Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, Easy Marinara Sauce is a Italian sauce made with olive oil, garlic cloves, and large tomatoes in about 15 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 5 minutes
  • Cook time: 10 minutes
  • Total time: 15 minutes
  • Yield: 2 cups
  • Category: sauce
  • Cuisine: Italian

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 5-6 garlic cloves (finely chopped, around 1 heaping tablespoon finely chopped garlic)
  • 2 large tomatoes (chopped)
  • 1 x 14.5 oz can of diced tomatoes
  • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1/2 teaspoon red chili flakes
  • 1/4 teaspoon Italian seasoning
  • salt (to taste)
  • 3-4 basil leaves

Method

  1. Heat oil in a pan on medium heat. Once hot, add chopped garlic.
  2. Saute garlic for few seconds (don't let it change color) and then chopped fresh tomatoes and canned diced tomatoes. Mix till well combined. Cook for 2 minutes.
  3. Add salt, black pepper, dried oregano, red chili flakes, sugar and mix. Cook for a minute or so.
  4. Remove pan from heat, take your immersion blender and blend the sauce. Or wait for the mixture to cool down a bit and then blend using your regular mixer.
  5. Put pan back on medium heat again. Add fresh basil leaves and let it simmer for 4-5 minutes.
  6. The marinara sauce is now ready, sprinkle Italian seasoning on top, mix and remove from heat.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.