Get ready to gobble up your new family favorite - a one-pot spaghetti dinner doused in Marinara sauce.
Spaghetti with Marinara Sauce
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 50 min
- Servings 4
- Ingredients 13
Ingredients
- 1 medium onion
- 2 cloves garlic or 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 small green bell pepper
- 1 tablespoon olive or vegetable oil
- 1 can (14.5 oz) diced tomatoes, undrained
- 1 can (8 oz) tomato sauce
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh or 1 teaspoon dried basil leaves
- 1 1/2 teaspoons chopped fresh or 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano leaves
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon fennel seed, if desired
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon salt (for cooking spaghetti), if desired
- 8 oz uncooked spaghetti
Instructions
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Step1Peel and chop the onion to measure 1/2 cup. Peel and finely chop the garlic. Cut the bell pepper in half lengthwise, and cut out seeds and membrane. Chop enough bell pepper to measure 1/4 cup. Wrap any remaining bell pepper with plastic wrap and refrigerate.
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Step2In a 2-quart saucepan, heat the oil over medium heat 1 to 2 minutes. Add the onion, garlic and bell pepper. Cook 2 minutes, stirring occasionally.
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Step3Stir in the tomatoes with their liquid, tomato sauce, basil, oregano, 1/4 teaspoon salt, the fennel seed and pepper. Heat to boiling over high heat. Once mixture is boiling, reduce heat just enough so mixture bubbles gently and does not spatter.
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Step4Cover with lid; cook 35 minutes, stirring about every 10 minutes to make sure mixture is just bubbling gently and to prevent sticking. Lower the heat if the sauce is bubbling too fast.
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Step5After the sauce has been cooking about 20 minutes, fill a 4-quart Dutch oven about half full of water. Add 1/2 teaspoon salt if desired. Cover with lid; heat over high heat until the water is boiling rapidly. Add the spaghetti. Heat to boiling again. Boil uncovered 8 to 10 minutes, stirring frequently, until tender but not mushy.
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Step6Place a strainer or colander in the sink. Pour the spaghetti in the strainer to drain. Serve with the tomato sauce.
Nutrition
340
Calories
5g
Total Fat
11g
Protein
62g
Total Carbohydrate
7g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 340
- Calories from Fat
- 45
- Total Fat
- 5g
- 8%
- Saturated Fat
- 1g
- 4%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 0mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 580mg
- 24%
- Potassium
- 530mg
- 15%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 62g
- 21%
- Dietary Fiber
- 5g
- 22%
- Sugars
- 7g
- Protein
- 11g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 8%
- 8%
- Vitamin C
- 25%
- 25%
- Calcium
- 6%
- 6%
- Iron
- 20%
- 20%
Exchanges:
3 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 2 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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