~5 pints
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
This is the Chile sauce I use in Spanish rice and this is the sauce my Grandmother made for the top of meatloaf and also used on hamburgers and hot dogs and homemade beef Barbeque/Sloppy Joes (recipe included in book).

 

 

 

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