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!
Equipment: Plastic Squeeze Condiment Bottles (affiliate link)
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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Homemade Ketchup - Two Ways: Honey Cinnamon Ketchup & Smoked Sriracha Ketchup
Description
Make your own ketchup with pantry staples in 10 minutes! Honey Cinnamon Ketchup and Smoked Sriracha Ketchup would rock your next cookout.
Ingredients
For Honey Cinnamon Ketchup:
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- ½ cup minced onion
- 12 (ounce) can tomato paste
- ¼ cup apple cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoons honey
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ⅓ cup water
For Smoked Sriracha Ketchup:
- 12 (ounce) can tomato paste
- ¼ 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)
- ¼ teaspoon Spanish smoked paprika
- ⅓ cup water
Instructions
For Honey Cinnamon Ketchup:
- In a small frying pan, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion and cook for 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Remove from pan.
- In a large bowl, mix together onions, tomato paste, vinegar, honey, cinnamon and salt. Add in ¼ - ⅓ cup of water, mixing until you get ketchup to the consistency you like.
- 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:
- In a large bowl, mix tomato paste, vinegar, brown sugar, Sriracha and smoked paprika. Add in ¼ - ⅓ 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.
So, are you a ketchup lover or can you live without? What foods do you usually put ketchup on?
I am obsessed with ketchup and a friend recently said to me, "I can't believe you like that crap compared to healthy you are" (but he doesn't even like ketchup!)...so I guess some habits die hard, but these recipes I'm going to have to try!!! Pinned!
Hehe - well, we all have our favorite things right? Let me know if you try it!
Honey cinnamon ketchup?? Omg must try!! I have to admit, I'm ketchup obsessed! I could live off the stuff as is, but am always open to new ketchup ideas 🙂
LMK what you think (and what you use it for!)
Being Pittsburgh born and raised I have a hard time straying from Heinz Ketchup- but these flavors sound so intriguing! I've never made homemade ketchup before so I'm definitely going to have to try these out soon!
I love this idea of homemade ketchup and controlling the added sugar! My boyfriend loves ketchup and recently bought a low sugar version to keep around, but next time I'm whipping this up - I'll probably enjoy it much more too!
Let me know what he thinks! I'm totally digging your soda syrup 🙂
This sounds amazing! The honey cinnamon version is right up my alley. I wonder how long it will last...
It would last about 2 weeks in the fridge 🙂 Off to check off your waffles
Ah! I've been wanting to make my own ketchup for forever. I don't know why I don't just DO IT! These recipes look delicious. This is happening this week. Level 2 will be making a fermented ketchup for me.
ReDux always gives me the kick in the butt I need to "just make" those kinds of recipes. Fermented ketchup - I'm intrigued!
So cool! I didn't know it could be so easy to make ketchup! I especially love that these use so much less sugar 🙂 Pinning for later.
The smoked paprika snuck it's way in there 🙂 Sounds delicious!
Ah, you know me well, Lauren - I am the queen of using smoked paprika in everything (even more so since Regan brought me the real deal back from Spain -it rocks!)
I'll take a bottle of honey cinnamon ketchup for me and a bottle of smoked sriracha ketchup for the hubs 😉 these look great!
I love it - his and hers bottles! Speaking of bottles, I totally busted my squeeze bottle during this photo shoot and need to order a few more.
I'm probably the only person in the world that doesn't like ketchup. Total way to ruin fries! THIS, on the other hand, I think I could get into! I'll give it a try. Love the ketchup squiggle photo - stealing that idea 🙂
Steal away 🙂 I lived in England for a bit when I was a teen and picked up the habit of dipping french fries in mayo back then. Which makes me totally shudder today!
I love ketchup! Which I think officially takes me out of any "Serious Foodie RD" running 🙂 We have a bar near us that sells homemade hotdogs (and vegetarian hotdogs) and all kinds of homemade ketchup. They do a curry ketchup and a sriracha one and I cannot get enough. I swear I go there just for the ketchup- can't wait to try your versions!
Oooh - the curry one sounds great and I predict that ketchup will be the next foodie condiment - ha!
How clever! Thats a great idea and they look so good!
Must try this! Prefer the reduced-sugar ketchup varieties, as the original is so sweet. But know I'd love the homemade version even more. Now, which to make first?!
Making these asap! 🙂
I lean towards the sweet but this smoky ketchup sounds fantastic too!
I am a ketchup purist but I would try the sriracha. I love me some ketchup! Great idea!
Well If you've been on my blog recently, you know I'm all about homemade ketchup 😉
I will be honest, I am not a ketchup person, way more of a mustard girl! That smoked sriracha ketchup, however, has definitely sparked my attention. I know my man will love it for sure, going to try it out!
You totally rocked this month's challenge- what an awesome idea! I've never made my own ketchup, but now I'm dying to try. First up is definitely your Sriracha version! Surprisingly my 2 year old daughter isn't a fan of ketchup (yet), but my husband and I use it on our burgers, dogs, fries, and eggs (sometimes).
Aww - thanks Sonali! My daughter wasn't at all into ketchup until about 4 or 5 years old and I don't even know how it came on but man, does she love it now. Hopefully her tastes will adapt to the flavored varieties at some point 🙂