Easy Tomato Sauce

Easy Tomato Sauce

It's easy to make a tomato sauce that's full of flavor and perfect for a variety of dishes. I'll tell you how to make a great Easy Tomato Sauce using only five ingredients.

This easy tomato sauce came about after I had started to make a spaghetti dinner, thinking I had some sauce in the cupboard, realizing I didn't I was in a pinch. The pasta was done, the bread was toasted and the salad had been dressed. I needed a sauce and quicker than it would take to go to the store. What I ended up with was delicious and I continue to use this easy tomato sauce recipe for a variety of dishes.

Ingredients:
1 tsp olive oil
4 scallions, diced
3 to 4 fresh basil leaves
1 14oz. can of diced tomatoes
1 tbsp of Lipton's Savory Herb with Garlic Recipe Soup & Dip Mix

To start this easy tomato sauce, heat the olive oil in a large sauté pan on medium-high heat. Once the oil is hot, add the diced scallions. Let them soften up while you work on the basil, stirring occasionally. Keep an eye on them because you don't want them to get too brown, just tender and very lightly colored.

Take your basil leaves, roll them up tightly, and slice them into thin strips but cutting across them. This is a technique known as chiffonade. Reduce the heat to medium and add your freshly cut basil.

This isn't called easy tomato sauce for no reason, next you're going to add your can of diced tomatoes. Add your tablespoon of Lipton's mix as well and stir until everything is combined. Once the sauce has bubbled for about five minutes, use the back of a large spoon and 'smush' your tomatoes. You want to break some of them down to create more of a sauce.

Reduce the heat to low and simmer until your easy tomato sauce has reached the desired thickness. There is a lot of flavor in that Lipton's mix but you may want to add salt and pepper to taste before serving.

I used this easy tomato sauce to make a dish using chicken and onions. It turned out amazing and if you're lucky, I'll publish that recipe as well. This easy tomato sauce can easily be served over pasta, used in a chicken or veal parmesan dish, or you can leave it chunkier and mix it with rice, a protein and another veggie for an all-in-one meal.