Recipe for Canning Homemade Chili Beans

Step 1

Rinse the dried beans

Step 2

Soak the dried beans overnight

Step 3

Wash the beans

Step 4

Fill each jar with 2 1/2 cups of beans to 2/3 full (For Pints use about 1 1/4 cups)

Step 5

Add desired peppers, onions and seasonings

Step 6

Fill each jar to one inch of headspace with boiling water

Step 7

Wipe the rims of the jars, remove the air bubbles and add the canning lids

Step 8

Process in pressure canner for 75 minutes for pints, 90 minutes for quarts

Step 9

When the canning process time is complete and the canner has had time to depressurize, remove the hot jars with a jar lifter and place the canning jars of hot beans on a dish towel on the counter and do not disturb for 24 hours.