Quick Homemade Pasta Sauce with Sausage

The Quick Homemade Pasta Sauce with Sausage will quickly become a family favorite and can be on the table in under 30 minutes! Gluten Free and Whole30! 

We eat at least one meal a week with pasta sauce. It’s not always with actual pasta, sometimes it’s with spiralized veggies, sometimes it’s sausage and peppers and sometimes it’s a one-pan skillet or casserole. Either way, pasta sauce is a regular thing around here.

And, while I do use a variety of high-quality jarred pasta sauces from time to time, there is nothing like homemade.

This is my go-to easy homemade pasta sauce and it’s loaded with flavor and protein!

It’s quick, easy, and endlessly versatile.

I highly suggest making a double or even triple batch and stocking a bunch in your freezer.

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Quick Homemade Pasta Sauce

Prep Time: 5 mins

Cook Time: 25 mins

Total Time: 30 mins

 

The Quick Homemade Pasta Sauce with Sausage will quickly become a family favorite and can be on the table in under 30 minutes! Gluten Free and Whole30!

Course: Mains

Cuisine: Italian

Keyword: easy homemade pasta sauce, how to make quick pasta sauce, pasta sauce with sausage, tomato gravy with sausage

Servings: 12 servings

Calories: 159 kcal

Author: Alyssa Brantley

5 from 2 votes

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Ingredients

• 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1 large yellow onion chopped
• 1/2 pound mild Italian Sausage crumbled
• 10 medium cloves garlic crushed
• 2 26.46 ounce containers Organic Crushed Tomatoes
• 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 20 turns freshly ground black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1/2 teaspoon fennel seeds crushed
• 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
• 2 small dried bay leaves
• fresh basil to serve

Instructions

1. Heat a dutch oven or other large soup pot over medium heat. Once hot, add olive oil. When oil is warm (30 to 45 seconds), add diced onion and crushed garlic.

2. Saute 6 to 8 minutes, stirring frequently, until onion begins to look translucent. 

   Add crumbled sausage and use a spatula to continue breaking apart as it cooks, 3 to 4 minutes, or until most of pink is gone.

3. Add spices (salt, black pepper, red pepper flakes, crushed fennel seeds, Italian seasoning and bay leaves). Stir to toast, about 30 seconds.

4. Add crushed tomatoes. Bring to a gentle boil and immediatley lower heat to a simmer. Simmer, stirring occasionally, for at least 20 minutes (longer is OK). 

   Taste, adjust seasoning if necessary and serve topped with fresh basil. Enjoy!

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Nutrition Facts

Quick Homemade Pasta Sauce

Amount Per Serving (0.5 cup)

Calories 159 Calories from Fat 135

% Daily Value*

Fat 15g23%

Saturated Fat 3g19%

Cholesterol 14mg5%

Sodium 431mg19%

Potassium 98mg3%

Carbohydrates 3g1%

Fiber 1g4%

Sugar 1g1%

Protein 3g6%

Vitamin A 21IU0%

Vitamin C 2mg2%

Calcium 21mg2%

Iron 1mg6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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