Super Easy San Marzano Tomato Sauce
Updated Dec 04, 2025
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Create a delicious homemade tomato sauce in 20 minutes with 8 ingredients! This Easy San Marzano Tomato sauce can be use on pasta dishes, pizzas, dip some mozz sticks into it – the choice is yours! For example, this sauce would be perfect in my One Pot Chicken Sausage Baked Orzo!
Recipe Details
I love recipes that use things I typically have in my pantry so I can throw them together spur of the moment. That’s exactly what this Easy San Marzano Tomato Sauce is. Just a can of tomatoes, olive oil, garlic, sugar, and some seasoning. If you have some fresh basil on hand then toss it in, but dried basil would work in a pinch as well!
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Easy San Marzano Tomato Sauce
Equipment
Ingredients
- 28 oz San Marzano Whole Peeled Tomatoes
- 3 tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 6 cloves Garlic, chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon Red Pepper Flakes, optional; I used almost 1 tsp but adjust to taste
- 1/2 cup Water
- 1/2 teaspoon Granulated Sugar
- Kosher Salt & Black Pepper, to taste
- 8 leaves Fresh Basil
Instructions
- Pour the can of San Marzano tomatoes in a large bowl and smash with a potato masher until desired texture. I kept some chunks in mine. Alternatively, add the tomatoes to a food processor and pulse to desired texture.
- Heat olive oil in a large sauté pan or saucepan over medium low heat. Add garlic and cook for 3 minutes, stirring often so the garlic doesn't burn. Add the optional red pepper flakes and cook for another minute, stirring often.
- Add the crushed tomatoes, water, granulated sugar, and salt & pepper to taste. Stir ingredients to combine.
- Add the fresh basil. Simmer the sauce for 10 minutes.
- Serve the sauce with the dish of your choice such as pasta or pizza.
Video
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
