{"id":991,"slug":"crushed-tomato-sauce","title":"Crushed Tomato Sauce","description":"An easy tomato sauce recipe that's great with pasta and chicken or eggplant parmesan. It also works well with pizza, and as a dip for mozzarella sticks.","ingredients_raw":["¼ cups olive oil","½ onion, or an equal amount of shallots","3 cloves of garlic, minced","1 can (28 ounces) crushed tomatoes (Cento brand is best)","5–6 leaves basil, julienned or minced","1 tsp salt","Several cranks of ground black pepper","1 tbsp Italian seasoning (optional)"],"ingredients_norm":["olive oil","onion or equal amount of shallot","garlic","tomato","leaves basil","salt","several cranks of ground black pepper","italian seasoning"],"steps":["Heat olive oil in skillet or pot over medium-high heat. Add garlic, onions, salt, pepper, and Italian seasoning, if desired.","Turn the heat down to low and add tomatoes.","Cook over low heat for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.","Taste a spoonful of the sauce, and season with salt to taste; taste again and salt as needed.","After it is salted to your taste, stir in the basil and remove from the heat.","Serve however you like and enjoy!"],"categories":["Sauce recipes","Recipes for sauces and condiments","Recipes using tomato","Recipes using onion","Recipes using garlic","Recipes using shallot","Recipes using olive oil","Recipes using basil","Italian recipes","Kid-friendly recipes","Recipes using parmesan","Recipes using chile flake","Recipes using salt","Recipes using pepper","Italian seasoning recipes"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":45,"servings":"4","yield_text":null,"difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Crushed_Tomato_Sauce","source_ref":"4518888","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Crushed_Tomato_Sauce&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"6f665c9143226a3eff3789632f686df5d254a8ff880a84ceecdb4b2690e94d96","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:00Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:31Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/crushed-tomato-sauce"}