Easy Marinara Sauce
This homemade easy marinara sauce is full of tangy tomato flavor and takes just over 15 minutes to make: no chopping required!
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: About 4 cups 1x
- Category: Sauce
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients
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- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 28 ounce can crushed fire roasted tomatoes (or best quality crushed tomatoes)*
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 8 fresh basil leaves (if using)
Instructions
- In a large saucepan, heat the olive oil. Add the minced garlic and cook for 1 minute, until fragrant. Turn down the heat. Carefully add the crushed tomatoes, olive oil, oregano, kosher salt, sugar, and whole basil leaves.
- Bring to a simmer, then cover and simmer 10 minutes. Taste and add a pinch more sugar to round out the flavors if desired, or simmer up to 30 minutes to mellow the flavors (depending on the brand of canned tomatoes).
- If desired, pulse with a blender: All crushed tomato brands are different, and some may be chunkier than other. If you’d like, pulse the sauce a bit in a blender or immersion blend to get to the desired texture (we like ours a little chunky, but you could make it fully smooth too).
Notes
*If you can’t find fire roasted tomatoes, use the best quality tomatoes you can find. Taste the tomatoes before you start. If they taste bitter, you may need to simmer the sauce a little longer than the stated timing. Fire roasted tomatoes taste sweet right out of the can so they can simmer less time, whereas other brands taste bitter and need longer to simmer.
Find it online: https://www.acouplecooks.com/easy-marinara-sauce/
