Quick Tomato Sauce

Quick Tomato Sauce might be a good recipe to expand your sauce collection. This recipe serves 4. One serving contains 174 calories, 2g of protein, and 14g of fat. For $1.21 per serving, this recipe covers 11% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe from Healthy Green Kitchen has 166 fans. If you have roma tomatoes, olive oil, sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, lacto ovo vegetarian, and vegan diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 15 minutes. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 88%. This score is super. Similar recipes are Quick Tomato Sauce, Quick Tomato Sauce, and Quick Culinary School Tomato Sauce.

Servings: 4

Preparation duration: 5 minutes

Cooking duration: 10 minutes

 

Ingredients:

*2 quick pours of balsamic vinegar or to taste

*about 15 leaves of fresh basil

*2 cloves garlic, minced

*1/4 cup olive oil

*1 teaspoon dried oregano

*15 San Marzano or Roma tomatoes, coarsely chopped

*1 teaspoon salt

*1 large shallot, finely chopped

*1 teaspoon sugar (this is optional...I used organic sugar; if you happen to keep vanilla sugar or rosemary sugar on hand, either of these would make a delicious additions)

Equipment:

Cooking instruction summary:

1. Gently heat the olive oil over medium heat, then add the minced garlic and the chopped shallot. 2. Cook over low-medium heat until the garlic/shallots are fragrant (a minute or so), then add the tomatoes, the salt, and the oregano. 3. Continue to cook, stirring occasionally, for 5-10 more minutes, until the tomatoes have broken down and the sauce has thickened a bit. Add the balsamic vinegar, the sugar, and the basil, stir to combine, and cook for another minute or two.4. Leftovers will keep for a week or two in the refrigerator, or you may freeze the sauce for longer-term storage.

 

Step by step:


1. Gently heat the olive oil over medium heat, then add the minced garlic and the chopped shallot.

2. Cook over low-medium heat until the garlic/shallots are fragrant (a minute or so), then add the tomatoes, the salt, and the oregano.

3. Continue to cook, stirring occasionally, for 5-10 more minutes, until the tomatoes have broken down and the sauce has thickened a bit.

4. Add the balsamic vinegar, the sugar, and the basil, stir to combine, and cook for another minute or two.

5. Leftovers will keep for a week or two in the refrigerator, or you may freeze the sauce for longer-term storage.


Nutrition Information:

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173k Calories
2g Protein
14g Total Fat
12g Carbs
18% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
173k
9%

Fat
14g
22%

  Saturated Fat
1g
12%

Carbohydrates
12g
4%

  Sugar
7g
9%

Cholesterol
0.0mg
0%

Sodium
594mg
26%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
2g
5%

Vitamin A
2044IU
41%

Vitamin C
33mg
40%

Vitamin K
37µg
36%

Vitamin E
3mg
22%

Manganese
0.36mg
18%

Potassium
590mg
17%

Fiber
3g
13%

Vitamin B6
0.23mg
12%

Folate
39µg
10%

Copper
0.16mg
8%

Magnesium
29mg
7%

Vitamin B3
1mg
7%

Phosphorus
63mg
6%

Vitamin B1
0.09mg
6%

Iron
1mg
6%

Calcium
40mg
4%

Zinc
0.47mg
3%

Vitamin B2
0.05mg
3%

Vitamin B5
0.24mg
2%

covered percent of daily need
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