Easy 5 Minute Pizza Sauce Recipe
This 5 minute pizza sauce is quick, simple, and made with basic pantry ingredients. It’s a lifesaver if you forget to buy premade sauce from the store, and it tastes much better too!
Homemade pizza sauce doesn’t have to be complicated or time consuming to be good.
This 5 minute pizza sauce comes together fast, using just a can of tomato sauce, a can of tomato paste and some seasonings.
Just stir it together and you’re ready to go!
No simmering needed and you have a quick and easy pizza sauce perfect for spreading on pizza dough, flatbreads, tortillas, or anything else you like!
Ingredients
To make this you’ll need:
- Tomato sauce– a 15 ounce can of plain tomato sauce
- Tomato paste– a 6 ounce can of tomato paste to give the sauce richness and body
- Garlic– Minced. If you want to save time you can use jarred minced garlic or even substitute garlic powder though that will change the flavor slightly.
- Dried spices– Oregano, basil, salt, and pepper
- Sugar– A pinch of granulated sugar to cut the acidity
How to Make
This 5 minute pizza sauce is so easy, there’s no cooking required!
Just stir all the ingredients together in a bowl and you are ready to go.
Heat it in a small sauce pan if you are using it to dip mozzarella sticks or garlic knots into, but it’s not necessary for any recipe you’ll bake in an oven, like a pizza.
How to Use
This sauce is perfect for:
- dipping mozzarella sticks, garlic knots, and even grilled cheese into
- spreading on premade or homemade pizza crust
- using for English muffin or tortilla pizzas
- spreading on chicken tenders before topping them with Italian cheese and baking them for easy chicken parm
Storing
Store the sauce in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days.
Tips and Tricks
- The seasonings can be adjusted to fit your individual taste/preference.
- For extra flavor and a bit of heat, add a pinch of crushed red pepper flakes to the sauce with all the other ingredients.
- Don’t skip the sugar. It really does cut the acidity down.
Other Sauce Recipes
5 minute pizza sauce is the quickest, easiest way to make homemade sauce for your pizza or mozzarella sticks.
Make it and enjoy!
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Try these:
Also, see our tips for making storebought pasta sauce better HERE!
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Easy 5 Minute Pizza Sauce Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 15 oz can plain tomato sauce
- 1 6 oz can tomato paste
- 2-3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tbsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp dried basil
- 1/2 tsp sugar
- salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
- Add all of the ingredients to a large mixing bowl.1 15 oz can plain tomato sauce, 1 6 oz can tomato paste, 2-3 cloves garlic, 1 tbsp dried oregano, 1 tsp dried basil, 1/2 tsp sugar, salt & pepper
- Stir everything together until evenly combined.
- Use and enjoy!
Notes
- The seasonings can be adjusted to fit your individual taste/preference.
- For extra flavor and a bit of heat, add a pinch of crushed red pepper flakes to the sauce with all the other ingredients.
- Don't skip the sugar. It really does cut the acidity down.
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