Bacon Ketchup Recipes

BACON KETCHUP!!! TRENDY!!

Steps:

• Roast those peppers!
• Saute onion and garlic in a tablespoon or two of oil until tender and caramelized.
• Add brown sugar to caramelized onions and garlic, and cook a couple of minutes until well integrated.
• Add tomatoes, roast bell peppers, paprika, bay leaf, and fresh thyme. Simmer about one hour.
• Add salt and pepper to taste. Add balsamic vinegar at the end.
• Preheat oven to 350. Place bacon strips on a baking sheet in the oven until they are crispy all over. Drain on paper towels and dice into small pieces; fold into ketchup.
• Serve with hamburgers, French fries, grilled cheese, or anything else you wish had some bacon on it.

BACON-PICKLE KETCHUP

Steps:

• Cook 4 slices bacon in a skillet over medium heat, turning, until crisp, about 7 minutes. Drain on paper towels, then crumble. Combine 1 cup ketchup, 1/2 finely chopped onion, 1/2 cup relish and 1/4 cup finely chopped pickled jalapenos (drained) in a bowl. Stir in the bacon.

BACON WRAPPED WATER CHESTNUTS WITH KETCHUP SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine sauce ingredients.
• Set aside.
• Cut bacon slices in thirds.
• Wrap bacon pieces around water chestnuts; secure with toothpicks.
• Place in 2 casserole dishes.
• Bake at 425 degrees for 10-15 minutes.
• Drain grease.
• Pour sauce over water chestnuts.
• Bake for about 30 minutes more or until bacon is cooked.

SCALLION-BACON KETCHUP

Steps:

• Cook 4 slices diced bacon until crisp; drain on paper towels, reserving the drippings. Mix 3/4 cup ketchup, 1/4 cup chopped scallions, the bacon and 1 tablespoon each bacon drippings and Worcestershire sauce.

SPAGHETTI WITH BACON, ONION AND KETCHUP

Steps:

• Start by chopping the bacon into 1/2" pieces.
• Fry in frying pan following package directions.
• Remove bacon from pan leaving bacon grease in frying pan.
• Chop onion and fry in bacon grease until browned, saving bacon grease.
• Start cooking spaghetti according to package directions.
• Drain spaghetti and place in serving bowl.
• Add bacon and onion to spaghetti.
• Add about 1/2 cup bacon grease to spaghetti.
• Add ketchup and stir well.

BACON-WRAPPED MEATLOAF WITH BROWN SUGAR-KETCHUP GLAZE

Steps:

• For the glaze: Mix all ingredients in a small bowl; set aside.
• For the meatloaf: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Heat oil in a medium skillet. Add onion and garlic, saute until softened, about 5 minutes; set aside to cool.
• Mix eggs with thyme, salt, pepper, mustard, Worchestershire, pepper sauce, and milk or yogurt. Add egg mixture to meat in a large bowl, along with crackers, oatmeal or bread crumbs, parsley and cook onions and garlic; mix with a fork until evenly blended and meat mixture does not stick to bowl. (If mixture does stick, add additional milk, a couple tablespoons at a time, and continue stirring until mixture stops sticking.)
• Turn meat mixture onto a work surface. With wet hands, pat mixture into a loaf approximately 9 by 5 inches.
• Cover a wire rack with foil; prick foil in several places with a fork. Place a rack on a shallow roasting pan lined with foil for easy cleanup.
• Set formed loaf on rack. Brush loaf with all of glaze, then arrange bacon slices, crosswise, over loaf, overlapping them slightly and tucking them under to prevent curling.
• Bake loaf until bacon is crisp and loaf registers 160 degrees, about 1 hour. Cool for at least 20 minutes. Slice and serve

SPICY KETCHUP GLAZED BACON-WRAPPED WATER CHESTNUTS

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease a 13 x 9-inch baking dish.
• In a small saucepan over low heat; cook the spicy ketchup with the brown sugar, stirring until no sugar granules remain; set aside (this can be done up to a day in advance).
• Dry each water chestnut using a paper towel.
• Wrap one small slice of bacon tightly around each water chestnut, then secure with a toothpick.
• Place into baking dish.
• Lightly cover the dish with foil.
• Bake for about 35-40 minutes or just until the bacon is crispy.
• If desired you may bake uncovered for a couple of minutes just to crisp up the bacon more.
• Remove from oven and drain the fat/grease.
• Drizzle the prepared sauce mixture over each chestnut, return to oven and bake uncovered for about 8-10 minutes more.

HOMEMADE BACON KETCHUP

Steps:

• 1. Saute onion and garlic until tender and caramelized in a tablespoon or two of oil.
• 2. Add brown sugar to caramelized onions and garlic, and cook a couple of minutes until well integrated. Add tomatoes, roast bell peppers, paprika, bay leaf and fresh thyme.
• 3. Simmer about 1 hour. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add balsamic vinegar at the end. (This will balance the sugar.)
• 4. Preheat oven to 350°F. Place bacon strips on a baking sheet in the oven until it is crispy all over. Drain on paper towels, and dice into small pieces; fold into ketchup.
• 5. Keeps well in a refrigerated container for about three weeks.