Uncle Bence for the winter

Ankle Bens for the winter is an excellent preparation that can serve as a sauce for pasta or cereal dishes, and in combination with hearty fillings (beans or rice) will become a delicious side dish. This sauce came to us from America in the nineties and was then a curiosity. Now many housewives have their own recipes for blanks called "Uncle Bens", which include almost all vegetables available this season.

How to make Uncle Bence sauce at home

Many housewives use various techniques that make the workpiece tastier:

1. Tomatoes for this sauce are selected sweet and fully ripe. In their absence, it is quite possible to use ready-made tomato paste of good quality.
   
2. Bell peppers are preferable to green ones, then they will not boil down and will retain a crispy consistency.
3. Vegetables must be clean and dry.
4. Often you have to peel off tomatoes. This is easier to do after blanching the tomatoes in boiling water and immersing them in cold water.
5. Tomatoes are chopped in any convenient way, using a meat grinder or blender.
6. Very little oil is usually added to this preparation, so "Ankle Bens" can be considered a dietary dish. It is quite suitable for those who want to lose weight.
7. The original Uncle Bens recipe includes cornstarch for a thicker sauce. In home canning, it can also be used or replaced with potato. The amount depends on the thickness of the sauce: up to 5 tbsp. spoons.
8. Usually this blank is not additionally sterilized. Simply pour the boiling sauce into sterile containers. It is imperative to wrap the canned food until it cools.

Uncle Bens Classic Recipe

The classic sauce recipe doesn't include too many ingredients, but that doesn't make it any worse. The rich vegetable sweet and sour taste will delight any gourmet.

Would need:

• tomatoes - 2 kg;
• Bulgarian pepper - 700 g;
• carrots - 400 g;
• vegetable oil - a glass;
• garlic - 6 cloves;
• sugar - 140 g;
• salt - 40 g;
• vinegar (9%) - 25 ml.

To taste and desire, you can add any chopped greens, hot or ground red pepper.

Preparation:

1. Tomatoes are peeled, chopped in a blender.
   Advice! You can use a meat grinder.
2. Boil the tomatoes for a quarter of an hour under the lid.
3. Add chopped vegetables, except for garlic, and simmer for another 20 minutes.
4. Now it's the turn of the spices, oil and garlic cloves to be chopped up. At the same time, chopped greens and finely chopped hot peppers are added to the sauce.
   
5. Boil for another 5 minutes, and the sauce is ready to be filled in sterile jars. Tight seaming is the main condition for the preservation of canned food.

Uncle Bence for the winter with tomatoes

This blank most of all resembles a sauce and, in terms of its consistency, it is exactly that.

You will need:

• 5 kg of tomatoes;
• a pair of large bulbs;
• 6-8 garlic cloves;
• 2 cups sugar;
• 90 g salt;
• 5 teaspoons of powdered mustard;
• 20 ml vinegar 9%.

From spices you need 4 tsp.tablespoons of ground black pepper and 8 bay leaves.

How to cook:

1. Prepared tomatoes are chopped in any convenient way.
   
2. Spices are added to the tomato mass and boiled for a quarter of an hour.
3. Onions and garlic are turned into gruel and added along with sugar, salt and mustard to the sauce.
4. After 5 minutes of boiling, it is packaged in a sterile container and rolled up.
5. The workpiece must be warmed up for a day under a blanket.

Pepper and Tomato Uncle Bens

Another ketchup recipe enriched with bell peppers and herbs.

Ingredients:

• tomatoes - 5 kg;
• onions - 300 g;
• sweet pepper - 400 g;
• salt - 50 g;
• sugar - 1.5 cups;
• vinegar - 0.5 cups (9%);
• ground black pepper - 1 tsp;
• hot red pepper - 0.5 tsp;
• greens to taste.

For spices, a pinch of cinnamon and a few bay leaves are recommended.

Preparation:

1. Grinding tomatoes for this sauce is optional, just dice them. Onions and bell peppers are cut even larger into 4 pieces.
2. All this is boiled in a saucepan without a lid over very low heat 2 times for an hour and a half with an interval between cooking for a couple of hours.
3. After cooling, the vegetable mixture is rubbed through a sieve and put to cook again, adding all the spices and spices.
   
   Important! Greens are not cut, but tied in a bunch and placed in a saucepan. When the sauce is ready, take it out.
4. The final cooking time is another 3 hours. The volume of ketchup should be halved in the process.
5. The boiling sauce is packaged in sterilized containers and immediately rolled up. It does not need additional heating.

Uncle Bens without tomatoes

When preparing the Uncle Bens snack, tomatoes in any recipe can be replaced with tomato paste. The proportions are as follows: 1 kg of tomatoes corresponds to 300 g of tomato paste.

To get a fill, it must be mixed with water. If we dilute it 3 times, we get an equivalent replacement for tomato juice from a kilogram of tomatoes. If you want a thicker sauce, you can take less water, but the taste will become more intense.

Ingredients:

• tomato paste - 900 g;
• carrots, onions - 0.5 kg each;
• bulgarian pepper - 10 pcs.;
• 12 cloves of garlic;
• a bunch of parsley;
• a glass of vegetable oil and sugar;
• salt - 50 g;
• apple cider vinegar - 75 ml.

How to cook:

1. Dilute the tomato paste and let it boil.
2. The vegetables are cut into strips and added to the tomatoes. Stew everything together for another 20 minutes.
   
3. All seasonings are added, except for vinegar, herbs and garlic, they are pre-crushed.
4. After 5 minutes warming up over low heat, season the sauce with vinegar and pack it in sterile containers. Wrap it up until it cools down.

Uncle Bence salad with carrots and garlic

This salad is prepared quickly and turns out to be delicious.

You will need:

• tomatoes - 3 kg;
• 2 kg of sweet pepper;
• 1 kg of carrots, onions;
• 24 garlic cloves;
• 1 glass of vegetable oil and sugar;
• salt - 1.5 tbsp. spoons;
• 0.5 cups vinegar (9%).

How to cook:

1. Tomatoes are chopped with a meat grinder, all seasonings are added, except vinegar, and evaporated for 15 minutes.
2. Vegetables cut into strips, except for garlic, are put in the sauce and boiled for another 1/3 hour. Chopped garlic cloves are placed in the workpiece after a quarter of an hour.
3. After adding vinegar, the products are packaged in sterile containers, rolled up, covered with a blanket.

Lecho Ankle Bence from pepper

Bulgarian pepper is the soloist in it. The large amount of sugar makes it sweetish, unlike the traditional Bulgarian lecho.

Ingredients:

• 6 kg of tomatoes;
• 5-6 kg of bell pepper;
• carrots and onions - 10 pcs.;
• sunflower oil and sugar - 2 cups each;
• vinegar (9%) - 1 glass.

How to cook:

1. Scroll the tomatoes using a meat grinder.
   Advice! You can additionally rub them through a sieve to free them from seeds.
2. Boil the tomato mass, adding oil and spices, for about a quarter of an hour.
3. Onions cut into half rings, sweet red peppers, grated carrots are added to lecho and boiled for another quarter of an hour. Tried for salt, seasoned with vinegar and packaged in sterile containers, rolled up.

Ankle Bence sauce with cinnamon and cloves

These spices give the sauce an indescribable taste and aroma.

You will need:

• 2.5 kg of tomatoes;
• two onions;
• 0.5 cups of sugar;
• 0.5 tbsp. tablespoons of salt;
• 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon, black pepper;
• 1/4 teaspoon ground celery seeds;
• 2 carnation buds.

Vinegar is added to this preparation to taste.

How to cook:

1. The chopped tomatoes are boiled for 15 minutes. To separate them from seeds and skins, rub through a sieve.
2. Chop the onion in a blender and boil it with tomato puree until the thickness is desired.
3. Add spices and herbs, cook for another quarter of an hour.
   
4. Season to taste with vinegar and packaged in sterile dishes, sealed.

Delicious Uncle Bence with rice

Such a hearty preparation will completely replace the second course.

Products:

• 2.5 kg of tomatoes;
• 700 g of sweet peppers, carrots and onions;
• hot pepper pod;
• 200 g of rice;
• 150 g sugar;
• 150 ml of vegetable oil;
• 2.5 tbsp. tablespoons of vinegar (9%);
• 1.5 tbsp. tablespoons of salt.

How to cook:

1. Vegetables, except for peppers, are chopped with a meat grinder, boiled for 10 minutes, immediately adding oil and spices.
   
2. Rinse the rice and put it in the sauce. They languish for a quarter of an hour.
3. Add the peppers cut into squares and cook over low heat under the lid until the rice is cooked.
4. Season with vinegar, lay out in sterile containers, roll up, insulate.

Ankle Bens for the winter: a recipe with cucumbers and herbs

This recipe for Uncle Bens sauce for the winter has cucumbers in its composition, which makes its taste original. Dill with parsley give it a special aroma and enrich it with useful vitamins.

Products:

• 5 kg of tomatoes;
• 2 kg of bell peppers, fresh cucumbers, carrots and onions;
• 6 heads of garlic;
• two bunches of dill and parsley;
• one and a half glasses of sugar;
• 200 ml of vegetable oil and vinegar (6%);
• 100 g of salt.

How to prepare:

1. The chopped tomatoes are boiled for 10 minutes.
   
2. The rest of the vegetables are cut into cubes and added in turn at intervals of 10 minutes in the following order: carrots, onions, peppers, cucumbers.
3. Season with spices and oil, cook for another half hour.
4. Chop the garlic and herbs, add them to the sauce, pour vinegar.
5. After 5 minutes, the salad can be laid out in sterile dishes and corked.

Zesty Preparation for the Winter: Uncle Bence with Beans

Another option for a hearty snack for the winter "Uncle Bens".

Products:

• 1.5 kg of tomatoes;
• 0.5 kg of carrots, bell peppers and onions;
• hot pepper pod;
• a glass of already boiled beans;
• 100 g sugar;
• 30 g salt;
• 120 ml of vegetable oil.

How to cook:

1. All vegetables, except for beans, are chopped, seasoned with spices and oil and boiled for 1/3 hour.
2. Put the beans in the sauce and continue stewing for the same amount.
3. Packaged in prepared dishes and sterilized: for liter jars, the time is 20 minutes. Roll up.

Unle Bens for the winter "lick your fingers": a recipe with pumpkin

Pumpkin is a very healthy vegetable. Its presence in the sauce makes the taste of the preparation unforgettable.

Products:

• 1.2 kg pumpkin;
• 0.5 kg of onions and sweet peppers;
• 4 cloves of garlic;
• half a glass of sugar and vegetable oil;
• one and a half glasses of tomato juice;
• 30 g of salt.

How to cook:

1. The vegetables are cut into cubes, mixed and poured over with tomato juice.
2. All components are added, with the exception of vinegar, it is poured in at the end of the stewing, which should last half an hour.
3. A couple of minutes after adding the vinegar, you can put the salad in sterile jars. Seal tightly.

Ankle Bence salad: recipe with Krasnodar sauce

Sweet and sour Krasnodar sauce has a special taste and is very suitable for preparing blanks.

Ingredients:

• 2.5 kg of sweet pepper;
• one and a half kg of carrots and onions;
• 1 liter of tomato juice and Krasnodar sauce;
• one and a half glasses of vegetable oil;
• salt to taste.

How to cook:

1. They grind carrots on a grater for Korean dishes, cut onions in half rings. Vegetables are stewed in a thick-walled dish with the addition of vegetable oil for 15-20 minutes.
   
2. Add sweet peppers, cut into wide strips, sauce and juice. Stew until the pepper is half cooked, season with salt. Placed in sterile dishes, sterilized. It is enough to stand liter jars in a water bath for 10 minutes, and then seal.

Uncle Bence with pineapple

This savory seasoning goes well with meat, fish and pasta.

Products:

• 3 kg of ripe tomatoes and sweet peppers;
• canned pineapples - 1.7 liters;
• 3 hot pepper pods;
• 0.25 l tomato paste;
• one and a half glasses of sugar;
• 5 large onions;
• 75 g salt;
• 3 tbsp. tablespoons of starch, better than corn.

How to cook:

1. Remove the peel from the tomatoes, cut into small pieces, grind half with a blender to the state of juice.
   
   Advice! It is also better to remove seeds from tomatoes.
2. Dilute tomato paste in a 1: 2 ratio by adding salt, sugar, chopped tomatoes.
3. Finely chopped onions are sprinkled with vinegar, put in tomato paste, simmer over low heat for 10 minutes.
4. Add finely chopped bell peppers and cook for another 1/3 hour.
5. Hot peppers, peeled from seeds, are cut in half and soaked in water for an hour, changing the water once during this time.
6. The remaining tomatoes are cut into pieces and put in the sauce, boiled for another quarter of an hour.
7. Pineapples are cut into cubes, hot peppers are finely chopped and everything is added to the sauce.
   Attention! Pineapple juice is not poured.
8. After 10 minutes, the starch diluted with pineapple juice is added and allowed to boil.
9. Packaged in sterile dishes, rolled up, warmed up under a blanket.

Ankle Bence Salad Recipe for the Winter with Soy Sauce and Celery

Despite the fact that this recipe contains exotic ingredients, it tastes closest to the original Ankle Bens sauce from the manufacturer.

Ingredients:

• 400 g tomato ketchup without additives;
• a jar of canned pineapple rings;
• one large onion and one medium carrot;
• one and a half sweet peppers;
• two stalks of celery;
• half a pod of hot pepper;
• a couple of cloves of garlic;
• 150 g sugar;
• 125 ml wine vinegar;
• juice squeezed from half a lemon;
• 2-3 tablespoons of soy sauce;
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• vegetable oil for frying, preferably olive oil.

Preparation:

1. All vegetables except garlic and pepper are cut into cubes. Capsicums are peeled from seeds, finely chopped in the same way as garlic.
   
   Warning! Pineapple juice is not poured.
2. The starch is poured with cold water in the amount of 0.5 cups and allowed to stand.
3. For cooking, you will need thick-walled dishes. All vegetables and pineapples are alternately fried in a small amount of oil. The fire must be strong, it is imperative to interfere with them.
4. Pieces of hot pepper and garlic are fried in a deep bowl with the addition of oil for about 5-7 minutes.
5. After reducing the heat, add everything except the vegetables to the pan.
6. When it boils, spread vegetables and pineapples.
7. Allow to boil for 5 minutes, pour in a thin stream of starch, mix well and allow to thicken.
8. Spread out in a sterile container and placed in a water bath for 20 minutes (liter jars). Roll up and warm up under a blanket.

Uncle Bence Tomato Paste and Basil Harvesting Recipe

This fragrant herb goes well with tomatoes, and with the addition of hot pepper, the sauce will become spicy and spicy.

Products:

• 2 kg of tomatoes;
• 350 g onions;
• 0.5 kg of sweet pepper;
• head of garlic;
• a bunch of basil;
• 150 g tomato paste.

Salt and add sugar, guided by their own taste.

Preparation:

1. Peel off tomatoes, cut into cubes in the same way as onions, sweet and hot peppers. Finely chop the garlic.
2. The onion is fried first until it becomes transparent, pepper is added to it and fried together for a quarter of an hour.
3. The turn of hot seasonings came: garlic and hot pepper.
4. After another 7 minutes, lay out the tomatoes and stew everything together until thickened. Usually half an hour is enough for this.
5. Season the sauce with spices and finely chopped basil, mix with tomato paste and cook for another 20 minutes.
   
6. They are laid out in sterile dishes, rolled up, warmed up under a blanket or blanket.

Uncle Bens for the winter in a multicooker

Cooking in a multicooker is easy and convenient. Many housewives have already adapted it for canning. It turns out pretty well with the Uncle Bence sauce.

Products:

• tomatoes - 1 kg;
• carrots - 2 pcs.;
• white cabbage - 150 g;
• bell pepper - 4 pcs.;
• bulb;
• a couple of cloves of garlic;
• the same number of bay leaves;
• vegetable oil - 75 ml;
• 1 teaspoon of salt;
• 2 tbsp. tablespoons of vinegar (9%).

Adding fresh or dried herbs will make the salad more appetizing.

Preparation:

1. Vegetables, except cabbage, garlic and tomatoes, are diced. Pour oil into the multicooker bowl, set the "Fry" mode, let it warm up for a couple of minutes and lay out the chopped vegetables. They need to be fried for 5 minutes.
2. Shred cabbage, spread with vegetables and cook in the "Stew" mode for another 6 minutes.
3. Tomatoes are chopped in a convenient way and poured into a multicooker.
4. All remaining ingredients are added, including garlic and herbs, but not vinegar.
   
5. Close the lid and continue quenching for 40 minutes.
6. Add vinegar, turn off the multicooker after 5 minutes.
7. The sauce is immediately packaged in sterile containers and rolled up.

Uncle Bens storage rules

This preparation is well worth it if the dishes are sterilized, the vegetables are well washed, and the cooking technology has not been violated. The best place to store any canned food is in a cool basement. In its absence, a pantry or other room without access to light will do. According to the housewives, even in such conditions, the Ankle Bens sauce will last until spring, if it is not eaten earlier.

Ankle Bens for the winter is a great way to diversify the menu in a season when tomatoes only come to stores from greenhouses. Salad is used not only as an appetizer, but also as a dressing in soups or an addition to almost any dish.

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