Sugar Free Ketchup Recipe (Keto, No Cook, 5 Minutes)

If you'd like to make your own homemade ketchup but it sounds like too much work, you are going to love this recipe. This Sugar-free Ketchup Recipe tastes great, takes only five minutes to whip up, and not heating up the kitchen at all!

With this no-cook ketchup recipe, you can ditch the HCFS, loads of sugar, and suspicious “natural flavors” of the store-bought ketchup brands without spending a load of time!

Yes, today I'm sharing a Homemade Ketchup Recipe with you, and it's so simple, you aren't going to believe your eyes.

Why Make Homemade Ketchup

The main reason to make your own Homemade Ketchup is to have control over the ingredients. And you'll save money too since organic, healthier, or low-carb varieties can be super pricey.

Even organic varieties of store bought ketchup have loads of sugar in them.

Not to mention the added “natural flavors”.  That can be a catch-all for everything from basic spices like parsley extract, but it can also be code for “MSG-type” substances.  

With this super simple ketchup recipe, you literally toss all the ingredients together and in minutes you have homemade sugar-free ketchup ready, almost as quick as you can say “ketchup.”

Why You'll Love This Recipe

Not only is this recipe full of nutritious ingredients, no sugar, tastes great, but it's unbelievably fast.

The majority of ketchup recipes have you blending tomatoes or tomato paste with a bunch of spices and simmering for a looooong time. And then sometimes you have to put the spices in a little spice bag and simmer that way.

If I can avoid things like “little spice bags” tied up with string and lots of simmering and still get a great tasting recipe, I'm all for it.

Where the Word Ketchup Comes From

By the way, did you know that both words are derived from the Chinese word “ke-tsiap” which is a “fish sauce? It's kind of fun to get a history lesson in with a recipe, isn't it?

Serving Ideas

Of course you can put this easy no cook ketchup on everything you'd normally eat with ketchup–burgers, fries, hot dogs.

However, my kids are so happy that we have ketchup around much more frequently now, and my youngest seriously dips EVERYTHING in it.  And you can too. For awhile he was taking to dipping his carrot sticks in it and today he was dipping crackers in it too!

These Easy Baked Chicken Nuggets are great dipped in this too.

How to Store

You should store this delicious, and oh-so-easy-to-make ketchup in your fridge in an air-tight container.

It should last a week, but perhaps up to 3 weeks, but I personally wouldn't push it that far and I doubt it will be around that long anyhow.

If you really want to make a lot more of it, or store it for longer, you can store it in the freezer for 6 months. Making sure there's very little air in the container will help it to store there without freezer burn. If you can make the container truly air tight you can likely freeze it for longer than that.

Freezing this in ice cube trays is a great idea so you can take them out once frozen and store in an airtight freezer bag. Just take out whatever you want, whenever you want!

Recipe Notes

• Storage Notes: Note that this ketchup should last a week, but perhaps up to 3 weeks in the fridge, but I personally wouldn't push it that far. Two weeks is more likely how long it will keep. For long storage of up to 6 months, store in the freezer in an air-tight container.
• Sweetener: I typically use just pure stevia extract for this now (no erythritol), since it stays smooth in the fridge and keeps the carbs very low. If you use an erythritol-based sweetener, the ketchup may firm up a bit after chilling—just whisk in a tablespoon or two of water to loosen before serving.
• Measuring Tips: The measurements for some of the ingredients are small. You can either eyeball it (the recipe will likely be fine as long as you don't really overdo it) or you can buy these handy measuring spoons which are also great for measuring stevia.
• Texture tip: If yours is very thick or hard to scoop after chilling (especially if using an erythritol-based sweetener). Additionally, tomato paste brands vary a lot in thickness (tomato solids vs water) and many cans are 6 ounces while some jars are 7 ounces. For best results, use the listed ounces (by weight) and adjust water to reach a dippable ketchup consistency, but even then the same 7 oz can produce a thicker ketchup depending on the brand. It can also thicken as it sits because the tomato solids continue to hydrate. If it’s too thick after chilling, just whisk in water 1 tablespoon at a time until it’s the texture you want.

Special Diet Options

• Paleo: Use 1/2 – 3/4 the amount of honey or maple syrup in place of the low-carb sweetener.
• THM: This recipe is a “fuel pull” for those on the Trim Healthy Mama plan.
• This recipe as is, is keto/low-carb.

Other Processed Food Alternatives

Following are some other fabulous processed food alternatives to try.

• Powdered Sugar Substitute
• Homemade Chocolate Chips – possibly the best chocolate chips you will ever have!
• Homemade Sugar-free Marshmallows
• Honey Balsamic Vinaigrette – Five Ways
• Sugar-free Maple Baked Beans – ready in under an hour!

Drop a comment below and let me know what you think about this ketchup!