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Tomato Bacon Jam

December 9, 2020 By Louise 1 Comment

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Tomato Bacon Jam is a little sweet, a little savory, and a whole lot of delicious! Spread it on a cracker or bread, turn it into a hot or cold dip, use it to top cream cheese or brie. The possibilities are endless!

Tomato Bacon Jam on top of cream cheese and spread on a cracker
Tomato Bacon Jam

I had some bacon and some tomatoes that I needed to use and we already had made a BLT, so what else to do with them? Of course, a ton of things came to mind, but I was in a dip/jam/sauce mode and thought, hey I can make a Tomato Bacon Jam!

This recipe can be made in the inner pot of the Ninja Foodi or in a pot on the stove. It only requires a few ingredients and about 30 minutes to make.

I love condiments! From preserves, homemade dressings, bbq sauces, pickles, and marinades to sweet or savory jams, count me in! I love perusing the gourmet grocery store shelves for different types of condiments and I especially love making them at home!

If you are a condiment lover like I am, I bet you'll love these recipes as well!

Easy BBQ Sauces to Make at Home

BBQ sauces are sort of my speciality, especially fruit-based bbq sauces. I used to own a BBQ restaurant and we made all of our own sauces in house. Here are some of my favorites!

Raspberry BBQ Sauce goes perfectly on ribs and chicken, or even try it on some mild fish. YUM!

Ninja Foodi Ribs with Raspberry BBQ Glaze

If you are a blueberry lover or an apple lover, these two BBQ sauces might be up your alley!

Blueberry BBQ sauce goes perfectly with brisket as well as chicken wings! It's also great when you want to make a grown-up ham and cheese grilled sandwich.

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Apple Butter Bourbon BBQ sauce is PERFECT on burgers and pork chops or chicken!

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If you enjoy a traditional BBQ sauce that is a little sweet and a little spicy, this is the one to try!

10-minute BBQ Sauce

homemade bbq sauce in jars

Jams & Preserves to Make at Home

If sweet condiments are more your style, here are some recipes you will love!

Banana Jam! That's right, Banana Jam! It's unbelievably delicious and super easy to make. I spread it on toast, but it's also great on ice cream, yogurt, or used as a filling in a small hand pie.

banana jam in a jar next to half a loaf of bread and a bunch of ripe bananas

I also have recipes for the following types of jams/preserves.

  • Strawberry Preserves
  • Apple Butter
  • Orange Marmalade
  • Jalapeno Pepper Jelly
  • strawberry preserves
    Strawberry Preserves
  • apple butter in a small jar next to sliced apples and some apple butter spread on crusty bread
    Apple Butter
  • Orange Marmalade in jars with one open and biscuits beside it
    Orange Marmalade
  • jalapeno pepper jelly on crackers with cream cheese next to a jar of pepper jelly and a block of cream cheese on a wood board.
    Jalepeño Jelly

What are the Best Tomatoes to Use for Tomato Bacon Jam?

Any kind of fresh tomatoes that you like! I've tested the recipe with both medium-size red tomatoes and red cherry tomatoes. Both worked fine.

If you use the cherry tomatoes, you might want to use a pressure cooker to break down the tomatoes quicker. You can do this by pressure cooking on high for 2 minutes after you add the tomatoes, and then do an immediate release.

You can also simply let them cook longer and they will break down on their own. I used my Mix 'N Chop to try to break them up and they simply slipped away from me until the tomatoes softened enough, and then the Mix 'N Chop worked fine.

You can also use any variety of tomato that you like.

How to Make Tomato Bacon Jam in the Ninja Foodi or on the Stove

The only difference between making Tomato Bacon Jam on the stove versus the Ninja Foodi is just the temperature regulation.

On a gas stove, you may want to render the bacon on a medium heat instead of high.

In the Ninja Foodi, I start off on high sear/sauté and adjust the heat down to medium when the bacon starts to render and brown.

The most important thing, no matter how you are cooking the tomato bacon jam, is not to let it burn.

Keep your bacon cold until you are ready to make the tomato bacon jam, it is much easier to cut when cold. Use a sharp knife or kitchen shears to cut the bacon into small pieces.

Add to the inner pot and turn the sear/sauté on high. Dice the onion into ¼" dice and add to the inner pot. Continue to cook on high until the fat begins to render.

cutting the bacon and onion and adding to the pot

Turn the heat down to medium and cook for another 5-10 minutes or until most of the fat has been rendered and the bacon is brown and crispy.

adding the remaining ingredients to the inner pot

Add the brown sugar, balsamic vinegar, and the tomatoes. You can turn the heat back up to high or leave it on medium. Stir and simmer until the tomatoes begin to break down and give off their liquid. Diced tomatoes will break down faster, and you can certainly help the cherry tomatoes by manually breaking them up with a tool like the Mix 'N Chop.

Once the tomatoes start to break apart, add the salt and the red pepper flakes, if you are using them. The red pepper flakes do not make the tomato bacon jam spicy, but they do balance out the sweet and the acid in the jam.

reducing the tomato bacon jam and adding salt and red pepper flakes

Continue to simmer on medium heat until the mixture reduces and thickens. I like to do what I call, "the scrape test." This means I take a spoon and scrape along the bottom of the pot. When the mixture stays apart for more than 6 seconds or so, the jam is thick enough.

Keep in mind, it will thicken as it cools, as well.

showing the scrape test

When the mixture has thickened, turn the heat off and pour into containers to cool. This is what it will look like when it has chilled.

showing thickened tomato bacon jam

How to Serve Bacon Tomato Jam

Bacon Tomato Jam is wonderful spread on a cracker just by itself. It's a little smokey, a little sweet, a little sour and really is a perfect spread.

I also love it as a warm dip. I mix 2 parts of cream cheese to 1 part of bacon tomato jam and warm until it's creamy and incorporated. Serve with crackers. It's so good, but I'll warn you, it isn't a pretty dip!

I think it would be wonderful as a topping for bruschetta or even pizza! I haven't tried it that way you, but I can only imagine.

I also made a cream cheese mold and then topped it with the tomato bacon jam and it was delicious as a cold spread for crackers or crusty bread.

You could add it to eggs and make bacon tomato scrambled eggs! That just came to me, and I think I'll try that soon!

Basically, get creative and try in on different things. It's good right off the spoon too!

Enjoy!

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Tomato Bacon Jam

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Multi use Jam that can be used as a spread, a dip, or a topping!
Prep Time5 mins
Cook Time20 mins
Total Time25 mins
Course: Appetizer, Condiment
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Tomato Bacon Jam
Servings: 12
Calories: 136kcal
Author: Louise

Ingredients

  • 8 ounces thick cut bacon
  • 20 ounces cherry tomatoes or 4 medium size tomatoes
  • 1 sweet onion
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • ¼ cup balsamic vinegar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ¼-½ tsp red pepper flakes
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Instructions

  • Cut or chop the bacon into small pieces and add to the inner pot of the Ninja Foodi or a medium size pot on the stove. Dice the onion into a small ¼" dice and add to the pot. Turn the heat on high (Ninja Foodi) and medium (stove)to sauté the bacon.
  • Once the bacon begins to brown and the fat is rendering, reduce the heat to medium.
  • Stir occasionally and when most of the fat is rendered and the bacon is crispy add in the tomatoes, brown sugar, and balsamic vinegar. Continue to cook until the tomatoes start to break down and the sauce begins to thicken. Add the salt and red pepper flakes.
  • Simmer and cook on medium heat (Ninja Foodi & Stove) until the mixture thickens into a jam consistency, this takes about 15 minutes. Pour into containers and let cool.

Video

https://youtu.be/cFz8Lwpe9Yg

Notes

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Nutrition

Serving: 2Tbsp | Calories: 136kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 12mg | Sodium: 331mg | Potassium: 191mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 250IU | Vitamin C: 12mg | Calcium: 21mg | Iron: 1mg

ABOUT THE RECIPE AUTHOR, LOUISE LONG

Louise is a full-time recipe creator and food blogger @ The Salted Pepper. She has over 30 years of experience with cooking and recipe development. She owned a restaurant for several years and was a full-time RN until retiring to blog full-time.

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Louise has several very active Facebook groups that help people with the basics of cooking and getting the most out of the Ninja Foodi.

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Seeing the need for easy, delicious, and high quality recipes, she is focusing all of her efforts creating recipes specifically for the Ninja Foodi. Her recipes are easy for the home cook to follow and provide step-by-step instructions.

Louise is also a YouTube creator and you can find most of her recipes in video format on The Salted Pepper YouTube channel.

She is very responsive to messages and eager to help in any way she can.

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  1. Dixie

    December 28, 2020 at 2:46 pm

    I made this in the ninja foodi. I halved the recipe cause I didn’t have enough bacon. Also, made it a little more keto friendly by substituting 1:1 swerve brown sugar.
    It thickened up nicely and is very tasty. I will probably put it on cream cheese and eat by itself or with pork rinds or dollop it on whatever! I will make this again!
    Thanks Louise!

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