Homemade Classic Marinara Sauce Recipe

Homemade Classic Marinara Sauce Recipe is one of the essential recipes to have in your culinary repertoire.

You just need whole peeled tomatoes, extra-virgin olive oil, onions, garlic, oregano, and basil.

Sauteing first concentrates and develops new flavors, then simmering enriches the sauce ensuring robust tomato characteristics.

Marinara sauce is a quick and simple tomato sauce perfect to toss with your favorite pasta or to use as a tasty dipping sauce for breadsticks or pizza.

My delicious homemade marinara sauce recipe features lots of robust flavor from a good kick of garlic, herbs, and even a hint of red wine, and it’s simmered up in only 30 minutes.

How To Make Homemade Classic Marinara Sauce Recipe  With Step-By-Step Instructions

This Sauce is an easy-to-make tomato sauce that is perfect to top your favorite pasta or to use in recipes calling for jarred pasta sauce.

Once you start making this quick homemade tomato sauce, you’ll never buy jarred pasta sauce again.

Mariana is the same thing as a pasta sauce or spaghetti sauce.

It is a tomato-based sauce made with tomatoes, onions, garlic, and herbs.

It originated in Italy and is used in many Italian-American dishes like Chicken Parmesan or Spaghetti and Meatballs.

Ingredients

• Extra-Virgin Olive Oil (1/4 cup)
• Yellow Onion (1/2 cup), finely chopped
• Crushed Tomatoes (56 ounces), canned
• Water (1/2 cup)
• Dried Oregano (2 tsp)
• Dried basil (1 tsp)
• Granulated Sugar (1 tsp)
• Salt (1 tsp)
• Black Pepper (1/4 tsp)
• Red Pepper Flakes (1/4 tsp), crushed

Instructions

1. Heat the olive oil over medium-high heat in a large Dutch oven, large skillet, or other large pot.
2. Add the onion and cook, stirring often, until softened, about 3 minutes.
3. Now, add the garlic and cook, stirring, for 30 seconds.
4. Add the two 28-ounce cans of crushed tomatoes to the pot and stir.
5. Pour the ½ cup of water into one of the cans, swirl it around, then pour it into the second can and swirl it before pouring the water into the pot.
6. Add the dried oregano, dried basil, sugar, salt, pepper, and crushed red pepper flakes, if using.
7. Stir. Bring to a simmer and then reduce the heat to low.
8. Cook sauce at a low simmer, uncovered, for 30-45 minutes.
9. Serve sauce over pasta or use as desired.