Savory Salsa

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 10 cups chopped tomatoes, skins removed and cored (if you want chunky cut it bigger, not so chunky cut them smaller on each chopped ingredient)
• 3 cups yellow onions, coarsely chopped
• 2 1/2 cups green peppers, coarsely chopped
• 2 cups jalapeno peppers, chopped (wear gloves!)
• 12 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/2-3/4 cup fresh cilantro, finely chopped
• 5 limes, juiced
• 1/3 cup cider vinegar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cumin
• 1/8-1/4 cup salt
• 3 teaspoons ground pepper
• 8 (15 ounce) cans black beans, drained and washed
• 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 (12 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste

Recipe

• 1 place tomatoes into boiling water for 1 minute or until skin cracks then immediately place in cold water, peel and core tomatoes and cut into chunks.
• 2 cut up rest of fresh ingredients.
• 3 juice limes.
• 4 drain and rinse black beans (8 cans is a pronounced black bean salsa, if you want less beans adjust accordingly to your liking).
• 5 simply put all ingredients into a large pot, 1 1/2 gal or bigger and bring to a slow boil.
• 6 slow boil for 10 minutes uncovered.
• 7 place in pint jars, put on lids and boil in canner for 10 minutes.
• 8 makes about 15-16 pints (with 8 cans of black beans).
• 9 variations -.
• 10 if you want it hotter you can use more jalapenos, hotter peppers or add red pepper flakes/crushed red pepper to your taste.
• 11 soak 7-8 ears of sweet corn in water for 30 minutes and then roast corn in the husks on the grill until done (20-30 minutes turning frequently), de-husk corn and cut off cob. add corn to salsa for a black bean - roasted corn salsa or eliminate beans for a roasted corn salsa.
• 12 no beans and no corn for a very tasty "regular" salsa.
• 13 use 2 more limes and no vinegar.