Easy Pizza Sauce Recipe (2024)

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This quick and easy pizza sauce recipe has a rich flavor that will compliment your homemade pizza.

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Making pizza sauce it easy! Use this recipe to learn how to make homemade pizza sauce from tomato sauce. It comes together in the time it takes to cook the pizza crust and is quite delicious.

I often use leftover spaghetti sauce to make pizzas, so I have come to expect a flavorful pizza sauce and this recipe uses traditional Italian spices to achieve my goal of a lot of flavor with very little work.

Since our family is gluten-free, I often make homemade pizzas. I allow the pizza sauce to simmer while I am baking the pizza crust. Then I add the pizza sauce to the crust, top with our favorite ingredients and bake the pizza according to the directions.

Quick and Easy Pizza Sauce Recipe

This recipe makes enough pizza sauce for two large pizzas or three 12-inch pizzas.

Ingredients:

  • 15 ounce can of tomato sauce
  • 2 teaspoons oregano
  • 1 teaspoon thyme
  • 1 teaspoon basil
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon onion powder
  • 2 teaspoons sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon seasoned salt
  • dash pepper

Directions:

1. Add the tomato sauce, oregano, thyme, basil, garlic powder, onion powder, sugar, salt, and pepper to a saucepan.

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2. Cook the sauce over medium-high heat until it reaches a boil.

3. Lower the heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes.

4. Spread the pizza sauce on the prepared pizza crust and finish making the pizza according to the directions.

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Making the pizzas from scratch makes me feel better about indulging in pizza nights once a week!

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To save even more time, I often double or triple this pizza sauce recipe. Then I divide it and freeze it in Pyrex containers. I pull out one container and thaw it either in the refrigerator if I have time or in the microwave if I am short on time.

Storage Tip:

If you don’t use all of the pizza sauce right away, store it in a sealed container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. You can also freeze the pizza sauce in a freezer-safe container in the freezer for up to 3 months.

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Printable Recipe for Homemade Pizza Sauce

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5 from 13 votes

Easy Pizza Sauce Recipe

A quick and easy recipe for homemade pizza sauce.

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Keyword homemade pizza sauce recipe, Pizza sauce recipe, quick and easy pizza sauce recipe

Prep Time 2 minutes minutes

Cook Time 13 minutes minutes

Total Time 15 minutes minutes

Author Alea Milham

Ingredients

  • 15 ounce can of tomato sauce
  • 2 teaspoons oregano
  • 1 teaspoon thyme
  • 1 teaspoon basil
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon onion powder
  • 2 teaspoons sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon seasoned salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon pepper

Instructions

  • Add the tomato sauce, oregano, thyme, basil, garlic powder, onion powder, sugar, salt, and pepper to a sauce pan.

  • Cook the sauce over a medium-high heat until it reaches a boil.

  • Lower the heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes.

  • Spoon the pizza sauce on to a prepared pizza crust and finish the pizza according to the directions.

Notes

This recipe can easily be doubled or tripled.

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This recipe was originally published on July 2, 2012. It was updated on October 5, 2019.

About Alea Milham

Alea Milham is the owner of Premeditated Leftovers and the author of Prep-Ahead Meals from Scatch. She shares her tips for saving money and time while reducing waste in her home. Her favorite hobby, gardening, is a frugal source of organic produce for her recipes. She believes it is possible to live fully and eat well while spending less.

Comments

  1. Katie says

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    I’ve now made this numerous times and never buy pizza sauce. Thank you for this great recipe!

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  2. Linda says

    Is the tomato sauce what we in the UK call passata

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  3. Shari says

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    This looks so easy and yummy…going to definitely try it!

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  4. Raquel says

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    Delicious and so easy to make!

    Reply

  5. Ann says

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    An easy to make, delicious pizza sauce!

    Reply

  6. Tiffany says

    I love this recipe and make it often now that I live in a country where I can’t purchase pizza sauce. Just wondering, has anyone ever tried to can this?

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  7. Valerie says

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    Extremely easy. Didn’t cook since I was putting it in a dish that had to be cooked and it tasted just like pizza sauce.

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Is pizza sauce just tomato sauce? ›

Pizza sauce tends to be somewhat simpler in terms of ingredients. While both feature tomatoes in one form or another, a pizza sauce's add-ins are often limited to things like garlic, oregano, basil, and olive oil. Those ingredients then blend together into the sauce that makes your pizza what it is.

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Can you use ragu as pizza sauce? ›

Excellent Pizza Sauce without Too Much Onion

Ragu Pizza Sauce does an excellent job of providing Italian flavor with the heavy aftertaste.

Do Italians put tomato sauce on pizza? ›

A key component of every pizza recipe is pizza sauce. However, a real Italian-style pizza contains tomato sauce made from San Marzano tomatoes, unlike other types of pizza. The other toppings remain chilled and fresh on top of the pizza crust since the sauce is prepared separately rather than with them.

What is a pizza without tomato sauce called? ›

White pizza (Italian: pizza bianca) is a style of pizza that does not use tomato sauce. The pizza generally consists of pizza dough, olive oil, garlic, cheese, salt and, sometimes, toppings including vegetables such as spinach, tomato, and herbs.

What is the common pizza sauce? ›

Traditional, tomato-based red sauces

Traditional pizza sauce is made with a base of tomatoes and spices like garlic, onion, basil, and oregano. You might think that this makes a pizza simple or boring, but this isn't the case. There are so many varieties and recipes for it that you'll never get bored of this meal!

Can I use salsa as a pizza base? ›

I use all sorts of sauces for my base layer. If your salsa is watery I would drain it through a sieve first, put down a layer of cheese first then top it with the salsa. It will prevent the crust from getting soggy. You might also want to try artichoke and spinach dip as a base with lots of parmigiano cheese on top!

Can you use normal barbecue sauce for pizza base? ›

However, a number of non-traditional pizza recipes substitute barbecue sauce for the tomato sauce, and this can work reasonably well. California Pizza Kitchen made their famous ORIGINAL BBQ CHICKEN PIZZA using “BBQ sauce, smoked Gouda, red onions and fresh cilantro.” That works well.

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Is pizza sauce just spaghetti sauce? ›

Pizza sauce is generally made with fewer ingredients than pasta sauce; the fresher, the better. It uses uncooked crushed or pureed tomatoes, seasonings, and possibly some tomato paste for thickening. It is necessary to use raw tomatoes as the sauce will cook while in the oven's intense heat.

Can I eat pizza without sauce? ›

Don't limit yourself to tomato sauce when so many unique pizzas without tomato sauce exist! And it's not just white pizzas either! Here you'll find everything from barbecue sauce pizzas to, yes, a variety of white pizzas and even a chicken marsala pizza.

Can I use ranch instead of pizza sauce? ›

If you've never had Chicken Bacon Ranch Pizza, it's a pizza version of the perfect combination of ranch dressing, chicken, and crumbled bacon. Most of the time this pizza uses ranch dressing as the pizza sauce, instead of a traditional tomato sauce.

What is pizza without sauce called? ›

White pizza (Italian: pizza bianca) is a style of pizza that does not use tomato sauce. The pizza generally consists of pizza dough, olive oil, garlic, cheese, salt and, sometimes, toppings including vegetables such as spinach, tomato, and herbs.

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