Nanny's Green Chow-Chow

Submitted by Eldeevee

"This has been in our family for years and years. I've included stand time in the preparation time."

 

• Ready In: 25hrs
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: 12 473 ml jars
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 30 green tomatoes
• 16 apples
• 118.29 ml coarse salt
• 6 large onions
• 946.36 ml sugar
• 59.14 ml pickling salt
• white vinegar

directions

1. Clean and wash tomatoes, apples and peel onions.
2. In a Dutch oven slice and layer the 3 ingredients.
3. After each complete layer, sprinkle a little salt and let stand overnight.

4. Next Day:

5. Drain and put ingredients back into pot and add sugar, spices (tied in clean cheesecloth) and add vinegar to cover 3/4 of ingredients.
6. Cook over low to medium heat for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, stirring often with a wooden spoon.
7. Check often to make sure mixture does not burn.
8. When thickened put into sterilized jars and seal.
9. Process for 20 minutes.

Reviews

[Bluenoser]

This is very close to the chow my grandmother used to make. I enjoyed the texture and flavor of this. Thanks so much.