This is truly the Best Pizza Sauce ever! It's rich, thick and full of delicious flavor. With this easy pizza sauce recipe, you'll never want to buy pre-made again. This recipe also makes a great dipping sauce!
Pizza is such a favorite in our house that we make it at least once a week. Nothing compares to a homemade pizza! I always use my favorite pizza dough recipe and top it with this insanely delicious Italian pizza sauce followed by a shameful amount of mozzarella cheese.
This pizza sauce is also amazing used as a dipping sauce! I've made it to go with so many things including homemade stromboli, mozzarella sticks, bread sticks - seriously, you can use it for almost anything that calls for a delicious red dipping sauce!
Why you'll love this recipe
- EASY recipe. Comes together quick with no strange ingredients.
- Versatile: Use it as a sauce base for pizza or Stromboli or use it as a dipping sauce.
Ingredients needed for the best pizza sauce
This quick pizza sauce only requires a few pantry staples that I'm sure you already have in your kitchen!
- Garlic: Gives this sauce such a yummy flavor. I like a ton of garlic in my sauce!
- Tomato sauce: I use canned tomato sauce but you can feel free to use freshly
- Tomato paste: Helps to make the sauce nice and thick! Also adds more flavor since it is much more concentrated.
- Spices: Basil, oregano, onion powder, salt & pepper. Taste and adjust these spices to your liking.
- Sugar: I know it sounds like a weird addition but granulated sugar is an essential ingredient as it mellows out the acidity of the tomatoes. The sauce is less "tomato-ey" tasting by adding just a touch of sugar, if that makes sense! Just trust me.
How to make homemade pizza sauce
This homemade pizza sauce recipe is so easy to throw together on the stovetop!
- Cook a bit of garlic in some olive oil until fragrant. Add the rest of the ingredients.
- Stir until combined and simmer for 20-30 minutes on low heat.
- Once it's nice and thick, it's ready to use. Spread it on your pizza dough or use it as a yummy dipping sauce.
Recipe FAQ
Yes. Cooking the sauce helps the tomatoes to develop their flavor to their full potential and creates an almost roasted taste that you otherwise wouldn't get.
Yes! This pizza sauce freezes so well. Store in an airtight container in the freezer for up to 3 months and simply thaw in the refrigerator overnight.
Sure! This pizza sauce can be made up to 3 days ahead of time. Store in the refrigerator in an airtight container until ready to use.
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📋 Recipe
The BEST Homemade Pizza Sauce
Ingredients
- 2 tbs olive oil
- 6 cloves garlic crushed
- 1 28 oz tomato sauce
- 2 6 oz tomato paste
- 1 ½ teaspoon basil
- 1 ½ teaspoon oregano
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon granulated sugar
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon onion powder
Instructions
- In a medium sized pot set to medium-low heat, add oil and garlic and cook until fragrant. Add the rest of ingredients and stir until combined.
- Simmer for 30 minutes. Spread on pizza dough and top with desired toppings or use as a dipping sauce.
Notes
Nutrition
The provided nutritional information is an estimate per serving. Accuracy is not guaranteed.
Michael Lafferty says
Fresh or dried herbs?
Jessica says
I use dried for convenience but you can definitely use fresh.
Dave says
Basically same as my own (but I'm going to make this anyway) and, yes it is delicious.
OK for the Metric Users:
• 30 ml olive oil
• 6 cloves garlic crushed
• 828 ml tomato sauce
• 354 ml tomato paste
• 7 ml basil
• 17 ml+ oregano
• 1 ml+ salt
• 1 ml+ granulated sugar
• 1 ml+ tsp black pepper
• 1 ml+ tsp onion powder
Jessica says
Thank you for this! 🙂
Tanya says
I just made this to go with my homemade bread stix...it is amazing!!
Jessica says
Awesome!! 🙂
Joseph Rabor says
My Parents came from Italy back in the sixties and opened 3 pizzerias in New York. Sadly after they sold the business, at the time I was in my teens I went to work for a few upper westside joints. Of course, the recipes vary from place to place, however, the main integrant was never, ever cook the pizza sauce. Yours has a little more than most but the flavor is there for a dipping sauce for calamari, motz sticks, calzones, etc... Respectfully, Joseph
Jessica says
Hmmm, very nteresting! Thanks for the information!
Cathy Elliott says
Going to try canning this in water bath for maybe 30 mins
Jessica says
Awesome! I'd love to know how it comes out if you try that!
Irina says
Hi Jesica, not quite understand the ingredients (I'm used to grams), is it 1.28 oz which would be only 36 grams and would be too less or is it 128 oz which is over 3 kg and seems to be too much? A bit confused...
Denise says
It is one 28-ounce can.
Grace says
Would this work as a marinara sauce for pasta as well?
Amina says
BEST. SAUCE. EVER!! I tweaked with the seasonings a little, (and used minced onion as I didn't have onion powder) other than that followed the recipe completely..Added this in my vegetable rice and used it in pasta too! my sister is still raving about it a month later! so just made another batch of it and added it in vegetable rice... at 3:20 am in the morning! ??
annd going to use this again on Saturday night to make a pizza!
so yeah, rambling aside, thank you so much for this recipe! it's THE best sauce ever!
Cheryl says
This is the best pizza sauce. Making it again today. It is definetly worth the little time it takes to make. Thanks so much for sharing.
Jessica says
I agree! So, so worth making it from scratch. Thanks, Cheryl!
SusieShell says
Could I used minced garlic that you buy in jars instead of garlic cloves?