Easy Pasta Sauce
This pasta sauce is easy to make with mostly pantry ingredients. It tastes like it was simmered for hours but only takes 20 minutes to make – it’s great for pasta or any recipe that needs a tomato sauce.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 3 1/2 cups 1x
- Category: Sauces
- Method: Simmer
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
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- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 yellow onion, chopped
- ½ cup beef broth
- ¼ cup half and half
- 1 (15-ounce) can tomato sauce
- ¼ cup tomato paste
- Juice of half a lemon
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano
- 4 large basil leaves, torn into small pieces
Instructions
- Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onions and cook and stir them until they soften about five minutes.
- Add all of the other ingredients, stir, and bring the sauce to a boil. Reduce the heat to maintain a simmer and cook the sauce for ten minutes. Add the basil leaves and stir.
- At this point, serve the sauce with pasta or transfer it to an airtight container. It will keep for up to a week in the refrigerator.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/2 cup
- Calories: 62
- Sugar: 3g
- Sodium: 374.1mg
- Fat: 4.3g
- Saturated Fat: 2.7g
- Unsaturated Fat: 1.5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 5.4g
- Fiber: 1.1g
- Protein: 1.4g
- Cholesterol: 11.7mg
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