Easy Marinara Sauce recipe

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Ingredients

3 tablespoons olive oil
1 Spanish onion, chopped
¼ green bell pepper, chopped
4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon dried basil
½ teaspoon ground black pepper
¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
4 (14.5 ounce) cans diced tomatoes
1 (14 ounce) can tomato sauce
2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
1 cup white wine

Nutrition Info

87.9 calories
carbohydrate: 12.8 g
cholesterol: : -
fat: 2.9 g
fiber: 2.6 g
protein: 2.2 g
saturatedFat: 0.4 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 735.6 mg
sugar: 8.1 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat, cook and stir onion, green bell pepper, and garlic until onion is translucent, 5 to 10 minutes. Add brown sugar, Italian seasoning, salt, oregano, basil, black pepper, and red pepper flakes, cook and stir until brown sugar dissolves and seasoning is fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes.

  2. Stir tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, and white wine into the seasoned onion mixture, bring to a boil for 10 minutes. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until flavors have blended, at least 30 minutes.

Recipe Yield

16 servings

Recipe Note

We built this recipe from a lot of trial and error and a little experimentation with the wine selection. It has a sweet flavor with just a little zing to keep things interesting. Great for all types of italian dishes. We even used it for Italian sausage bombers.

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