Homemade Garlic Pizza Sauce

Piping hot garlic pizza straight out of the oven is so much better when enjoyed with homemade garlic pizza sauce.

Get ready to make a lot of this garlic pizza sauce recipe. You’ll be able to enjoy it for days on pizza and pasta.

Why It Works

Slowly simmering this garlic pizza sauce until most of the liquid has evaporated guarantees it will be very aromatic.

The sugar helps cut into the tomatoes’ acidity.

The red pepper flakes add a wonderful little kick to this sauce.

Homemade Easy Garlic Pizza Sauce

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This slowly simmered garlic homemade pizza sauce is very easy to make and packs a garlic punch. Use it with the Caramelized Garlic Pizza with Fresh Basil recipe. Make extra for freezing or even pouring over pasta. 
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour 7 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 12 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: 10 ingredients or less, batch-cooking, comfort, freezer-friendly, gluten-free, sauce, vegetarian
Servings: 8 people
Calories: 28kcal
Author: Anna Rider

Equipment

  • Chopping Board
  • Knife
  • Saucepan

Ingredients

  • 1 medium onion, Finely sliced
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 tablespoon Olive Oil
  • 1 head garlic
  • 1 teaspoon Oregano, Dried
  • 2 teaspoons Red Pepper Flakes
  • 1 can Tomato, 28-oz, peeled, diced
  • 2 sprigs Basil, Fresh, 6 inches / 15 cm
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 tablespoon Salt

Instructions

  • Collect all the ingredients for the recipe.
    Garlic Pizza Sauce-Collect all the ingredients for the garlic pizza sauce recipe. Recipe from garlicdelight.com.
  • Peel and thinly slice the onion.
    Alex using a chef's knife to thinly slice the onions. Recipe from garlicdelight.com.
  • Finely dice the onion.
    Alex using a chef's knife to finely dice the onions. Recipe from garlicdelight.com.
  • Melt butter and olive oil in medium saucepan over medium heat.
    Overhead view of butter melting in saucepan. Recipe from garlicdelight.com.
  • Squeeze the garlic through a garlic press directly into the saucepan. Allow the garlic to cook until golden, about 1 minute.
    View of Anna's hand squeezing garlic through a garlic press directly into the pan. Recipe from garlicdelight.com.
  • Stir in the oregano, red pepper flakes, and salt. Allow the garlic pizza sauce to cook until fragrant, about 2 minutes.
    View of Anna's hand pushing red pepper flakes off plate using a spatula into the pan. Recipe from garlicdelight.com.
  • Add the diced onion. Turn the heat up to high. Cook until the onions soften and are golden.
    Adding diced onions into the saucepan. Recipe from garlicdelight.com.
  • Add the tomatoes. Leave the heat on high until the tomatoes begin to bubble, about 5 minutes. Turn the heat down to medium once the tomatoes are bubbling.
    Pouring the tomatoes into the saucepan. Recipe from garlicdelight.com.
  • Stir in the fresh basil sprigs.
  • Stir in the salt and sugar. Simmer on low heat for 45 minute to 1 hour until most of the liquid evaporates and the sauce is chunky. Stir occasionally.
    Pouring the salt and sugar into the saucepan. Recipe from garlicdelight.com.
  • When ready to use, discard the basil. Season to taste
    Overhead view of the finished garlic pizza sauce in white plate on dark brown wood background. Recipe from garlicdelight.com.
  • Enjoy this super garlic pizza sauce with our garlic pizza recipe!
    Garlic Pizza Sauce with sprig of basil to garnish and two slices of pizza on white napkins in background. Recipe from garlicdelight.com.

Notes

I like the sauce to be quite chunky because I like a bit of tooth in the texture of my pizzas. That’s why I use peeled, diced tomatoes. But if you prefer your pizza sauce smooth, you can use an immersion blender once the sauce is done to blend it smooth.

Credit

Inspired by Serious Eats' recipe New York Style Pizza Sauce.

Nutrition

Calories: 28kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 3mg | Sodium: 909mg | Potassium: 43mg | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 220IU | Vitamin C: 2.1mg | Calcium: 15mg | Iron: 0.3mg
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About Anna Rider

Hi! I'm Anna, a food writer who documents kitchen experiments on GarlicDelight.com with the help of my physicist and taste-testing husband, Alex. I have an insatiable appetite for noodles 🍜 and believe in "improv cooking".

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