Around my house, we LOVE Italian food–but we need quick meals most nights.
And one of my favorite go-to is this 10-Minute Spaghetti Sauce Recipe! It is super easy to make!
This is literally the easiest meal I make in the evenings–if I’ve forgotten to put something in the slow cooker earlier!
I’ll be the first to admit that I am a bit of a snob when it comes to spaghetti sauce.
I like it homemade.
Only because I’ve found that lots of canned spaghetti sauces are SOUR and I don’t like sour spaghetti sauce.
So, I opt to make mine homemade every time.
That’s why I love this recipe.
It’s super easy to make, requires 10 minutes of your time and it is all homemade with fresh ingredients.
Did I mention it’s tasty too?
10-Minute Spaghetti Sauce Recipe (Super Easy)
What You Need to Make the Sauce:
- Tomato Sauce
- Diced Tomatoes
- Mushroom Slices (optional)
- Chicken or 1 lb of ground beef, cooked
- Dried Minced Onion or 3 tbl of Chopped Fresh Onion
- Olive Oil
- Dried Minced Garlic or 2 tbl or Minced Fresh Garlic
- Fresh Basil
- Fresh Oregano
- Red Wine Vinegar or Red Wine
- Pinch of Sugar
- Salt and Pepper, to taste
- Fistful of Spaghetti Noodles
- Parmesan Cheese, to taste
- Black Olives, to taste
How You Put the Sauce Together:
- Cook your noodles in boiling water–they’ll be done about the time you’re done with the sauce.
- Put your deepest pan or your favorite pot on medium heat on the stove.
- Place the olive oil, onion and garlic in the pan and allow it to warm, stirring occasionally.
- While olive oil, onion and garlic are warming, open all the cans and pour off any extra juice from the mushrooms and meat.
- Pour all of the cans’ contents into the pan/pot and stir together well.
- Add basil, oregano and red wine into the pan and stir well.
- Add the pinch of sugar, salt and stir again. If it’s your thing, add the Parmesan cheese and black olives.
- Eat!
You can totally use fresh ground beef or chicken for this recipe, it may just require a few additional minutes to cook throughly.
Other things you can add: Italian sausage, carrots, and even red pepper flakes for an added kick!
10-Minute {SUPER EASY} Spaghetti Sauce Recipe
Ingredients
Method
- Cook your noodles in boiling water–they’ll be done about the time you’re done with the sauce.
- Put your deepest pan or your favorite pot on medium heat on the stove.
- Place the olive oil, onion and garlic in the pan and allow it to warm, stirring occasionally.
- While olive oil, onion and garlic are warming, open all the cans and pour off any extra juice from the mushrooms and meat.
- Pour all of the cans’ contents into the pan/pot and stir together well.
- Add basil, oregano and red wine into the pan and stir well.
- Add the pinch of sugar, salt and stir again. If it’s your thing, add the Parmesan cheese and black olives.
- Eat!

