Easy Italian Marinara Sauce Recipe
From chefability 16 years ago
- 20 minutes to make
- Serves 4
Here is a wonderful recipe for marinara sauce using canned tomatoes. This marinara sauce is great over your favorite pasta, on top of pizza or over mussels and shrimp.
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil shopping list
- 4 garlic cloves, peeled and chopped (More or less depending on how much you like garlic) shopping list
- 1 35 ounce can of whole plum tomatoes with liquid shopping list
- salt to taste shopping list
- Crushed red pepper to taste (You can use black pepper if you wish) shopping list
- 10 - 12 fresh basil leaves , torn shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon of dried oregano shopping list
How to make it
- Open your can of tomatoes and crush them by hand into a bowl and set aside
- Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add your garlic to the oil and cook until soft and lightly browned. Be sure to watch the garlic to make sure it doesn't burn.
- Carefully add the tomatoes along with their liquid into the pan with the garlic and oil. Use caution when adding the tomatoes to the hot oil. The oil can splatter. Add the oregano.
- Stir the mixture and bring to a boil. Season with a bit of salt and red or black pepper. Lower the heat so that the sauce is reduced to a simmer. Break up the tomatoes as it cooks with a spoon until your sauce is chunky. You want the sauce to simmer until thickened, about 20 - 25 minutes.
- Add your fresh basil a few minutes before the sauce is done. Taste the sauce and add more salt or pepper if needed.
- Serve over your favorite pasta.
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