This easy Low Calorie Arrabbiata Sauce takes only 20 minutes to make, and is just 51 calories! If you’ve never had it before, arrabbiata sauce is like a spicy marinara sauce. It’s wonderful over pasta, in your favorite Italian dishes, and on pizza in place of pizza sauce.
Ingredients You’ll Need:
- Olive oil spray
- 1 onion
- 2 cloves of garlic
- ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1 28-ounce can diced tomatoes
- 1 6-ounce can tomato paste
- 1 cup vegetable stock
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ⅛ teaspoon pepper
Low Calorie Arrabbiata Sauce
Healthy Arrabbiata Sauce Meal Prep and Storage
Meal Prep: You can make this healthy recipe ahead of time and chill in the fridge for later. Cook and then cool, and move to jars for fridge storage, or a gallon freezer bag for freezing (lay flat to freeze then you can slide it on the side or under other items when solid).
Storage: Will hold in the fridge for 5 days, and the freezer for 2 months.
Low Calorie Arrabbiata Sauce Recipe
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Low Calorie Arrabbiata Sauce
Equipment
- Immersion blender (or blender)
Ingredients
- Olive oil spray
- 1 onion chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic minced
- ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1 28-ounce can diced tomatoes
- 1 6-ounce can tomato paste
- 1 cup vegetable stock
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ⅛ teaspoon pepper
Instructions
- Heat a large skillet or sauce pan over medium-high heat. Spray with olive oil and add in the onions. Cover and cook for 4 minutes.
- Add in the garlic and crushed red peppers and cook for 1 minute, until fragrant.
- Reduce the heat to medium and add the diced tomatoes, tomato paste, vegetable stock, basil, salt, and pepper.
- Simmer for 10 minutes, until reduced slightly.
- Use an immersion blender to blend the sauce to your desired consistency. Alternatively, you can add the sauce to a blender, vent the blender (so you don't have pressure build up and sauce explosion) and blend until smooth.
- Store in an airtight container, in the fridge for up to one week. Or in a freezer bag in the freezer for up to 3 months.
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About the Author
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I made this sauce and love it!! I use it with everything from pizza to spaghetti , lasagna, possibilities are endless!! Thanks for sharing all your recipes!!!
Keep on working, great job!
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