Sauces, Dressings & Seasonings

Homemade Taco Sauce

A tried-and-true family favorite from Becky's own recipe collection. Here's everything you need to make Homemade Taco Sauce at home.

Homemade Taco Sauce

Homemade Taco Sauce

Makes 8 servings · ~20 calories per serving (estimated) · 7 min prep · 28 min cook

Ingredients

  • 16 oz can tomato sauce
  • 2/3 cup water
  • 2 tablespoons white vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon ground cumin
  • 2 teaspoons onion powder
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon paprika
  • 1/2 teaspoon white sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon lime zest

Instructions

  1. Combine all ingredients in a saucepan and simmer for 25–30 mins.

From Becky’s handwritten notebook

Every recipe on this site started the same way — written by hand in Becky’s spiral kitchen notebook, usually with a dinner bubbling on the stove nearby. Here’s the original page this recipe was typed up from, smudges and all:

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Becky's handwritten Homemade Taco Sauce recipe — notebook page 1

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