Chunky Pasta Sauce Recipe

This chunky pasta sauce recipe is delicious, fast and easy to make! It’s an easy recipe to make during the week. Let’s get started!

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

This is a simple recipe that can be even made during the week or when you haven’t planned out a meal. It’s ready fast and delicious.

What You Need For This Recipe

Tools You Will Need For This Recipe

1. Cutting Board
2. Knife
3. 2.2 Liter Saucepan & Lid
4. Wooden Spoon
5. Measuring spoons (1/8 teaspoon, tablespoon)
6. Kitchen Scale

Ingredients You Will Need

1. 1 Can (796 ml) Whole Peeled Tomatoes
2. 2 Tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
3. 40 grams Yellow Onion
4. 5 grams Fresh Garlic
5. 1/8 Teaspoon Fine Sea Salt
6. Pinch of Dried Oregano
7. Pinch of Crushed Pepper Flakes (optional)
8. 2 Fresh Basil Leaves

How To Make This Recipe

First gather all the ingredients and kitchen equipment/tools to make the recipe.

Next let’s wash, peel and chop 1/2 of a small onion about 4j0 grams.

Then let’s wash and peel a clove of garlic or 5 grams. Then lots chop it into small pieces.

Now let’s place the pot on the burner, add in the extra virgin olive oil and onions. Set the temperature to low and cook the onions until they are soft and translucent.

Then let’s add the garlic and continue to cook on low for a couple of minutes.

Next let’s add in the can of whole peeled tomatoes and mix it with the onions and garlic

Then let’s add the salt and dried oregano. If you would like it a bit spicy, you could add some crushed pepper flakes.

Then let’s bring to a boil using medium heat. Once it boils bring it back to low heat and cover with a lid and let it simmer for about 15 minutes. In the last minute of simmering the sauce, add a couple of fresh basil leaves.

Recipe Tips

This tomato sauce is great served with different cuts of pasta as well as you can make an easy gnocchi with tomato sauce.

Make sure to keep an eye on the onions and garlic when cooking them as you don’t want them to burn.

This sauce also freezes well.

You could also use this sauce as a base to make eggs in purgatory.

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