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marinara sauce over pasta in white serving dish with grated cheese on top

MARINARA SAUCE

Claudia
Marinara sauce is a classic quick and easy meatless tomato sauce that's great as a spaghetti sauce and/or used for pizza and parmesan dishes.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Course Appetizer, Dinner, Lunch, Main Course, meatless meal, pasta dish, Side Dish
Cuisine American, Italian, Mediterranean
Servings 4
Calories 190 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • 1 small yellow onion
  • 5 cloves fresh garlic
  • 28 ounce can of tomatoes ground peeled plum tomatoes
  • ½ teaspoon pepper
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons Italian dried herb seasoning or 1 tsp basil and 1 tsp oregano

Instructions
 

Prepare Ingredients

  • Finely chop onion and garlic

Cooking Instructions

  • Pour the olive oil in a 10-12 inch skillet, add the chopped onion and garlic and sauté on medium high heat for a couple of minutes until onion is translucent and tender.
  • Add the canned ground tomatoes, salt, pepper and herbs and mix them together well. Bring the mixture up to a boil and then turn down to simmer the sauce for another 25 minutes. See notes to decide if you want to cover it with a lid or not.
  • Serve

Notes

If you want a thinner sauce, cover the marinara sauce while cooking. If you want a thick sauce, leave the cover off. A thinner sauce is better when you are using it in a parmesan dish because the sauce is easier to spread and will go further. 
You can use fresh herbs instead of dried, but adjust the amounts. For more information on that, we have written a couple of paragraphs in our text about using fresh herbs vs dried herbs.

Nutrition

Calories: 190kcalCarbohydrates: 16gProtein: 3gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 10gSodium: 554mgPotassium: 611mgFiber: 4gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 428IUVitamin C: 20mgCalcium: 73mgIron: 3mg
Keyword 5 ingredients or less, meatless tomato sauce, pasta sauce, quick spaghetti sauce, spaghetti sauce without meat, tomato sauce, tomato sauce for cooking, tomato sauce for parmesan dishes
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