Jane's Marinara Sauce
- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 0.5 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
- 1 (28 ounce) can whole tomatoes
- 1⁄2 tablespoon tomato paste
- 2 garlic cloves, chopped fine
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1⁄2 tablespoon butter
- 1⁄2 yellow onion, chopped fine
- 3⁄4 cup chicken broth (Campbell's low sodium one is good)
- 1⁄2 cup water
- 1⁄2 tablespoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes (to taste)
- 2 tablespoons fresh basil
- salt
- fresh ground pepper
directions
- Puree the whole tomatoes in a blender and set aside.
- Heat olive oil and butter over medium heat and saute garlic and onions until translucent, about 6 minutes or so.
- Add the oregano and red pepper flakes and stir.
- Next add all the tomato products, sugar, basil, salt, fresh ground pepper, stock and water. Stir and bring to a gentle boil.
- Turn heat to low and cover and simmer for one hour.
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Reviews
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When made according to the recipe, the sauce is a bit watery and thin; however, if the lid is taken off for the last 15 minutes of the cooking time so some of the water can evaporate, the result is a really nice, spicy marinara sauce. I use vegetable instead of chicken broth (I'm a vegetarian, but it is also closer to the original which doesn't use any meat at all) and dried basil instead of fresh.
Tweaks
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When made according to the recipe, the sauce is a bit watery and thin; however, if the lid is taken off for the last 15 minutes of the cooking time so some of the water can evaporate, the result is a really nice, spicy marinara sauce. I use vegetable instead of chicken broth (I'm a vegetarian, but it is also closer to the original which doesn't use any meat at all) and dried basil instead of fresh.