Canned Mexican Hot Sauce

Total Time: 6 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 3 hrs Cook Time: 3 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• 10 -15 lbs roma tomatoes
• 1 -2 large sweet onion
• 1 head garlic
• 10 jalapeno peppers
• 2 tablespoons canning salt
• 2 tablespoons granulated garlic
• 1/2 cup chopped cilantro

Recipe

• 1 put the fresh romas through a victorio strainer to make sauce.
• 2 finely grind the onions, half the garlic and half the jalapenos in a food processor.
• 3 place the sauce, the ground onions, garlic and jalapenos along with the salt and granulated garlic in a large kettle. slowly boil for 2 - 3 hours until the sauce is really thick.
• 4 mince the other half of the garlic and finely dice the other half of the jalapenos. add them, along with the fresh cilantro, to the sauce just before processing. i use half pints and pints. it boils down to about 12 cups of sauce. process in water bath or steam canner following instructions from a canning book.