Green Tomato Chow Chow - Bonita's Kitchen

Welcome to Bonita's Kitchen! Today we will be making Green Tomato Chow Chow - Recipe posted below. Our website link: https://www.bonitaskitchen.com Our cookbooks link: https://www.bonitaskitchen.com/cookbook Ingredients: 8 - Large Green Tomatoes or more 8 - Medium Onions  ¼ - Cup Sea salt 2½ - Cups White Sugar  2½ - Cups Vinegar white 2½- Cups Water 4 Tbsp - Pickling Spice 2 - Tsp Turmeric  2 - Tbsp Yellow Mustard  1- Cut up your vegetables in thin round slices or disks.  2- In a large boiler layer your vegetables and after each layer sprinkle with sea salt, let stand overnight, then drain all liquid off in the morning. 3- Then add to the vegetable's one cup of vinegar and water then cover; boil until tender maybe 15 minutes. 4- After put your pickling spice in a cheese cloth or tea strainer, place in the boiler. 5- Then add the remainder of your ingredients, white sugar, vinegar, water, turmeric and mustard. 6- Start boiling for another 30 minutes until it's blended, don’t over boil vegetables. "Remove Spice" 7- Sterilize six or seven mason jars and lids. After while bottles are hot start scooping your green tomato chow chow in the bottles clean rims and seal finger tight.  8 - Follow the sterilizing and canning method to seal bottles. Please Note: " Extra liquid you can discard or use for something else." " If making a half batch use less ingredients!" PICKLING SPICES method: Add about ¼ tsp of each spice below to make your own; Mustard seeds, whole allspice, cloves, bay leafs whole or crusted, peppercorn whole. Sterilizing and Canning Procedures Method: Sterilization:    • Best Canning Procedures for a SAFE and DEL...   1. Start by getting a large boiler and filling in about quarter full of water. 2. Then starting the water to a boil and placing your Mason jars inside then cover. 3. After let the pot boil for about 15-20 then remove your bottles and place them on paper towels or a cloth. Canning Procedures: 1. After your food items are cooked and ready to bottle, scoop hot liquid and put inside your Mason jars. 2. Continue doing this until all bottles are complete and leaving 1/2 inch on top. 3. Clean around the top of your bottles removing any food of rims. 4. Then place caps and lids on your jars and tighten. 5. Then place your jars back in hot water bath and start the boil for another 5 minutes with the cover on boiler. Remove the rims if the lids are sealed put the rims back on and store in a cool place if not store in your fridge until gone.  Alway label and date your bottles. I apologize in advance if anything in this video is not clear or miss read, please follow my recipe when making this dish. Thank you for watching Bonita's Kitchen, and don't forget to subscribe for more Traditional Newfoundland Recipes and Cooking! *** 🍲 Bonita’s Kitchen Recommended Tools & Gadgets 🍲 Support our channel by purchasing these products through Bonita's special links below! We earn a small commission at no extra cost to you, which helps us continue bringing you delicious recipes and videos. Thank you! 😊 🔪 Meat Thermometers: ChefsTemp Finaltouch X10 Instant Read Digital Meat Thermometer: https://amzn.to/3U4F2lo ChefsTemp Instant Read Meat Thermometer: https://amzn.to/3zTzxzg MEATER Plus | Smart Meat Thermometer with Bluetooth | 165ft Wireless Range: https://amzn.to/3YlesHi 🥕 Food Prep Tools: Vegetable Chopper - Food Onion Salad Veggie Chopper with Container: https://amzn.to/486s7VK Cutting Boards: https://amzn.to/481mPLt Amazon Basics 12-Piece Color-Coded Kitchen Knife Set: https://amzn.to/3zUJi01 Large Silicone Cooking Utensils Set - Heat Resistant: https://amzn.to/3ZZkZZq 🍳 Cookware & Appliances: Ninja Foodi 6-in-1 8-qt. DualZone Air Fryer: https://amzn.to/3zLAsBP T-Fal Culinaire Non-Stick Aluminum, 16 Piece Cookware Set: https://amzn.to/3Y3l0Jp 📦 Storage & Organization: Vtopmart 32-Piece Food Storage Containers Set with Labels: https://amzn.to/4h21HIY Lifewit Cutlery Drawer Organizer, Expandable: https://amzn.to/3BGhwoB 🍴 Cooking Utensils: Wooden Spoons for Cooking, 10-Piece Set - Heat Resistant Teak: https://amzn.to/4819Pp7 Hamburger Meat Chopper, Heat-Resistant Ground Meat Masher: https://amzn.to/3ZZSY3Q SURETIVIAN Chicken Shredder - Large Meat Shredder Tool: https://amzn.to/488z0WH Zulay Kitchen Metal Lemon Squeezer - Handheld Citrus Juicer: https://amzn.to/3Yo8LHB Thank you for supporting Bonita’s Kitchen! 🌻 Enjoy cooking with these handy kitchen tools! 🍽️ ***