Best Spicy Homemade Ketchup Recipes

HOMEMADE SPICY KETCHUP

Steps:

• Pass tomatoes and their juice through a food mill or large-holed strainer into a bowl. Discard solids, and set tomatoes aside.
• Heat olive oil in a large heavy saucepan over medium-low heat. Add onion, jalapeno, and garlic, and cook until translucent, about 15 minutes. Add tomatoes and brown sugar, and stir to combine.
• Cut a double thickness of cheesecloth into a 7-inch square. Place cloves, mace, cardamom, peppercorns, star anise, bay leaf, and cinnamon stick in the center. Fold the sides of the cheesecloth around the spices, roll up, and tie with kitchen string. Add sachet and mustard to the tomato mixture, and cook over medium-low heat until mixture is reduced by two-thirds, about 25 minutes.
• Stir in vinegar, cayenne, lime juice, and salt. Reduce heat to low, and cook for 10 minutes. Remove sachet of spices, squeeze out into ketchup, and discard.
• Transfer ketchup to a bowl, and let cool. Cover, and refrigerate until ready to serve.

SPICY HOMEMADE KETCHUP

Steps:

• Set an oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil. Place Anaheim pepper onto the prepared baking sheet.
• Cook, turning occasionally, under the preheated broiler until the skin of the pepper has blackened and blistered, 5 to 8 minutes. Place blackened pepper into a bowl and cover tightly with plastic wrap. Allow pepper to steam as it cools, about 20 minutes. Remove and discard skin.
• Heat tomato sauce in a pot until simmering.
• Meanwhile, remove seeds from Anaheim pepper, shishito peppers, and jalapeno peppers. Chop and place in a bowl. Chop serrano peppers, leaving seeds, and add to the bowl.
• Add peppers to the simmering tomato juice, along with onion and celery. Simmer for 1 hour.
• Add apple cider vinegar, brown sugar, mustard, cinnamon, salt, cloves, allspice, and salt. Simmer for 1 more hour, or until desired thickness. Puree ketchup with an immersion blender until smooth.
• Pour into sterilized jars or squeeze bottles.

HOMEMADE SPICY PEACH KETCHUP

Steps:

• In a deep saute pan over medium, heat the oil. Add the onions and garlic, then cook, stirring occasionally, until the onions turn golden brown and caramelized, about 15 minutes. If they start to darken too much, add 1 tablespoon of water.
• Add the peaches, red pepper flakes, allspice, clove, adobo sauce, brown sugar, vinegar and salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 45 minutes or until thick.
• Working in batches, transfer the mixture to a blender and puree. Adjust the seasoning with additional sugar, salt or vinegar. Transfer the mixture to a clean jar and refrigerate. Keeps for up to 3 weeks.

SPICY HOMEMADE KETCHUP

Steps:

• 1. Heat the vegetable oil in a large saucepan over medium-low heat. Add the garlic clove and cook, stirring occasionally to prevent browning, until the onion is translucent, about 5 to 7 minutes. 2. Add the tomato paste and cook on medium heat, stirring continuously, until well incorporated, about 2 minutes. Next, slowly add the apple cider vinegar and bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer for 2 more minutes. Then, add the canned tomatoes, honey, brown sugar and tomato juice, chipotles and adobo sauce 3. Allow the mixture to cook until the flavors meld, about 45 minutes. Pull the ketchup off the heat, season with salt and pepper, and allow to cool. 4. Puree in a blender or food processor and serve.