Homemade 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.

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.

HOMEMADE KETCHUP

Steps:

• Pour ground tomatoes into slow cooker. Swirl 1/4 cup water in each emptied can and pour into slow cooker. Add sugar, vinegar, onion powder, garlic powder, salt, celery salt, mustard powder, black pepper, cayenne pepper, and whole clove; whisk to combine.
• Cook on high, uncovered, until mixture is reduced by half and very thick, 10 to 12 hours. Stir every hour or so.
• Smooth the texture of the ketchup using an immersion blender, about 20 seconds.
• Ladle the ketchup into a fine strainer and press mixture with the back of a ladle to strain out any skins and seeds.
• Transfer the strained ketchup to a bowl. Cool completely before tasting to adjust salt, black pepper, or cayenne pepper.

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.