Easy Marinara Sauce

August 20, 2020

Easy Marinara Sauce is a delicious recipe perfect for topping pasta, spaghetti squash, pizza and more. Made from fresh roasted tomatoes, garlic, onions and a special blend of seasonings. It’s super simple and incredibly delicious!

Spaghetti is on the menu at least once or twice a week at our house, either for lunch or supper. When it’s made with homemade marinara sauce, there’s never one bite left. Paired with a nice green salad and my easy garlic bread, this easy weeknight dinner is a snap.

Platter of spaghetti squash, topped with homemade marinara sauce, parmesan and fresh parsley

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How to Make Easy Marinara Sauce:

diced onions and garlic cooked in olive oil in a black skillet

Sauté diced onions and fresh minced garlic in olive oil until they just start to brown.

Pan of tomato sauce with cooked onions and a spatula

Mix with roasted tomato sauce.

Tomato sauce in a skillet sprinkled with spices - spatula in the sauce

Sprinkle in our Best Dry Rub (brown sugar, garlic, smoked paprika, kosher salt, black pepper, dry mustard and red pepper flakes).
Simmer over low heat for 15-20 minutes, stirring occasionally.

platter of spaghetti squash with marinara sauce and parsley

We served our marinara sauce up over some grilled spaghetti squash.

Marinara Spaghetti Squash with parmesan and parsley

Add some fresh grated Parmesan and fresh parsley before serving.

This easy Marinara is also great served with your favorite cooked pasta or use it to make an amazing homemade pizza!

Can you use canned tomatoes?

Roasted tomato sauce is one of my favorite ways to enjoy our garden fresh tomatoes and it makes an amazing base for this easy marinara sauce. If you do not have fresh tomatoes, start with canned fire roasted tomatoes that have been processed in a food processor until smooth.

How to Store Marinara Sauce:

Marinara sauce can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.

Can You Freeze Marinara Sauce?

Marinara sauce can be frozen for up to a year if you are using vacuum sealed bags.

I would encourage you to make a whole batch of the Best Dry Rub, it adds the best flavor to this sauce. We seriously put it on everything from grilled meat, to popcorn to mac and cheese. You will want to keep it on hand all the time.

Delicious Recipes with Marinara Sauce

Ravioli Sauce

A quick and easy dinner with a delicious homemade sauce to top frozen ravioli. The whole family will love this one!

Fried Tortellini

One of our favorite appetizers. Deep fried crispy cheese tortellini is perfect to dip in marinara sauce.

Pesto Meatball Pizza

Take your family pizza night to the next level of delicious with homemade marinara sauce and pesto meatballs!

One Pot Sausage Penne Pasta

A super simple dinner made all in one pan with delicious Italian flavors. Made even more delicious with our easy marinara sauce.

I have made homemade marinara sauce many times with so many flavor combinations, usually adding in lots of basil and oregano but my guys never loved it. They would eat it but they didn’t love it. This one however, was lick the plate good, better than their favorite restaurant good.

I hope you give it a try soon, especially if you have fresh tomatoes!

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Yield: 4 servings

Easy Marinara Sauce

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes

Total Time 40 minutes

Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive oil
1 medium onion, diced
2 garlic cloves, minced
3 cups roasted tomato sauce
3 tablespoons Best Dry Rub
Parmesan cheese for garnish, optional
Fresh parsley for garnish, optional
Pasta or Spaghetti Squash for serving

Instructions

Add olive oil to a large skillet and place over medium heat. Add onions and garlic, cook stirring often until onions just start to brown.
Stir in tomato sauce.
Whisk in Best Dry Rub.
Lower heat to simmer and cook for 20 minutes.
Serve over pasta or spaghetti squash and top with Parmesan and parsley.

Notes

If you don't have roasted tomato sauce, substitute canned fire roasted tomatoes that have been blended smooth in a food processor.

Store leftover sauce in an airtight container in refrigerator for up to 4 days.

Freeze sauce in vacuum sealed bags for up to 1 year.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 199Total Fat: 8gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 1mgSodium: 213mgCarbohydrates: 30gFiber: 5gSugar: 8gProtein: 5g

Nutritional calculations are estimated and may not be accurate.