Marinara Sauce Recipe

Name: Marinara Sauce Recipe
Cook time: 1 h 35 min
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 3 tbsp olive oil; 1 small sweet yellow onion diced; 2 garlic cloves minced; 1 tbsp sugar; salt and pepper to taste; 1/4 cup fresh chopped basil or 1 tsp. dried a viable alternative is 1 tsp. dried chopped basil; 1 32 oz. can of tomato puree you may also use fresh tomatoes; 1 32 oz. can of crushed plum tomatoes you may also use fresh tomatoes

Recipes.net Team Published March 23, 2020

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This simple tomato sauce is so versatile! Use it on pasta, with eggplant parmesan or any other recipe that calls for red sauce.

How To Make Marinara Sauce

3 tbsp olive oil
1 small sweet yellow onion (diced)
2 garlic cloves (minced)
1 tbsp sugar
salt and pepper to taste
1/4 cup fresh chopped basil or 1 tsp. dried (a viable alternative is 1 tsp. dried chopped basil)
1 32 oz. can of tomato puree (you may also use fresh tomatoes)
1 32 oz. can of crushed plum tomatoes (you may also use fresh tomatoes)

Sauté the onions and garlic in an oiled pan for 5 minutes.
Afterward, add the basil, puree, tomatoes, and sugar.
Next, season the mixture with salt and pepper.
Lastly, simmer the sauce for 1 1/2 hours uncovered. Afterward, serve it with your favorite pasta. Enjoy!

How To Make Marinara Sauce

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Cooking Time: 1 hr 35 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins

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Ingredients

3 tbsp olive oil
1 small sweet yellow onion, diced
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 tbsp sugar
salt and pepper to taste
1/4 cup fresh chopped basil or 1 tsp. dried, a viable alternative is 1 tsp. dried chopped basil
1 32 oz. can of tomato puree , you may also use fresh tomatoes
1 32 oz. can of crushed plum tomatoes , you may also use fresh tomatoes

Instructions

Sauté the onions and garlic in an oiled pan for 5 minutes.
Afterward, add the basil, puree, tomatoes, and sugar.
Next, season the mixture with salt and pepper.
Lastly, simmer the sauce for 1 1/2 hours uncovered. Afterward, serve it with your favorite pasta. Enjoy!