Easy Chili Sauce

  • Prep Time: 15 mins
  • Total Time: 1 hrs 45 mins
  • Yield: 7cups

    • About This Recipe

    “This makes a nice small batch, and it’s easy to make more! Particularly tasty served with a meat-and-potatoes dinner. And if you heat it up with hot peppers or more cayenne, it can pass as a salsa.”

    Ingredients

  • 2 (28ounce) cans Italian plum tomatoes, undrained
  • 1cupcider vinegar
  • 2mediumapples, peeled,cored and diced
  • 1largeonion, peeled and diced
  • 1cupfinely chopped celery
  • 3/4 cuppacked brown sugar
  • 2teaspoonscoarse salt
  • 1teaspoonground allspice
  • 1teaspoonground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoonground cloves
  • 1/8 teaspooncayenne pepper

    • Directions

  • Use large tins (28-ounce) of plum tomatoes and do NOT drain.
  • Combine all ingredients in a large heavy pot.
  • Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to a simmer and cook, uncovered, until thick– about 90 minutes.
  • Tomatoes will break apart as they cook, although you can help this along by pressing them against the side of the pot with a wooden spoon.
  • Stir chili sauce often as it cooks.
  • Pour chili sauce into hot, sterilized jars and seal.
  • Process in a hot water bath if you wish, but I store these jars in the back of my fridge– they don’t take up too much room because they seem to be eaten quickly!
  • Recipe makes seven cups; I always do up 2 pint jars for my family then put the rest in 1-cup size jars to give away.

    • Reviews

  • “Very easy and good tasting! I made it several days ago and my husband loves it. Thanks, Carole in Orlando”

  • “Superb actually!!Easy to make and tastes much better than the bought Heinz type in my opinion.I added some garlic, worcestershire, liquid smoke and tabasco.I will freeze this in one cup chunks for future use.Thanks Lennie.”

  • “I never knew that chili sauce has no chili powder! This is delicious, low in calories and so low in fat. It made the most tender chicken: Recipe #193424. I did not peel the MacIntosh apples I used because I need the extra malic acid (what makes apples tart). I simply used my handheld blender to smooth the sauce and it was terrific. Thanks for sharing Lennie.”

  • “Used 4 14.5 cans diced tomatoes (a couple more ounces than the 28 ounce cans).When it was finished cooking, I de-chunked it with my stick blender before canning.Planning to use it in a sauce recipe that goes on meatballs.Loved the way it made the house smell!If it doesn’t perform, I’ll re-review!”

  • “The smell that this produces is out of the world on this cold New England day.The taste is hevenly.I halfed the recipe, and that will never happen again.I omitted the salt, health reasons, and added some garlic and a green pepper.Now I’m on a quest to see how many ways I can use it.Thanks for sharing.”

  • “very nice and very similar yto real chile sauce but with that special home made taste that can not be masss produced.”

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