Name: Billie's Chili Sauce
Prep time: 120 min
Cook time: 240 min
Ingredients: 7 pounds ripe tomatoes, after peeling and coring; 5 medium onions, chopped; 2 sweet red peppers, chopped; 1/2 tbsp salt; 1/2 bunch celery, diced; 2 cups distilled vinegar; 1 1/2 cups sugar; 1 1/2 sticks cinnamon; 1 1/2 tsp each of nutmeg, allspice, whole cloves; 1/2 tsp ground ginger; 1 or 2 small hot red peppers.

Billie's Chili Sauce

A recipe from the journal of Wilma Joyce "Billie" Simmons Stites.

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Prep Time 2

Cook Time 4

Course Condiment

Cuisine American

Servings 6

Ingredients

7 pounds ripe tomatoes, after peeling and coring
5 medium onions, chopped
2 sweet red peppers, chopped
1/2 tbsp salt
1/2 bunch celery, diced
2 cups distilled vinegar
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 1/2 sticks cinnamon
1 1/2 tsp each of nutmeg, allspice, whole cloves
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1 or 2 small hot red peppers.

Instructions

Place the ripe tomatoes in boiling water for about 5 minutes, then plunge in cold water. Peel the tomatoes and core.
Cut up the tomatoes. In a large shallow pan or roaster, add the tomatoes, chopped onions, peppers and celery with the sugar, vinegar and salt. Heat to boiling. Place the spices and red peppers in a cheesecloth bag and immerse in the mixture. Put the pan in a 350 degree oven and cook for three to four hours. Stir once or twice during the last hour. Cook down to the consistency you like.
Remove from oven, cool, remove spice bag and ladle into hot, clean, sterilized jars and seal.

Keyword chili sauce, tomatoes

Billie’s Chili Sauce