Community Pick
Awesomely Easy Marinara Sauce
"1 16 oz. can tomato sauce
1/2 cup chopped onions
1 tsp. minced garlic
1 tsp. dried basil
1/2 tsp. dried rosemary
1/4 tsp. oregano
1 tsp. sugar
2 tbsp. olive oil"
photo by Amy M.
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
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6-8
ingredients
- 1 (16 ounce) can tomato sauce
- 1⁄2 cup chopped onion
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1⁄2 teaspoon dried rosemary
- 1⁄4 teaspoon oregano
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- salt
- pepper
directions
- Heat olive oil over medium heat in medium-sized saucepan.
- Saute onions and garlic until brown.
- Add tomato sauce and stir.
- Lower heat to medium-low.
- While stirring, add rosemary, basil and oregano.
- Allow sauce to bubble.
- Sprinkle with sugar and mix again.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Use immediately, or transfer to plastic container for storage.
Questions & Replies
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I have penne or angel hair pasta I literally only have stick of butter bread crumb flour sugar soy sauce ketchup mustard mayo ranch dressing parmesan/Romano Cheese some basic spices...fish sticks, brown gravy,minced garlic, syrup,stuffing and a box of pork shake and bake desperately trying to make something for my man we're hungry lol -
Is the 16 ozs of tomato sauce a volume or weight measure? Clicking the metric switch on the website gives me grams which is a weight measure. -
Can i miss out the rosemary if i cant find any in local shops?
Reviews
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I cut this recipe in half...it is perfect for the recipes I cook for just the two of us. After sautéing the onions and garlic, I deglaze with a touch of red or white wine, add 1/2 Tbs of tomato paste and brown the paste a bit, then proceed with the recipe. Fantastic! -
I added a little chopped garlic. I goofed and used a can of diced tomatoes instead of tomato sauce. It was wonderful! I needed 1/2 cup of marinara sauce as part of a sauce for fish, and this was fabulous!!! A real keeper Thank you -
Absolutely awesome! Just got through with dinner...I made canelloni and topped them with this sauce and my hubby looooooved the sauce! he says its better than the normal marinara sauce we usually buy. Only made one small change....instead of canned tomato sauce, I used 5 oven roasted tomatos (I just put 5 Roma tomatos in a cookie sheet in the oven and then pureed them). Grrrrrrreat! -
After reading multiple recipes on making marinara, I wasn’t convinced this was the one..but it was!! No more jar pasta sauces in this house, and a great base to explore with. I doubled the recipe, for use with pasta and also meatballs separately. I used I can tomato sauce, and 1 can crushed tomatoes for texture..just added a few fresh basil leaves at the end as it cooled, delish! My picky granddaughter gobbled this up, and it also makes great meatball sandwiches (competition for subway) next day.
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This was sooooo easy all I had to do was chop up the onion and garlic (if you have a slap chop, USE IT) brow that the poured the tomato sauce in and let my little brother help. He loved to stir and when we tasted it he said that is was one the best marinara sauce ever. We had ZERO leftovers. 10/10 would recommend.
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Tweaks
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Used a can of diced tomatoes instead of tomato sause. Wonderful
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Absolutely awesome! Just got through with dinner...I made canelloni and topped them with this sauce and my hubby looooooved the sauce! he says its better than the normal marinara sauce we usually buy. Only made one small change....instead of canned tomato sauce, I used 5 oven roasted tomatos (I just put 5 Roma tomatos in a cookie sheet in the oven and then pureed them). Grrrrrrreat!
