How to Make Homemade Chili Sauce

How to Make Homemade Chili Sauce Recipie
 Homemade Chili Sauce Recipie

Ingredients

• 4 quarts of chopped, peeled, cored tomatoes.  Generally that requires about 8 quarts of fresh whole tomatoes, which is probably about 14 pounds.
• 2 cups of chopped onions (I like Vidalia's)
• 2 cups of chopped sweet red peppers - that's about 3 or 4 large peppers
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• 1 hot red pepper, finely chopped.  You can use chili peppers or your favorite type of hot pepper, like jalapeño, habaneras, Serrano, etc.. You can add two peppers, if you like it really hot.  Be sure to finely dice (I use a blender).
• 1 cup of sugar.  Or you can use 1 cup of honey instead. Diabetics may want to use 1 cup Splenda (or about 1/3 that if you use Stevia, which is my preference) instead.
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• 3 Tablespoons salt (for flavoring; if you are on a low salt diet, you may reduce or eliminate the salt)
• 3 Tablespoons of mixed pickling spices.  Most grocery stores sell this, either by the herbs and spices, or by the seasonal canning supplies.
• 1 Tablespoon of celery seed.
• 1 Tablespoon of mustard seed.
• : 2 ½ cups of clear (white) vinegar, 5% concentration.