Easy Quick Marinara Sauce
Created by BudgetCooker on June 13, 2014
- Servings: 4
- Prep Time: 5m
- Cook Time: 20m
- Recipe #12771
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/4 cup chopped yellow onion
- 2 large garlic cloves, minced
- 1 can (28 ounce) plum tomatoes (broken up, with their juices)
- 1/4 cup tomato paste
- 2 tablespoons fresh basil, chopped
- 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
- Kosher salt and ground pepper
How to Make
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Step 1: Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and garlic, saute for around 3 minutes.
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Step 2: Add the tomatoes and their juices and the tomato paste. Bring just to a boil.
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Step 3: Reduce the heat to medium-low and add the basil and sugar. Simmer uncovered to blend the flavors, about 20 minutes (or a little more) stirring often.
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Step 4: Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (231.5 g)
- Calories 107.3
- Total Fat - 7.2 g
- Saturated Fat - 1 g
- Cholesterol - 0 mg
- Sodium - 12.4 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 10.5 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2.8 g
- Sugars - 6.9 g
- Protein - 2.1 g
- Calcium - 28 mg
- Iron - 0.7 mg
- Vitamin C - 29.5 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg