5 Minute Homemade Ketchup
No cooking required and ready in just minutes, our 5 Minute Homemade Ketchup couldn’t be easier to make and it’s totally customizable to your own taste!
5 Minute Homemade Ketchup that’s made from scratch! It’s seriously one of the easiest condiments to make at home, and we love making ketchup like this because it doesn’t require any cooking and we always have what we need on hand!
While we do use canned tomato paste for this recipe, tomato paste is one of the few things I will opt to buy over making. We’ve made it before and honestly, it wasn’t worth it – the time and cost of tomatoes just made us realize that it’ll be one of the few things we buy.
Ingredients Needed
What is in homemade ketchup? Well, ours is just tomato paste, vinegar, and a load of spices. That ketchup from the store? It has high fructose corn syrup – that’s why we make our own.
Customizable
What I love most about this homemade ketchup recipe is that you can easily adjust it to your own taste! With a base of tomato paste and some vinegar, then you can add whatever spices you want for your own taste.
- Sugar – add more for sweetness!
- Cayenne – add a little more for heat!
- Celery salt – sometimes I like to add more of this a little less salt
- Mustard powder
- Oregano
- Onion and Garlic powder
- All spice – just a smidge!
- Salt and Pepper – to taste
How to Make
5 minutes means there’s not a lot to it!
Step 1: Add vinegar to tomato paste.
Step 2: Add spices and mix.
That’s it!
Honestly, I think I spent most of that time finding the spices I wanted than everything else. Paired with some simple homemade fries and, well, is there anything better than homemade ketchup and fries? Next time, try our Homemade Yellow Mustard!
Use Homemade Ketchup In
Here are some of our favorite recipes that use homemade ketchup!
- The Best BBQ Sauce From Scratch
- Fry Sauce From Scratch
- Whiskey BBQ Sauce From Scratch
- Homemade Crispy Sesame Chicken
Or serve it with:
- Homemade Onion Rings
- Crispy Ranch Chicken Tenders
- Baked Panko Chicken Tenders
- Baked Parmesan Steak Fries
- Crispy Garlic Rosemary Potato Wedges
FAQs
Kept in an airtight container in a fridge and it will last a month.
Start small when you add the vinegar. You can always add a little more if you want a little more tang.
For the best texture and taste, we prefer dried.
Enjoy! As always, if you make this recipe or any of my others, I love to hear what you think! Leave a comment below, email me, or you can find me on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest!
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5 Minute Homemade Ketchup
Ingredients
- 10-12 oz. of tomato paste
- 1/8 – 1/3 cup of apple cider vinegar or white vinegar add 1/8 cup first – the full 1/3 makes a tangier ketchup (which we like). If you want more tang, add a little more at a time. White vinegar can also be used.
- 1 tablespoon of sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon ground mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon celery salt
- pinch ground all spice
Instructions
- In a large bowl add tomato paste.
- Pour in vinegar and mix well.
- Add the rest of ingredients and mix well.
- Taste and add additional spices if desired.
- Use as a side or condiment and store the rest in an airtight container in the fridge for a month.
Great recipe, didn’t add the sugar and was still fab! Thank you!
So great to hear, thanks for sharing, Heather!
Sounds lovely I stay from store bought sauces as god only knows what exactly in it.
Love to hear it, David! Enjoy!
Can this recipe be water bathed for long term storage?
Hi Holly! This recipe isn’t written specifically for canning and therefore I wouldn’t recommend it. There’s a certain pH level that’s needed to be considered safe to water bath, and I haven’t tested it for this recipe, so I unfortunately I cannot say with certainty that it would be safe to can.
Thank you. Not sure my family would go through this much ketchup in a week…☹️
Hello,
I am looking for homemade recipes to make Ketchup because I am Gluten-Free\Celiac and have IBS as well. I was using Ketchup from the brand Fody Foods but they changed their recipe and is now no longer safe for IBS sufferers.
I cannot handle spices or onions and garlic, so I was wondering if I could use this recipe but simplify the ingredients?
The Tomato paste and vinegar was okay. If I add just sugar, salt, pepper and maybe a dash of cinnamon would that work too?
Thanks!
Hi Kate! It will definitely work, although it won’t taste as much like ketchup, but it will of course still work. Good luck!
Hi,
Thanks for the reply.
I am certain it will still taste like Ketchup. Simplified and with basic seasoning that won’t hurt my stomach in any way. That was the whole point of me needing to make homemade ketchup.
Don’t forget to can it specifically in a mason jar!
This is really great! I doubled the amount of sweetener and sea salt, and it was perfect for us. I’m trying to get crap out of my diet, so thanks so much for this.
Thank YOU Tom for sharing!! So glad you enjoyed it!