CHOW CHOW (North American Pickled Relish)

Chow Chow relish is a great topping for hot dogs, burgers, turkey sandwiches, all kinds of great things. We’ll show you how to make the relish, then water bath can it to preserve it. Printable recipe included.

I had an abundance of green tomatoes at the end of this season, and since I don’t like to waste, I came looking for something to do with them. I was pleasantly surprise…

In the south, it’s traditionally eaten with beans and cornbread. The addition of turmeric adds a prime note, too.

This is a great recipe for using all those green tomatoes and other veggies from your garden. It is similar to pickle relish, so it can be used on hot dogs, burgers, egg salad and anywhere you …

Due to a really short growing season this year, I was left with a ton of green tomatoes. A friend mentioned they could be used in Chow Chow. So after finding this recipe I thought I would try it…

it was awsome.. tweaking with extra horseradish adding ginger great for roast beef topping
I did tweak a bit with mustard seed and celery seed. Family loved it. My first try and don’t know what i t should have tasted like but we liked this.

Whether you call it Chow Chow, Chow-Chow, or ChowChow, this dish is made in lots of variations, just like the spelling of it’s name comes in lots of variations.

Around my “neck of the woods,” Chow Chow is one of those end of the season recipes that utilizes things that are quickly fading from the backyard garden.

It’s a way to use those tomatoes that are still on the vine, but will never turn ripe before the first frost gets them. Same for some of the other vegetables that are included in it. You pick them, then you figure out what you’re going to do with them.

Some folks use cucumbers, some use cauliflower, some use pretty much just cabbage. If you start looking for them, you’ll find lots of variations. It just depends on what you like and don’t like I guess.