Hey guys! It's Sam here from Sugar Spun Run and today I'm showing you how to make an easy homemade marinara sauce.
Today's homemade marinara sauce is super simple to make. As you are about to see, it is great for using in any recipe that
calls for jarred marinara sauce. It is excellent for dipping mozzarella sticks,
for topping off pasta. It's very versatile, very flavorful and I think you
are going to love it. So to get started, you're going to want a large saucepan.
We're going to take this over to our stove top and the first thing you're
going to want to add is two tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil.
You will want to turn your heat to about medium-high and you're just gonna let that oil heat
until it's shimmering. Now once it is shimmering, we're going to add our onion.
You'll need about one cup of finely chopped onion for this marinara sauce.
About one yellow onion usually works if it's medium to large-sized, and I really
recommend chopping your onion finely. So if you like a chunkier heartier marinara
sauce, you can keep the onion chunkier as well, but as you can see here this is
really fine. These are pretty small pieces we'll add our onion to our
saucepan, and you'll cook this stirring frequently so that it doesn't burn, until
the onion is softened and translucent. This is just gonna take about three to four minutes.
Once that onion is looking nicely cooked, we're going to add our garlic.
So you're going to want about two tablespoons of minced garlic. For me this
was about five large cloves. We're going to add this in with our onion.
Once again, you're going to want to stir this frequently. You don't want that garlic to
burn and you're just going to cook it until it's fragrant. That's only gonna
take about thirty seconds. you should smell that garlic cooking in your kitchen.
So once you can smell that garlic cooking, we're going to add the
rest of our ingredients. You're going to need a 28 ounce can of crushed tomatoes.
Now make sure you choose a variety that doesn't have anything added to it. I pick
one that has no salt added. You don't want any spices added or anything like
that. That's gonna change the ultimate flavor of your marinara sauce so we're going to add this in with our onions.
Then we're also going to add two teaspoons of sugar. Now the sugar isn't
to make this sweet. It's to cut the acidity of those tomatoes.
I also use this technique in my baked ziti recipe if you saw that. It just helps with
the acidity. Next you'll add 3/4 teaspoon of dried oregano, 3/4 teaspoon of salt. I
like to use a finely ground sea salt. It has a really good flavor, but regular
salt will work instead, and a 1/2 teaspoon of ground black pepper, and
again, I like to use freshly cracked. Now I also like to add just a little bit of
crushed red pepper. This is 1/4 teaspoon of crushed red pepper. It's really not
going to make this sauce spicy. It's just going to add a little extra dimension.
You can leave this out. I just really love the flavor it adds.
Finally we are going to add 2 tablespoons of finely shredded fresh basil leaves. Stir
everything together. You want all of these ingredients to be really well
combined, and you're also going to drop your stovetop heat down to low.
You actually want this to just be at a simmer and you're going to let your
marinara sauce simmer for about 10 to 15 minutes. You still want to make sure that
you're stirring this occasionally, but simmering like this is going to really help these flavors in the marinara sauce develop.
Once this marinara sauce has finished simmering, it's actually ready to serve, however, if you're not serving
it right away, I recommend storing it in an airtight
container in the fridge until you are ready to serve. I'm actually going to set
this aside for right now in these jars and I actually do have pretty specific
plans for this sauce. If you're watching today's video new make sure you check in
for my next video it's going to be a great recipe. I think you're really going
to like. If you are watching this video as a replay, check out my video library
for stuffed shells. I think you're really going to love them.
That is how easy it is to make your own homemade marinara sauce. I really hope you guys enjoy
today's recipe. Tell me what you are going to use it on and if you try this
out please leave me a comment and let me know what you think thank you so much
for watching and I will see you next time.
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