Classic, old fashioned sweet and spicy chili sauce. PERFECT with potato pancakes, chicken and pork.
Course Canning/Preserves
Cuisine English
Prep Time 1 hourhour
Cook Time 7 hourshours
Canning Time 20 minutesminutes
Servings 15jars
Calories 643kcal
Author Karen Bertelsen
Equipment
Canning Kit
Ingredients
18quartstomatoes
2bunchescelery
3quartsbanana peppers
10red peppers
12onions
6clovesgarlic
¼cupcoarse salt
4cupsvinegar
4peaches
2.5lbsbrown sugar
2tsps.cayenne pepper
3tsps. cloves
3tsps.cinnamon
2wholecinnamon sticks
10wholecloves
Instructions
Peel tomatoes by placing them in boiling water for 30 seconds and then plunging them into cold water. The skin will slide right off. If it doesn't, plunge them in the hot water again.
Wrap all the whole spices in a little cheesecloth bag.
Rough chop the remaining ingredients. Don't worry about it being pretty, just chop them up into pieces between ¼" - ½".
Put all the ingredients into a large stock pot and bring to a boil. Once boiling, reduce heat to a simmer and simmer until thick and reduced by ⅓rd. This will take many hours. 5-10 hours depending on the type of tomatoes you use.
Taste as you go! If after 3 hours you find you like the taste of it, then remove the spice bag and continue to simmer until thickened. I always leave my spice bag in until the end though.
Notes
To can this chili sauce:
Prepare a water bath.
Fill canning jars with hot chili sauce then put on sealer and band.
Process for 20 minutes in water bath.
If you want you can also add other spices to the spice bag. Mustard seed, star anise, peppercorns would all be good additions.