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Chipotle Ketchup

A spicy ketchup made with tomato paste, cider vinegar, chipotles, salt, onion powder, garlic powder, and adobo sauce.

From the Wikibooks Cookbook · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Chipotle Ketchup

Time½ hour

Ingredients

Directions

Make the ketchup

  1. Combine all ingredients in a large saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat.

  2. Cook, stirring occasionally, for ½ hour.

Store

  1. Refrigerate in a non-reactive container for up to 2 months.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

73Calories
2 gProtein
0 gFat
16 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 7 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Cidernot in our table0
Saucenot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

Recipe from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Tomato + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Cider + vinegartop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,431 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol (smoky, clove).

  4. Tomato + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,633 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Vinegar + garlictop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,115 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Tomato paste
Provides the thick body and concentrated tomato flavor of the ketchup.
Cider vinegar
Adds acidity that brightens the flavor and helps keep the ketchup stable.
Chipotles in adobo sauce
Supply smoky heat and deep flavor to the ketchup.
Adobo sauce
Adds more smoky, spiced flavor and moisture to the mixture.

The step that matters

Cooking the mixture for half an hour. Simmering with stirring thickens the paste-based mixture and concentrates its flavors. Stirring prevents scorching on the bottom of the pan, which would add a burnt taste.

Swap the tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cider, vinegar, sauce, onion, garlic):

  1. Mustardfits better
  2. Horseradishfits better
  3. Shallotfits about as well
  4. Tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cider, vinegar, sauce, onion, garlic. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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