Cabbage Stuffed Hot Banana Peppers - Canning

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 80 -90 large banana peppers
• 1 gallon cabbage, chopped
• 6 teaspoons salt
• 5 teaspoons celery seeds
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 8 cups vinegar
• 7 cups water
• 5 lbs sugar

Recipe

• 1 seed and de-vein peppers.
• 2 mix together cabbage, salt, celery seed and black pepper.
• 3 stuff peppers and pack into jars.
• 4 mix together vinegar, water and sugar.
• 5 bring to a boil.
• 6 pour over peppers.
• 7 wipe edges of the jars with a clean cloth, place lids and screw bands on fingertip-tight.
• 8 turn jars upside down for 5 minutes, then turn right-side up and allow to seal**.
• 9 **inversion is an heirloom method no longer recommended by the usda/nchfp (national center for home food preservation). to meet current guidelines, the filled jars should be processed in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes up to 1000 feet in elevation, 15 minutes from 1000 to 6000 feet, and 20 minutes at over 6000 feet.