Canning Zesty Salsa

Homemade salsa for canning if your garden has blessed you with a surplus of tomatoes this summer youve found the right recipe.

Salsa chicken verde pasta. Whats the best salsa recipe for canning. Make sure to label the salsa with a month and a year and store it in a cool dark place. Canned salsa has a shelf life of about a year.

Sterilize the jars and lids in boiling water for at least 5 minutes. It will eliminate all the additional heat and smell from your home that canning can create. The perfect pinches of cumin and cayenne layered with herbal cilantro and just the right ratio of vinegar and sugar helps this salsa hit the trifecta of tangy spicy and smoky.

Salsa recipe canning tips. Hi mikayla sorry for any confusion. Salsa older than this is safe to eat if the jar is in good condition and the seal is intact but the quality may start to deteriorate.

Canning is a great and fun yes im a nerd way to preserve food and keep it on your shelves but there are many food safety concerns related to canning and its important to use a recipe thats been tested to ensure the. Process 15 minutes in a hot water bath. We use the recipe from our ball blue book.

Here is a link to the recipe. 1 use a tested recipe. Use whatever type of chili peppers your family prefers and add hot pepper sauce if your tastes are even more daring.

Pack salsa into hot sterilized jars filling to within 14 inch of the top. Carefully remove the jars from the canner and pour the water back in. Weve tried multiple different salsa recipes over the years and we keep coming back to the standard ball canning salsa recipezesty salsaits easy to make the flavor is spot on and you can customize the spice level by changing the chile peppers you use.

Makes about 6 16 oz pint jars or 12 8 oz half pint jars. Use more hot peppers for a very hot salsa or less for mild. Use a bubble popper or a thin knife to remove any air bubbles and top off the jar if necessary.

Now use a canning funnel so you dont get salsa all over the rims of your jars and fill the hot jars leaving a 12 inch headspace. Traditional salsa with a zesty kick. If canned and stored properly its shelf life is about 12 to 18 months.

Try canning outside with a camp stove.