Quick Marinara Sauce

This quick marinara sauce is perfect when you want to make a quick
Italian-inspired pasta dinner. It takes no longer than 15-20 minutes, and it
tastes better than the jar! Made with canned tomato products, lots of garlic,
honey, anchovy paste, and more, it won't disappoint you or your guests.

Servings: 8

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Prep Time
5 minutes

Cook Time
15 minutes

Total Time
20 minutes

Course:

Side Dish Main Course

Cuisine:

American Italian

Keywords:

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Instructions

1 Using a sauté pan, heat to medium-low heat. Add ¼ cup olive oil, salt, pepper,
red pepper flakes, oregano and basil into the pan. Then sauté for about a minute
(you want red pepper flakes to sizzle—JUST A LITTLE BIT). You don’t want to burn
the spices.
2 Then put in the garlic and sauté for a little while. Be sure not to burn the
garlic. Very easy to do and will ruin your dish. After the garlic sizzles for
about a minute, turn down the heat and let the aromatics infuse with the oil for
5-10 minutes.
3 Next add the honey, tomato paste, and the anchovy paste. Sauté for another
minute and next add a little bit of the chicken broth. You can add the chicken
broth earlier if you are afraid of burning the garlic if the pan gets too hot.
4 Continue stirring, then add stewed tomatoes and tomato sauce and the rest of the
chicken broth. If you are using whole tomatoes (and not diced), then take a
potato masher and mash the tomatoes gently in the pan.
5 The sauce mixture is still on medium heat. Let the sauce simmer for 15-20
minutes. Feel free to turn up the heat anytime during the cooking process if you
feel the pan is not hot enough.
6 Make sure to taste test the sauce, so you are comfortable with how sweet, salty,
and/or sour levels of the dish. For example, you can always add a little more
honey if you feel the sauce is too sour from the tomatoes.
7 After the sauce simmers, turn off the heat, and then drizzle the top with olive
oil and stir to combine.
8 Then toss with some freshly cooked pasta, and enjoy.

Quick Marinara Sauce

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