Easy Marinara Sauce

easy san marinara sauce

Ingredients

  • 28oz can of San Marzano Crushed Tomatoes
  • 1 whole sweet onion
  • 1 teaspoon of European butter
  • handful fresh basil leaves
  • 2 cloves of garlic

For the tomatoes, there are 2 brands I use:

san marzano crushed tomatoes
buy this brand in either the can or box at EarthFare
cento san marzano crushed tomatoes
Buy this one at Publix or on Amazon!

For the European butter, I recommend:

Plugra European butter
Plugra European butter

** only use 1 teaspoon!!! This stuff is way, way more flavorful than regular butter and a little goes a long way!

Directions

Open the box or can of San Marzano tomatoes, cut onion into fourths and leave whole, smash the garlic cloves and wash the fresh basil leaves. Then, combine all ingredients together in the sauce pan: crushed tomatoes, onion and 2 tablespoons of European butter; adding in some basil leaves and 2 cloves of crushed garlic (if you like). Put this on medium-low  heat and bring to a slow simmer for 45minutes to an hour.

To Serve

To serve, remove the onion and put over your favorite fish, chicken or vegetables. This sauce is good on anything and combines well with a variety of flavors. You can actually bake your fish or chicken plain, using only a little olive oil and then put this sauce over it.

You can even put this sauce over green beans and sweet potatoes (my personal fav).