Marinara Sauce Dip

This homemade marinara sauce dip is the perfect dipping sauce for chips, mozzarella sticks, breadsticks, or pizza bites. It is fast and easy, made with a few ingredients, and ready in minutes.

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Prep Time 5

Cook Time 40

Total Time 45

Course Appetizer, Sauces, Snack

Cuisine Western

Servings x 50 grams (1.7 ounces) serves

Calories 24 kcal

Ingredients

2 teaspoons olive oil
200 grams (7 ounces / 1 large) onion finely diced
4-6 garlic cloves diced or grated
2 x 400 grams (14 ounces) canned diced tomatoes
2 teaspoons dried basil leaves or more if needed
1 teaspoon dried oregano or more if needed
1 - 2 teaspoons white sugar or to taste
1 - 3 small red chilies finely sliced optional
Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

In a large saucepan, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the onion and fry until soft and translucent, about 3- 5 minutes.
Add the garlic and fry for one more minute.
Add the canned tomatoes and their juice, dried basil leaves, dried oregano sugar, and chilies (if using), and stir together. Turn the heat to high and bring the sauce to a boil.
Reduce the heat to low, put cover the pot with a lid, and simmer for 30 – 40 minutes, or until the sauce has a thick creamy consistency.
Season with salt and pepper, and add more dried herbs and sugar if necessary.

Notes

RECIPE TIPS

Make it thick - by simmering the sauce until it becomes thick and turns a rich red color, this will enhance the flavors in the sauce, and it won't look and taste watery.

Sugar - Tomatoes are naturally acidic, and mixing in a small amount of sugar will reduce the acidity and enhance the tomato flavor.

How much sugar you add to the sauce will come down to personal taste and the acidity of the tomatoes.

So add a good pinch or two of sugar, then taste the sauce and add more until you get it to your liking.

Made it too thick - thin it down with some water and taste, and adjust the seasonings if needed.

VARIATIONS

Passata - If you want a smooth dipping sauce and don't have a blender, use smooth passata sauce, finely mince the onion and grate the garlic before cooking to get a smoothish dipping sauce.

Nutrition

Serving: 50grams ( 1.7 ounces)Calories: 24kcalCarbohydrates: 4gProtein: 1gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 4mgPotassium: 98mgFiber: 1gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 44IUVitamin C: 5mgCalcium: 22mgIron: 1mg

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