Come on to my house, a-myyyyy house, I'm gonna give you MARINARA.

Good morning y'all!

This is one of my favorite kitchen staples. This marinara recipe is very versatile, and it freezes beautifully. It's great as a dipping sauce or as a spaghetti sauce. It's fairly basic, so feel free to play around with it. Adding ground beef, veal, turkey or chicken will pair wonderfully. Mind you, if you're adding ground turkey or chicken, you will need to increase the amount of seasoning to the meat itself, or else it will turn out rather bland. I'd even go so far as to suggest adding another onion and a few cloves of garlic while you're browning the meat.

And while I do encourage creativity in the kitchen, if you change to recipe more than just a little bit, feel free to not tell people where you got the recipe. If you can see this, more than likely you're a friend (or the friend of a friend) and I think very highly of you, but I am not sure what you'll be serving. So go ahead, be a braggart, and don't give me credit. (Again, this is out of fear that you may have messed up my labor of love) Please and thank you. Bonne chance!

Jake’s Homemade Marinara

Ingredients

• 2 medium Spanish onion
• 2 cup cherry tomatoes, quartered
• 8 gloves of garlic
• 2 can diced tomatoes (No salt added, preferably)
• 4 Tbsp of Italian blend seasoning (Feel free to use fresh herbs, just remember to use less. Basil, Thyme, Oregano, Marjoram, Rosemary, etc.)
• 2 can tomato sauce 
• 1 can tomato paste
• 1 tsp Sriracha chili sauce (Omit, if you don’t like spice, wimp)
• 1 & 1/2  cups chicken stock (Kitchen Basics)
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Olive Oil

1- Dice onion. Add 4 tbsp of olive oil to a large sauté pan, sauté onion over medium heat, about 6 minutes.

2- As soon as you add the onion to the pan, cut each cherry tomato in half and then add to pan. (after onion has sautéed for about 6-7 minutes by itself)

3- Using a garlic press, crush all 8 gloves of garlic, add to pan and sauté about 90 seconds. 

4- Add the remaining ingredients (only add a little salt and pepper at this point) and stir well, allow to cook over medium-low heat for about 15 minutes. Turn off heat and allow to stand for about 5 minutes. 

5- Using an immersion blender, blend all ingredients well. Taste the sauce at this point, and add salt and pepper to taste. 

This recipe goes well anytime you need an all purpose tomato sauce. Add a pound of ground beef or turkey, or meatballs. DELICIOUS.