oleo's Rustic Tomato Sauce (pics)

[oleo]

tired of eating puréed baby food tomato sauce? try this...

YOU NEED:
olive oil
yellow onion
garlic
carrot
thyme
1 can crushed tomatoes
2 roma tomatoes
fresh basil leaves
salt

1. saute chopped onion and pieces of garlic in olive oil until light brown



2. shred about a cup worth of carrot



3. put in some thyme and the carrot shreds



4. throw in some salt to get the water out, mix, and cook for a few minutes



5. pour in your crushed canned tomatoes, stir



6. grab some whole roma tomatoes and cut them up



7. put them in and mix



8. cut up one basil leaf and throw it in, mix



9. cover and let simmer for 45-60min (low heat!!! so it' gets the water out and it will be thick!!!) then add a few whole pieces of basil leaves and stir in



10. BAM noodles



11. BAM sauce on the noodles



12. SHA-BAM some sauted chicken on that sauce!



13. TING-TONG-SHLONG-WAH-BAM add some more sauce!



14. parmesan and basil, enjoy

[chuckybob]

i like it!

the carrots are a nice counter to the tomato

[oleo]

some people put sugar in their sauces

but here you get a natural sweetness from the tomato, carrot and onion,
you can adjust that to your liking with the thyme, basil and some red cayenne pepper

[zoopnazi]

Originally Posted by oleo

12. SHA-BAM some sauted chicken on that sauce!

jeebus! That's like $20 worth of chicken

[chuckybob]

Originally Posted by zoopnazi

jeebus! That's like $20 worth of chicken

do you live in a place that reguards chickens as sacred or something? where i come from, tyson sells 5LB bags of chicken for like $5.99 on sale

[jarhed13]

Sauce looks pretty good OP, nice move on leaving out the sugar, I can't stand sweetened tomato sauces

[diearzte2]

Originally Posted by chuckybob

do you live in a place that reguards chickens as sacred or something? where i come from, tyson sells 5LB bags of chicken for like $5.99 on sale

Meat should be expensive, it is only cheap because of giant factory farms. I'm not extremely picky when it comes to sourcing meat, but I tend to buy organic/locally raised chicken which will cost upwards of 6/lb for an entire chicken.

Originally Posted by jarhed13

Sauce looks pretty good OP, nice move on leaving out the sugar, I can't stand sweetened tomato sauces

Adding too much sugar can make it taste odd, but generally you only add a very small amount to bring out the natural sweetness of the tomatoes.

[ceejamon]

Originally Posted by diearzte2

Adding too much sugar can make it taste odd, but generally you only add a very small amount to bring out the natural sweetness of the tomatoes.

My tomato sauce recipes posted here include a lot of sugar, but I now just use a small amount. I started buying better canned tomatoes and it makes a big difference.

[Vendetta]

I'll eat the equivalent of two chickens on any given day...fucked if I'm spending around 50$ a week just for chicken! I'm sure it tastes better though

Originally Posted by diearzte2

Meat should be expensive, it is only cheap because of giant factory farms. I'm not extremely picky when it comes to sourcing meat, but I tend to buy organic/locally raised chicken which will cost upwards of 6/lb for an entire chicken.



Adding too much sugar can make it taste odd, but generally you only add a very small amount to bring out the natural sweetness of the tomatoes.

[zoopnazi]

Originally Posted by chuckybob

do you live in a place that reguards chickens as sacred or something? where i come from, tyson sells 5LB bags of chicken for like $5.99 on sale

7 boneless skinless chicken breasts would cost me $20+ from any grocery store.

I don't buy the pre-packaged frozen ones, but I'm sure theyre a bit cheaper

[oleo]

i used organic chicken tenders, cost me $7 and i only used half the pack...
maybe the angle in the picture makes them look bigger or something

[g|aSsJaw]

Originally Posted by zoopnazi

7 boneless skinless chicken breasts would cost me $20+ from any grocery store.

I don't buy the pre-packaged frozen ones, but I'm sure theyre a bit cheaper

Are you serious? I get a 10 pound bag of boneless/skinless breasts at Costco for that much.

[odd]

Originally Posted by g|aSsJaw

Are you serious? I get a 10 pound bag of boneless/skinless breasts at Costco for that much.

That's how much chicken breasts cost me as well. it's about $8 bucks for 3 decent sized breasts.

[diearzte2]

Gross, chickens without skin.