Homemade Rotel - Tomatoes and Green Chilies Canning Recipe

Homemade Rotel made with tomatoes and green chilies is a great and easy tomato canning recipe. Rotel is a great pantry staple for spicing up Mexican recipes. It is great to be able to make your own tomatoes and green chilies to suit your taste and to preserve them for use all winter long.

Ingredients

– 12 cups of Tomatoes: Chopped – 1 cup Peppers: Chopped, Jalapeno, Anaheim or Poblano – 2 tsp Canning Salt – 1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice for each Pint Jar

First rinse the tomatoes and core, as necessary.

Add the tomatoes whole to a food processor and chop them up. Then add them to a large stock pot.

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Cut the peppers up and deseed and chop the peppers in a food processor. Wear gloves if you are going to touch the inside of the hot peppers.

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Add the chopped peppers to the stock pot.

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Add the remaining ingredients. Heat on medium-high heat to a slight boil and reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes or more.

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Ladle the hot sauce into canning jars leaving 1/2 inch headspace.

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Add the canning jars to the boiling water bath and process jars at a full rolling boil for 20 minutes.

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Remove the hot jars from the canning pot after the processing time with a jar lifter and place jars on a kitchen towel on the counter. Do not disturb for 24 hours.

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