Homemade Spaghetti Sauce

4.60 from 5 votes

My homemade spaghetti sauce is an easy recipe that will dominate pasta night! Make a double or even triple batch to freeze for the time time that craving hits.

Prep Time10

Cook Time1

Total Time1 10

Course: Dinner

Cuisine: Italian

Servings: servings

Author: Kristin Maxwell

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil
1 medium white onion chopped
4 cloves garlic minced
1 tablespoon dried oregano
pinch of red pepper flakes
2 bay leaves
28- ounce can San Marzano crushed tomatoes
1 15- ounce can tomato sauce
2 tablespoons tomato paste
1/4 cup chicken broth
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
1-2 tablespoons granulated sugar to taste
¼ cup fresh chopped basil or 2 teaspoons dried - add with the spices above
¾ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon black pepper
fresh basil leaves for garnish

Instructions

Heat olive oil in a 5-quart Dutch oven or soup pot. Add onion and sauté until translucent and soft; about 4 minutes.
Add minced garlic, oregano, red pepper flakes and bay leaves. Stir and cook for 1 minute.
Stir in crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, chicken broth, sugar, vinegar and fresh chopped basil. Bring to a boil, cover, and reduce heat to low. Simmer for at least 30 minutes to an hour, stirring occasionally.
Meanwhile, cook spaghetti (or your favorite pasta) according to package directions. Drain (do not rinse) and toss with homemade spaghetti sauce. Garnish with fresh basil leaves if desired.

Notes

For meat sauce, add 1 pound of ground beef or Italian sausage after the onion is soft and translucent. Cook until no longer pink, then drain grease from the pot, then continue with step 2.
Regular spaghetti sauce will make about 4-5 1-cup servings. Meat sauce will make 6-7 1-cup servings.

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