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Chow Chow Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
8 cups chopped cabbage
7 cups chopped onion
5 cups chopped green pepper
5 cups chopped sweet red pepper
4 cups chopped green tomatoes
1 cup chopped hot peppers such as jalapeño or red chiles (optional)
¼ cup salt
6 cups white vinegar (5% acidity)
2½ cups sugar
2 Tbsp mustard seeds
1 Tbsp celery seeds
1½ tsp ground turmeric
Directions:
Directions:
Combine first 7 ingredients in large nonmetal container; stir well. Cover and let stand at room temperature 4 to 6 hours. Drain well. Press vegetable mixture between paper towels to remove excess moisture; set aside.

Combine vinegar, sugar, mustard seeds, celery seeds, and ground turmeric in a large Dutch oven. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to medium, and simmer, uncovered, 15 minutes. Stir in reserved vegetable mixture, and cook until thoroughly heated.

Pack hot vegetable mixture into hot jars with a slotted spoon, filling to ½ inch from top. Cover with boiling vinegar mixture, filling to ½ inch from top. Remove air bubbles; wipe jar rims. Cover at once with metal lids, and screw on bands. Process in boiling-water bath 20 minutes. Yield: 11-12 pints.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Making and canning chow chow is a labor of love, and the results are well worth it. If canned properly, the chow chow will last for years.

I like to make this in late summer or early fall, using green tomatoes and peppers from the garden. My husband likes his chow chow spicy, so I usually add hot peppers to the vegetable mixture after filling half the jars with “regular” chow chow. A bowl of biscuits and pinto beans topped with chow chow has sustained him through many of my business trips!

 

 

 

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