zesty salsa for canning

🥘 Ingredients

• • chopped tomatoes
• • bell peppers
• • onions
• • hot peppers
• • cider vinegar
• • garlic cloves
• • cilantro
• • salt
• • tomato paste

📝 Instructions

1. 1 combine all ingredients except tomato paste in large sauce pot
2. 2 simmer until desired thickness
3. 3 stir in tomato paste
4. 4 ladle hot salsa into hot jars leaving 1 / 4 inch head-space
5. 5 process 15 minutes in a hot water bath
6. 6 it depends on how hot your peppers are and how hot you like your salsa
7. 7 i never get close to 2 1 / 2 cups for our mild salsa