Southwest Salsa

This salsa has become a staple in our house and has been continuously requested. The salsa is best made in the summer, when field-ripened tomatoes are in season.

Category: Other

Cuisine: Mexican

7 reviews 
Ready in 45 minutes
by TheSingingBaker

Ingredients

4 cups Tomato chopped, peeled

1 cup Onion chopped

4 cloves Garlic minced

0.5 cup Sweet red pepper chopped

4 Jalapeno peppers seeded, minced

0.5 cup Red wine vinegar

0.25 cup Fresh cilantro chopped

2 tablespoon Orange juice

1 tablespoon Lime juice

1 teaspoon Granulated sugar

1 teaspoon Pickling salt

0.25 cup Tomato paste


Directions

1. Combine tomatoes, onion, garlic, peppers, vinegar, cilantro, orange and lime juice, sugar and salt in saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat, reduce heat and boil gently, uncovered, for 30 minutes, or until mixture is thickened, stirring occasionally. Stir in tomato paste and cook for 2 minutes. This salsa can now be cooled and refrigerated for up to a month in a sealed jar. For longer storage, please follow canning procedure below. 2. Remove hot jars from canner and ladle salsa into jars to within 1/2 inch of rim. Process for 20 minutes for half-pint and pint jars.

Reviews


Loved it. Due to forgetfulness I ended up using white wine vinegar instead of red wine vinegar.

jmschaub

NewsEast

Absolutely the best salsa! Addictive! And that is a good thing!

IdahoDude

So glad you all liked the salsa recipe. This is my most popular salsa here at home.

TheSingingBaker

Very nice, but added another spoon of sugar. Tastes better next day.

darrent

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