How to Make Spicy Vegan Pasta Sauce

Last Updated: October 7, 2021

It can be difficult to find a prepared pasta sauce that is vegan and full of flavour. This spicy, vegan sauce is very easy to prepare and will fill your home with the aromas of Nonna’s kitchen. It's so good that it will make avid carnivores completely forget about meat.

Servings: 4 to 6

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 40-50 minutes

Ingredients

2 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
2 tsp. crushed red pepper flakes
3 garlic cloves, peeled and minced
2 green onions, chopped
28 oz. crushed tomatoes
2 cups water
1 tbsp. sugar
2 tbsp. salt
1 tsp. black pepper
2 tbsp. chopped basil (optional)

Steps

1
Place a 2-6 quart pot on stove and turn to medium heat, add olive oil. After 1 minute, add crushed red pepper flakes.
2
Add garlic and green onions after two minutes, sauté for only one minute to prevent the garlic from turning brown.
3
Stir in crushed tomatoes, water, sugar, salt, and black pepper.
4
Cook on medium-low heat for 30-40 minutes until the sauce begins to thicken, stirring every 5-10 minutes.
5
Remove from heat, garnish with fresh basil, and serve.

Warnings

Use of sharp knives can lead to injury if proper precautions are not taken.

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Make sure to never touch your eyes after handling hot pepper flakes. It will irritate your eyes for several minutes.

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In case of an oil fire, never add water. Turn the heat off and cover the pot with a lid to smother fire.

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Burners and pans will get hot in the cooking process.

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Hot oil can splash out of the pot and cause burns.

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