Jobe's Sassy Simple Salsa
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Recipe type: Appetiser
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Serves: 8 pints
 
Well, this recipe is listed as an appetizer, but for me, this is a meal with a few chips on the side. Perfect salsa for everyone. If you like it hotter, use more green chile and/or more jalapenos. And enjoy! Ole'!!!
Ingredients
  • 10 cups of peeled and chopped tomatoes
  • 1 cup of roasted, peeled and chopped green chilies (Hatch). We grow and use the “Big Jim” variety
  • 5 cups onions, chopped fine
  • 10 large garlic cloves, chopped fine
  • 5 medium roasted, peeled and chopped jalapenos with seeds
  • 4 medium fresh jalapenos chopped (split and remove ½ of the seeds before chopping)
  • 4 tablespoons chopped cilantro
  • 3 tablespoons kosher salt
  • ⅔ cup of fresh squeezed lime juice
Instructions
  1. Combine all ingredients in a large sauce pan and simmer until onions are translucent and tender. Sample and adjust the seasoning to suit your taste and add more peppers if you want it hotter. The recipe above will produce a medium hot salsa. At this point I add a thickening agent to the salsa which is ¼ cup of cold water with 2 teaspoons of cornstarch stirred in and dissolved. Pour and stir this into the salsa and let simmer another 5 minutes.
  2. Take freshly washed and hot jars (I use the dishwasher and take them directly out during the hot dry cycle) and fill them up to the neck leaving about ½ inch of head space. Wipe the top of the filled jar with a clean towel. Place a hot lid (I have these simmering in a pan with about 2 inches of water on another burner) on the jar and screw the ring on tightly.
  3. Prepare a water bath cooker and bring to a boil, place the prepared jars in the cooker and cook at a slow boil for 15 minutes. Remove the jars from the cooker and place on a towel on the counter. As the jars start to cool to room temperature they will start sealing. All should be sealed within 2 hours. If one does not seal, refrigerate and eat it first.
Recipe by Thru the Bugs on My Windshield at https://www.thruthebugsonmywindshield.com/2012/07/12/nancy-jimmy-jobes-sassy-simple-salsa-the-hereford-series/