Homemade Ketchup Recipe (Best Flavor!)

This homemade ketchup recipe tastes gourmet with little effort! How to make ketchup at home… with the best savory, tangy flavor.

Did you know you can whip up an amazing gourmet ketchup recipe… from the comfort of your own home? Introducing… the most delicious Homemade ketchup! This bright red sauce is crunchy, flavorful and a bit smoky, inspired by a gourmet ketchup we dunked crunchy fries in during a fancy brunch. With homemade ketchup, you know exactly what’s in it: no high fructose corn syrup or preservatives. You can also use a natural sugar like honey or maple syrup if you like (or plain old brown sugar). Let us do this!

What’s in a Homemade Ketchup Recipe?

Ketchup, also known as ketchup or catchup, is a sauce made from tomatoes, vinegar, sugar and spices. Ketchup can be made with other ingredients, but tomato ketchup is by far the most popular (but did you know mushroom ketchup is a British thing?). Tomato ketchup was invented in the early 1800s, and the Heinz company began selling it nationwide in 1876. So, this hot spice has a long history before the 1950s when manufacturing made the mass-produced version available in all grocery stores.

There are two ways to make a homemade ketchup recipe: using fresh tomatoes or using canned tomato sauces or pastes. This recipe uses canned tomatoes for ease of use. Here’s what you need to make your own ketchup:

• Tomato sauce
• tomato paste
• Apple Cider Vinegar
• white wine vinegar
• Brown sugar, honey, or maple syrup
• Spices: Chili Powder, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Paprika Powder, Allspice, Smoked Paprika Powder
• Cornstarch or arrowroot powder
• Salt

how to make ketchup

The key to homemade ketchup is: shiny texture only delicate. You will need a fine mesh strainer to strain out the fibrous parts of the tomatoes. That’s really the only trick to this ketchup recipe! Otherwise it just needs to simmer a bit. How to make ketchup at home:

• Let all ingredients simmer for 15 minutes, except cornstarch and smoked paprika.
• Strain the mixture through a fine-mesh sieve or sieve. It will take a few minutes and you will need a spatula to squeeze it out. You’ll end up with a thick, lumpy paste that you can throw away.
• Return to the pot and simmer with cornstarch. This will thicken the mixture and help it become even shinier.
• Optionally, filter again. To do it Perfect Shiny, sift it again: It’ll be much faster this time. Or you can skip this step if you’re not picky about the texture.

The key to this ketchup recipe: smoked paprika!

What gives this homemade ketchup recipe that touch of style? smoked paprika. It adds a subtle smoky undertone to the finish of each bite. If you don’t already have this spice in your pantry, now is the time to add it! It’s one of our top picks and we use it all the time (see our top 20 smoked paprika recipes). Here is a little more about this very special spice:

• smoked paprika resembles the more common Hungarian paprika, but is of Spanish origin. It is made from dried chillies that are smoked over a fire and then crushed.
• It is available at most grocery stores and may be referred to as pimentón, Spanish smoked paprika, or sweet smoked paprika.

Natural sweeteners for this recipe

Bulk ketchup has been known to contain high fructose corn syrup (HFCS). So what’s the best way to make ketchup without it? make your own This ketchup recipe isn’t too sweet: it’s just sweet enough. When preparing, choose from one of these different sweeteners:

• Brown sugar adds a subtle undertone of molasses
• coconut sugar works if it’s your sugar of choice
• Honey is a great natural sweetener option (use locally if you can)
• maple syrup is another great natural sweetener
• agave syrup also works if you prefer that

Let us know what you used for this recipe in the comments below!

How long does it take

How Long Does This Homemade Ketchup Recipe Last? Store homemade ketchup in the fridge for up to 3 weeks. The taste even develops a bit over time! This recipe makes 1 ½ cups of ketchup, so if you want more for leftovers, make a double batch.

What to serve with homemade ketchup

What we love about this homemade ketchup is that it has a gourmet flavor! It’s tangy, not too sweet and a little smoky on the finish: perfect for dipping all kinds of fries! There’s nothing better than homemade ketchup And homemade fries. Here are some of our favorites to dip into:

Of course you can also spread it on burgers. Can we recommend salmon burgers, mushroom burgers or chickpea burgers?

This homemade ketchup recipe is…

Vegetarian, vegan, plant-based, dairy-free and gluten-free.