How to Make Perfect Red Sauce

How to Make Perfect Red Sauce Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Red Sauce. Season with pepper, and bring to a simmer. Homemade Italian Red Sauce Homemade Italian Red Sauce. Plain, simple, no frills, basic red sauce that tastes great on a variety of pasta and is not watered down.

Add more red pepper flakes if you like your sauce spicy!

There are times when you can stand over the stove all day, slowly cooking that red sauce down.

Then there are times when you need to put dinner on the table in under an hour.

You can cook Red Sauce using 11 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Red Sauce

1. You need 3 Tablespoons of olive oil.

2. It’s 2 teaspoons of minced garlic (4 cloves).

3. It’s 1 of Medium Red bell pepper, cut in strips.

4. It’s 1 of Medium green bell pepper, cut into strips.

5. It’s 1 Can of whole, skinless tomatoes.

6. It’s 1 Tablespoon of brown sugar.

7. You need 4 Tablespoons of fresh Basil leaves, chopped.

8. Prepare 2 Tablespoons of fresh Oregano leaves, chopped.

9. You need to taste of Salt and pepper.

10. Prepare 1 of Chicken breast, seasoned with your favorite Italian seasoning and grilled.

11. It’s of Spaghetti noodles.

For those moments when convenience trumps patience, this is the red sauce to turn to.

Simmered with plenty of garlic, dried oregano, red pepper flakes, and basil, this sauce can be whipped up in no time but still has that.

This rich and hearty red sauce tastes like it's been cooked for hours, because it has.

The secret to rich, naturally sweet, complex flavors is to cook the sauce in the oven, allowing the surface to brown while the sauce slowly concentrates.

Red Sauce step by step

1. Heat oil in skillet over medium heat, add red and green peppers, Sauté until tender, add garlic and sauté until garlic is browned.

2. In a separate bowl, pour tomatoes and juice into the bowl and squeeze with your hands to purée slightly.

3. Pour tomatoes into skillet over peppers and garlic, add brown sugar, basil and oregano. Simmer on low for 15-20 minutes until liquid is reduced by half..

4. Cut grilled chicken into strips. Serve sauce over spaghetti noodles and top with chicken strips.

The resultant sauce is great on pasta, with meatballs, on your chicken parm, or scooped right out of the pan with a spoon on its own.

Red chili sauces are used in many Mexican and Tex-Mex dishes, such as red chile enchiladas, Red Chile Marinated Chicken, or tamales.

On doing research for this post I found references to many different ways of making red chile sauce.

In Mexico alone, there are as many ways to prepare this sauce as there are varieties of chilies!

This is a great basic red sauce that can be used in anything needing a red sauce.