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BEST EVER Marinara Sauce

October 3, 2014 by naivecookcooks 22 Comments

Best ever marinara sauce, you will no longer look for any other recipe!

BEST EVER Marinara Sauce

 Happy Friday folks!I have best ever marinara sauce recipe for you plus a giveaway! Recently while enjoying marinara sauce with my garlic bread, I wondered why I never make my own marinara sauce. It was funny as I like making or you can say atleast trying to make most of the sauces at home from scratch and the fact that I forgot such a simple yet sturdy sauce, was kind of surprising. Do you know that google has approx. 3,810,000 results for marinara sauce! Crazy, right. While doing my usual search and research, I decided to go with my instincts and taste buds rather than following any set recipe. So here we are with one of the easiest and yummiest marinara sauce recipe. I am not kidding when I say that it is totally customizable. Trust your taste buds and proceed. You can play around with different herbs. You can even add more or less spiciness as per preference. I like to keep my marinara sauce kind of chunky but you can totally blend it and make it silky smooth, if that’s what your heart desires!

BEST EVER Marinara Sauce

Best Ever Marinara Sauce
 
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You will no longer look for other marinara sauce recipe!
Author: Naive Cook Cooks
Ingredients
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • ¼ cup finely chopped onion
  • 3 garlic cloves, chopped fine
  • 1 Red Gold Diced Tomato can (14.5 oz)
  • 1 tsp oregano
  • ½ tsp parsley
  • Salt to taste
  • ½ tsp black pepper
  • 6 fresh basil leaves, chopped fine
Instructions
  1. Heat oil in a pot. Add onions and saute until soft. Add garlic and saute until fragrant. Add tomatoes from the can, mushing them using the back of spatula. Add salt, black pepper, oregano and parsley. Bring to a boil and then let it simmer on med-low for 12-15 minutes or until thick and tomatoes get broken down. Taste and adjust seasoning. Add freshly chopped basil. Serve or once cold, store in an airtight container in refrigerator.
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Comments

  1. Heather @ My Overflowing Cup says

    October 3, 2014 at 2:02 PM

    Thanks so much for this timely recipe. I just realized that purchasing canned tomatoes is less expensive than buying tomato sauce in the jar. Also, I have a bunch of fresh tomatoes that I need to use up so I’m going to try it with fresh today. Thanks. Pinning.

    Reply
    • naivecookcooks says

      October 4, 2014 at 1:10 AM

      Thanks Heather!

      Reply
  2. Heather @ My Overflowing Cup says

    October 3, 2014 at 2:06 PM

    I’ve never tried this brand of tomatoes before, so I’d love to win. Thanks for the chance.

    Reply
  3. Lisa H.|From My Lemony Kitchen... says

    October 4, 2014 at 12:47 AM

    Beautiful sauce Ami.
    Love marinara and I must try to make this one day 😀

    Reply
    • naivecookcooks says

      October 4, 2014 at 1:09 AM

      Thanks Lisa!

      Reply
  4. Angie@Angie's Recipes says

    October 4, 2014 at 5:08 AM

    Marinara sauce is my favourite and I love to try the different recipes. Thanks for sharing, Navi. The sauce looks wonderful.

    Reply
  5. Tori@Gringalicious.com says

    October 4, 2014 at 5:51 AM

    MMMMM! I rarely use shortcuts in the kitchen because I prefer to do everything from scratch but marinara happens to be one of the things I cheat on. You are inspiring me to make it from scratch next time.

    Reply
  6. Mira says

    October 4, 2014 at 8:13 AM

    I really love making my Marinara sauce and my recipe is almost the same. This sauce looks delicious! My favorite! Although the other day I made marinara with fresh tomatoes from my garden, next time I’m making it with Red Gold 🙂

    Reply
  7. sarah k @ the pajama chef says

    October 4, 2014 at 11:16 AM

    i’d use their tomatoes in my crockpot marinara sauce!

    Reply
  8. sarah k @ the pajama chef says

    October 4, 2014 at 11:17 AM

    i also follow you on instagram (@thepajamachef)

    Reply
  9. Manali @ CookWithManali says

    October 4, 2014 at 11:38 AM

    I need to make my own marinara sauce too! looks great Ami!

    Reply
  10. David says

    October 4, 2014 at 8:56 PM

    In my area, we just had our first freezer last night. That calls for a recipe of nice warm chili.

    Reply
  11. David says

    October 4, 2014 at 8:57 PM

    I follow you on instagram as 1froglegs

    Reply
  12. marcie says

    October 5, 2014 at 11:02 AM

    I love homemade marinara — this looks so fresh and delicious!

    Reply
  13. Jacki says

    October 5, 2014 at 5:07 PM

    So simple and looks so delicious! Just followed you on Instagram. I would make a zucchini lasagna with all of the huge zucchini from my garden (I swear they can grow a foot long overnight).

    Reply
  14. Thalia @ butter and brioche says

    October 5, 2014 at 5:44 PM

    I have never made my own marinara sauce before.. I have always just been lazy and bought it from the store. If the recipe is as easy and delicious as you make it seem.. I must recreate the recipe!

    Reply
  15. karen says

    October 5, 2014 at 11:10 PM

    I’d use the tomatoes to make tomato soup.

    Reply
  16. wendy rozema says

    October 6, 2014 at 6:25 PM

    I’d use it to make Slow Cooker lasagna!!

    Reply
  17. wendy rozema says

    October 6, 2014 at 6:26 PM

    I’m following you on Instagram
    keatonemma111

    Reply

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