Making Instant Pot Marinara Sauce at home from scratch is a breeze. Its preservative free, less oil and Much better than store bought.
What is Marinara Sauce?
Marinara Sauce is a tomato sauce made with tomatoes, Onion, garlic, and herbs. This simple Marinara Sauce is used in many Italian dishes.
This Italian Marinara Sauce recipe is –
Hearty
Rich
Simple
Flavorful
Versatile
Easy to make
Better than store-bought
and perfect for Pasta or Pizza night.
Homemade Marinara Sauce is amazing!! it is made with very basic pantry ingredients.
Why make Marinara Sauce At home?
Because
It tastes fresh.
It’s made with classic and uncomplicated ingredients.
You get to control the flavors.
No added sugar
No Preservatives.
Gets ready in no time!
Simple, quick and easy Marinara Sauce is a staple of mine. I usually make batches of it and keep it in the freezer for quick meals and for quick lunch box for my son.
It saves lots of money and time.
Marinara Sauce Ingredients
I prefer using canned diced tomatoes to make this Instant Pot Marinara Sauce. On top of tomatoes, next comes garlic, onion, red pepper flacks, salt, Oregano, black pepper powder, good quality extra virgin olive oil, and fresh basil leaves.
Diced Tomatoes – I prefer to use San Marzano canned Diced tomatoes. You can use fresh tomatoes too.
Garlic – I always prefer to use fresh Garlic to make Marinara Sauce.
Fresh herbs – Use fresh basil for the best result. It keeps the sauce tasting fresh and light.
Black Pepper and Red crushed pepper – We like our marinara sauce spicy. You may adjust or skip these 2 ingredients.
This Instant Pot Marinara sauce looks smooth. Can it be made chunky?
Absolutely!
We like smoother side marinara sauce that’s why I have used an immersion blender to make it smooth. But if you like chunky marinara, skip that step. 🙂
if you like extra smoother marinara sauce, you can make the sauce as directed, let it cool down completely, then pulse it in the blender until looks creamy.
How long Homemade Marinara Sauce stay good? Can we freeze Homemade Marinara Sauce?
It can be stored in the refrigerator in an airtight container up to a week and up to 4 months in a freezer. This sauce is great for freezing.
Do give this Instant Pot Marinara Sauce a try. You can make this even without planning ahead, which is great for those busy weekdays.
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Instant Pot Marinara Sauce
Ingredients
- 16 oz - Canned diced tomatoes
- 1 cup - chopped onion (I prefer White onion)
- 2 teaspoon - Chopped garlic
- 2 tablespoon - extra virgin olive oil
- Salt to taste
- ½ teaspoon - black crushed pepper
- 7 to 8 - Fresh Basil leaves
- ½ teaspoon - oregano
- 2 teaspoon red crushed pepper (Use according to your spice level)
Instructions
- Turn on IP on saute mode, heat olive oil.
- Add garlic and onion. Saute for 1 minute.
- Now add all remaining ingredients.
- Close the lid. Turn off IP from saute mode.
- Press the manual button and set the time for 10 minutes under high pressure.
- Once 10 minutes is done and IP beeps, turn off the Instant Pot. Let the pressure release naturally.
- When all the pressure released, open the lid.
- With the help of an immersion blender, crush it.
- Boil some spaghetti, Pour this Instant Pot Marinara sauce on top and garnish it with some basil.
- Your Spaghetti with homemade Marinara Sauce is ready is ready in no time.
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Hi there, if I use fresh tomatoes, do you know how many I would use? Or would I still use 16oz? Thanks!
Hi Minna!!
It is around 2 cups / 1 pound fresh tomatoes. I hope this helps.
Which brand of salt do you use.
Hello!
I use Morton Brand salt.
How much do you have at the end of the cooking? Thinking of doubling.
Hi!
Around 20 to 24 oz.
Can you please tell me what brand of salt do you use in your recipe?
thank you..I love it!!
Hi Maria,
Glad to know that you loved it. Thanks for the feedback.
Can you double thus in the instant pot? Dies that change the time?
Hi Sue,
Yes, you can easily double this recipe without changing the time. 🙂
My Instant Pot holds 14 cups, I’m sure I could easily quadruple this recipe with room to spare. (I like making huge batches and freezing for later easy weeknight meals.) Would I have to increase the cooking time?
Hi Lisa,
The cooking time will be the same. 🙂
I want to try this recipe, but I have no fresh basil on hand. Is there an adjustment for dried basil?
Hi Kim,
You can use 2 tsp dried basil. Hope this helps. 🙂
Thank you for this recipe, I use it all the time. So handy to double up for another day too. Sometimes add a little balsamic vinegar for a deeper flavour. Make it then saute for a pizza topping. Add anchovies too at the start.
My pleasure.
How do you keep this from burning? I put my IP on as directed but the bottom was burned…
I work 10 hour days and by the time I get home I’m not feeling like cooking.
My husband has 4 stage CKD so he has to watch his sodium intake.
So…I got home at 6pm, was eating dinner by 6:30pm. This was really good and ready in no time. I will be making again but a double batch so I can freeze some
Thank you
Glad to know. Thanks for the feedback.