So, last week I made these wonderful french fries, and wouldn't you know it, I ran out of ketchup! But I did have onions and tomato sauce, so here we go...
Saute one large onion in 2 Tablespoons of Olive Oil until translucent, about 10 minutes.
Add about 4 cups of tomato sauce...
Add 1/2 Cup of Apple Cider Vinegar...
Add 1/2 Cup Sucanat or 2/3 Cup Brown Sugar...
And 1/2 teaspoon salt.
Simmer uncovered on low heat for as long as it takes, about 2 hours, stirring occasionally.
Puree in blender, and cool in refrigerator for a couple of hours.
Then make sure your old ketchup bottle is well cleaned and rinsed (thank you, Trader Joe's!) and funnel it in. Smushing it in with a spoon in the funnel works very well.
I didn't realize that ketchup was so easy! As far as the fries go, there's always McDonalds. They've got the fry thing sort of perfected, in a really greasy, non-organic, unhealthy sort of way. Which reminds me of another favorite dip of mine: french fries dipped into a chocolate shake. That brings back junior high school cafeteria memories. mmmmmmm.
ReplyDeleteso those are the french fries! Mmmmmmm, sounds yummy. Ketchup and fries! Noah likes to eat ketchup plain. :) Save some for us when we come down!
ReplyDeleteI keep hearing my dads voice in my head, "Heidi,you're not American if you don't like Ketchup!"
ReplyDeleteOh yes! I remember that too! And he said it so matter-of-factly that I would groan a little inside because I didn't like ketchup on my fries.
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