Spicy Marinara Sauce
A spicy and delicious red sauce perfect for serving with pasta with lots of cheese. This spicy marinara sauce will be ready in under 30 minutes.
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 86kcal
Cost: $10
Equipment
- 1 large saucepan
Ingredients
- 1 28 oz can whole plum tomatoes
- 3 cloves garlic, sliced
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1-2 tablespoon calabrian chili peppers
- 8 basil leaves
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- ¼ cup grated parmesan
Instructions
- Pour the whole plum tomatoes into a bowl. After cleaning your hands, hand-crush the whole plum tomatoes into a pulp.
- Bring a saucepan to medium heat. Add olive oil to the pan. Stir the garlic and calabrian chili peppers in the pan and saute for 1-2 minutes.
- Pour in the tomatoes. Season with half a teaspoon of salt and some basil. Simmer for 25 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Stir in a little extra basil in the last 5 minutes. Taste the sauce and add another half teaspoon of salt if necessary. Then stir in the parmesan.
- Now you can serve it with pasta or a sandwich.
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Notes
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- Hand-crush your tomatoes for a more rustic chunky tomato sauce, or use an immersion blender to blend it into a smooth sauce. Smooth sauce works better with sandwiches, while a chunky sauce is great with pasta.
- Calabrian chili peppers can be really spicy, so adjust according to your tolerance for heat.
- Add grated parmesan to make the sauce slightly creamier and offset the acidity of the Calabrian chili peppers.
Nutrition
Calories: 86kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Sodium: 563mg | Potassium: 395mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 306IU | Vitamin C: 13mg | Calcium: 49mg | Iron: 2mg
