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How To Make Homemade Ketchup in 10 Minutes – 2 Ways | Healthy Kitchen Hacks

How To Make Homemade Ketchup in 10 Minutes – 2 Ways | Healthy Kitchen Hacks

Make your own ketchup with pantry staples in 10 minutes! Try these flavors: Honey Cinnamon Ketchup and Smoked Sriracha Ketchup for your next cookout. 

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UPDATE: Today’s Healthy Kitchen Hack is an updated post that I first posted for a Recipe ReDux theme of “DIY Kitchen Staples” and at the time, my 8-year-old was obsessed with ketchup. She’s toned down her love for it but I’ve been making these ever since I discovered you can make homemade ketchup in 10 minutes!
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Two flavors of homemade ketchup - made in minutes with pantry staples! Honey Cinnamon Ketchup and Smoked Sriracha Ketchup. Recipes at teaspoonofspice.com

What are your feelings on ketchup?

Like almost every kid I know, my daughter LOVES it. On turkey burgers, french fries, chicken, scrambled eggs and even on ham or turkey hoagies (<–gah.)

As for me – besides using it on the occasional hamburger or hot dog (sometimes I add mustard too – I’m crazy like that) – I can pretty much take it or leave it.

That was until I whipped up a batch of Honey Cinnamon Ketchup and Smoked Sriracha Ketchup with ingredients I already had on hand.

In 10 minutes.

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Holy smokes. Both versions were just exploding with flavor – sweet, acidic, smoky and spicy. I started dreaming up the ways I could use both of them because I couldn’t get over how delicious homemade ketchup really is.

Now, admittedly, my 8 year old won’t be giving up her beloved Heinz 57 for Honey Cinnamon Ketchup or Smoked Sriracha Ketchup.

But I think I’ll be saying goodbye to store-bought ketchup for myself as these two versions are made from pantry staples, are low sodium and have less added sugar that store-bought versions.

Oh, did I mention how fantastic they taste?

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Two flavors of homemade ketchup - made in minutes with pantry staples! Honey Cinnamon Ketchup and Smoked Sriracha Ketchup. Recipes at teaspoonofspice.com

Homemade Ketchup – Two Ways: Honey Cinnamon Ketchup & Smoked Sriracha Ketchup


  • Author: by Deanna Segrave-Daly, RD

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Make your own ketchup with pantry staples in 10 minutes! Honey Cinnamon Ketchup and Smoked Sriracha Ketchup would rock your next cookout. 


Ingredients

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For Honey Cinnamon Ketchup:

  • 1 teaspoon olive oil
  • 1/2 cup minced onion
  • 12 (ounce) can tomato paste
  • 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/3 cup water

For Smoked Sriracha Ketchup:

  • 12 (ounce) can tomato paste
  • 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons brown sugar, honey, maple syrup or molasses
  • 1 tablespoon Sriracha sauce (use a little less or more depending on how spicy you like it)
  • 1/4 teaspoon Spanish smoked paprika
  • 1/3 cup water

Instructions

For Honey Cinnamon Ketchup:

  1. In a small frying pan, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion and cook for 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Remove from pan.
  2. In a large bowl, mix together onions, tomato paste, vinegar, honey, cinnamon and salt. Add in 1/4 – 1/3 cup of water, mixing until you get ketchup to the consistency you like.
  3. If you prefer a smoother ketchup, use an immersion blender (or regular blender) to blend in the minced onions. Ketchup can be kept in a sealed container in the refrigerator for a few weeks.

For Smoked Sriracha Ketchup:

  1. In a large bowl, mix tomato paste, vinegar, brown sugar, Sriracha and smoked paprika. Add in 1/4 – 1/3 cup of water, mixing until you get ketchup to the consistency you like. Ketchup can be kept in a sealed container in the refrigerator for a few weeks.

Two flavors of homemade ketchup - made in minutes with pantry staples! Honey Cinnamon Ketchup and Smoked Sriracha Ketchup. Recipes at teaspoonofspice.com

So, are you a ketchup lover or can you live without? What foods do you usually put ketchup on?

Two flavors of homemade ketchup - made in minutes with pantry staples! Honey Cinnamon Ketchup and Smoked Sriracha Ketchup. Recipes at teaspoonofspice.com

Sheila

Wednesday 30th of May 2018

OMG! I did not know there are a lot more variations and possibilities with ketchup. I thought it was just banana and tomato. haha! Can't wait to try them. So happy I learned something new today.

Deanna Segrave-Daly

Wednesday 30th of May 2018

Yay! LMK how they turn out if you make one of them!

Rachel @ Delicious Balance

Thursday 7th of April 2016

I am one of those weird people that really doesn't like ketchup. The only kind I can get onboard with is the homemade kind! These combos look delicious and homemade ketchup might have to be one of my homemade staples.

Deanna Segrave-Daly

Thursday 7th of April 2016

I seriously am usually one of those people who can take it or leave it - but I'm a bit obsessed with these homemade versions :)

Kalee @ The Crowded Table

Thursday 7th of April 2016

We love ketchup in our house, so I can't wait to try your honey cinnamon version! It sounds like it would be perfect with some roasted sweet potato fries!

Deanna Segrave-Daly

Thursday 7th of April 2016

Oooh - what a GREAT pairing!

Darla

Thursday 7th of April 2016

iThis looks so great! definitely trying.

Deanna Segrave-Daly

Thursday 7th of April 2016

Awesome - let me know how it works! And like I said on IG, this version has only about 1 g of sugar per 1 tablespoon of ketchup. If you needed to go lower re: sugar-free diet, you could experiment with using a few teaspoons less of the honey/brown sugar/maple syrup :)

Kim-NutritionPro Consultin

Thursday 7th of April 2016

I love the taste of siracha and want to try this recipe. It will be nice to do without the added sugar like the store bought version.

Deanna Segrave-Daly

Thursday 7th of April 2016

LMK what you think after you make it and these versions still have added sugar (via honey, brown sugar etc) but way less for sure :)

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