I love making Homemade Salsa! Over the last few years I’ve gotten better at it. Here’s what I do.
Homemade Salsa Ingredient list:
Tomatoes – Enough to make 2 quarts after chopping/blending
Onions – I used 5 medium sized. That equaled about 1/3 the volume of Tomatoes.
Peppers – Hot or Sweet (or both). I used 2 large Jalapenos.
Garlic – 5 cloves (give or take for your taste)
Cilantro – a good handful (optional… left out of the video demo)
Lime Juice – 1/2 cup
Chili Powder – 1 Tbsp
Cumin – 1 Tbsp
Salt (I prefer Himalayan Pink Salt) – 1 heaping Tsp
Directions (watch the video!)
- Chop and/or blend Tomatoes until you have 2 quarts volume.
- Pour Tomatoes into stock pan and put on medium heat.
- Chop/blend garlic cloves, onions and peppers. This should be about 1/3 of the total volume of Tomatoes.
- Add Onion blend to stock pot. Stir in.
- Add Spices – Chili Powder, Cumin, Salt. Stir in.
- Add Cilantro if using. Stir in.
- Cook on medium heat long enough to reduce mix to desired consistency. Cook longer for thick salsa, shorter for runny.
- Remove from heat.
- Add in Lime juice
Canning tip – use that time while cooking the salsa to prepare your canning supplies and heated jars. You’ll put hot salsa into hot jars.
Enjoy!
