This easy Arrabbiata Sauce Recipe takes only 20 minutes to make, and is just 51 calories! Now you can make homemade spicy pasta sauce quickly and easily, and for far less calories than the average arribiata pasta sauce recipe.
This easy spicy sauce for pasta is wonderful over pasta, in your favorite Italian dishes, and on pizza (Arrabiata pizza is fantastic!) in place of pizza sauce.
This homemade Arrabbiata Sauce Recipe is also gluten-free and vegan! So no matter what your dietary needs, you can enjoy this low calorie spicy Italian pasta sauce.
And further down in the article you’ll find healthy recipes with Arrabiata sauce, so you can use up all the yummy leftovers all week long.
This Arrabbiata Sauce Recipe is just 51 calories, and can be made in 20 minutes…
20 Minute Healthy Arrabbiata Sauce Recipe
In this article you will learn how to make Arrabiata sauce recipes low in calories without sacrificing flavor or serving size.
Question: What is arrabbiata sauce?
Answer: Arrabbiata sauce is a spicy Italian pasta sauce similar to marinara sauce.
This article will supply you with everything you need to make spicy homemade pasta sauce…
What You’ll Find in this Article:
- Arrabiata Sauce Ingredients (shopping list!)
- How to Make Arrabiata Sauce
- 20 Minute Healthy Arrabbiata Sauce Recipe (recipe card!)
- Nutrition and Calories in Arrabbiata Sauce
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Arrabiata Sauce Ingredients
This spicy homemade pasta sauce has simple and flavorful ingredients. In this section you’ll find the Arrabiata spices and ingredients in a helpful shopping list form.
These Arrabiata sauce ingredients come together into a wonderful spicy marinara sauce that you’ll crave weekly. So stock up on the cans of tomatoes, so you can have most of the ingredients for Arrabbiata sauce handy all the time.
What makes this Arrabiata sauce spicy, are the crushed red pepper flakes. We cook them into the sauce with the garlic so they release all their wonderful flavors and bring this spicy tomato sauce together.
Shopping List for Arrabiata Sauce Recipe:
- Olive oil spray
- Onion
- Garlic
- Crushed red pepper flakes
- Can of diced tomatoes
- Tomato paste
- Vegetable stock
- Fresh basil
- Salt and pepper
Special Tip: You can find all the measurement in the recipe card below. There you can choose how many servings of this Italian spicy sauce you want to make, and the recipe card will do all the math for you!
Up next, you’ll learn how to make Arrabbiata sauce at home…
How to Make Arrabiata Sauce
What makes this the best Arrabiata sauce recipe is the ease of making it. Sure it’s completely delicious, but the fact that you can whip up this spicy homemade pasta sauce recipe in just 20 minutes, makes this better than another Arrabiata recipe.
This spicy pasta sauce is also low in calories, thanks to the olive oil spray… We can cut 100’s of calories and lots of fat by swapping olive oil, for a fine mist of olive oil. Adding only what we need and eliminating the excess oil.
Make your own Arrabiata sauce jar recipe, I like to make a double batch of this spicy pasta sauce and store the leftovers in a jar (in the fridge) for later in the week. It’s wonderful over chicken and in pasta shrimp dishes.
How to Make Arrabiata Sauce Recipes:
- 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.
Special Tip: You can find the directions, measurements, nutrition and more in the recipe card below. We have combined all the sections above into a handy, sharable recipe card.
Up next, measurements, directions, nutrition and more for homemade spicy pasta sauce…
20 Minute Healthy Arrabbiata Sauce Recipe
This 20 Minute Arrabbiata Sauce Recipe is just 51 calories per 1/2 cup! Enjoy this spicy pasta sauce tonight, it can be whipped up in a flash, and even stored for later use.
We’ve included a nutritional label in the next section, and further down you’ll find healthy recipes with Arrabiata sauce.
20 Minute Arrabbiata Sauce Recipe {LOW CALORIE}
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.
Nutrition
Up next, nutrition and calories in Arrabbiata Sauce Recipes…
Nutrition and Calories in Arrabbiata Sauce
Not all Arrabbiata sauce recipes are healthy and low calories… but our’s is!
As an Italian woman I wanted to supply you with a traditional Arrabiata sauce recipe that is healthy and quick. While still holding up to the traditional recipes. What we’ve come up with is the best Arrabiata sauce I’ve ever had, and for far fewer calories than other recipes.
The nutrition and calories below are based off 1 serving (1/2 cup) of the Healthy Arrabbiata Sauce Recipe above.
Important Note: As a reminder, at Lose Weight By Eating it is our goal to make you healthier, all-natural versions of your favorite recipes… not all will be “diet worthy” depending on the diet you are on. But they will be healthier versions to help curb your cravings.
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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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