Quick Tomato Sauce

Name: Quick Tomato Sauce
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 bay leaves; 794 grams whole peeled tomatoes; 1 Tbsp minced garlic; 3 Tbsps extra virgin olive oil or garlic oil; 1 jalapeno pepper, optional; 59 milliliters drained and chopped oil-packed dried tomatoes; 1 Tbsp finely chopped fresh oregano leaves; 3 servings Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 yellow onion, finely chopped

Quick Tomato Sauce is a gluten free, whole 30, and vegan recipe with 3 servings. One portion of this dish contains roughly 6g of protein, 16g of fat, and a total of 253 calories. This recipe covers 18% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of garlic oil, canned tomatoes, garlic, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. It works best as a sauce, and is done in about 45 minutes.

Instructions

Open the can of tomatoes and pour off the juice into a bowl. Use the lid to press against the tomatoes to extract as much juice as possible. Then use your hand to squeeze the tomatoes to a pulp. Reserve the juice and pulp separately and set the empty can aside.

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Tomato

Extract

Juice

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Bowl

Heat the olive oil in a heavy saucepan over medium-high heat until hot. If using the jalapeno, tilt the pan to collect the oil in a little pool against the side and drop the jalapeno into the oil. Cook until light brown, about 2 minutes.

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Olive Oil

Jalapeno Pepper

Cooking Oil

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Sauce Pan

Frying Pan

Remove the jalapeno and reserve.

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Jalapeno Pepper

Add the onion to the pan and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, about 2 minutes.

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Onion

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Frying Pan

Add the garlic and cook briefly until light gold.

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Garlic

Add the bay leaf.

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Bay Leaves

Add the tomato juice and bring to a boil. Simmer rapidly for several minutes.

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Tomato Juice

Add the crushed tomato pulp. Then rinse the remaining pulp out of the can by filling it halfway with water and add that to the pan.

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Tomato

Water

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Frying Pan

Add the jalapeno, and salt and pepper, to taste, and return to a boil.

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Salt And Pepper

Jalapeno Pepper

Add the dried tomatoes and stir. Lower the heat to medium and simmer, stirring occasionally to prevent scorching, until the mixture thickens and the tomatoes have turned an orange-red versus the pale blue-red they were straight from the can, about 30 minutes.

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Sun Dried Tomatoes

Tomato

Orange

Add the oregano halfway through the cooking.

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Oregano

Discard the bay leaf. Peel, seed, and mash the jalapeno with a spoonful of the sauce and pass at the table so diners can add as much heat as they like to their plates.

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Bay Leaves

Jalapeno Pepper

Sauce

Variation for quick tomato sauce: Substitute 2 pounds vine-ripened tomatoes for the canned tomatoes. Peel the tomatoes, cut in half crosswise, and squeeze out the juice and seeds over a sieve suspended over a bowl to collect the juice. Chop the tomatoes. Proceed as directed, omitting the dried tomatoes and using jalapeno, if desired. You should have about 2 1/4 cups sauce. The recipe may be increased proportionately.

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Canned Tomatoes