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Substitute Tomato sauce, reduced + sweetened for Ketchup

What ketchup does in a recipe: Sweet-tart tomato condiment and secret sauce ingredient.

Tomato sauce, reduced + sweetened

per 1/2 cup ketchup

USSimmer 1 cup tomato sauce + 1 Tbsp sugar + 1 Tbsp vinegar until thick
Metric240 ml tomato sauce + 12 g sugar + 15 ml vinegar, reduced
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Same idea, longer simmer.

What changes: Longer simmer

Where Ketchup is the substitute: substitute Ketchup for Tomato paste

More options: all 2 Ketchup substitutes

Common questions

What is the ratio for substituting Tomato sauce, reduced + sweetened for Ketchup?
per 1/2 cup ketchup — US: Simmer 1 cup tomato sauce + 1 Tbsp sugar + 1 Tbsp vinegar until thick. Metric: 240 ml tomato sauce + 12 g sugar + 15 ml vinegar, reduced.
Why does Tomato sauce, reduced + sweetened work as a Ketchup substitute?
Same idea, longer simmer.
What changes when you use Tomato sauce, reduced + sweetened instead of Ketchup?
Longer simmer

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