Best 13 Quick Pasta Sauce Recipes

QUICK PASTA SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium heat, saute garlic in oil until tender, 2 minutes. Stir in basil and crushed tomatoes. Season with salt and pepper and cook 15 to 20 minutes, until slightly thickened. Serve immediately.

QUICK PASTA WITH SALMON AND TOMATOES IN CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook spaghetti in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 12 minutes. Drain.
• Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat while spaghetti is cooking and cook salmon and garlic until salmon is lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Add tomatoes and basil, season with salt and pepper, and cook for 3 minutes. Pour in cream and simmer over low heat until flavors are well combined and salmon is cooked through, about 10 minutes. Serve sauce over cooked pasta.

QUICK & EASY MUSHROOM CREAM SAUCE WITH PASTA

Steps:

• Set water for cooking pasta on to boil. Cook pasta for time indicated on box, drain.
• While boiling water and cooking pasta, bring olive oil to heat over medium high in sauce pan.
• Add in onion, sautee for 5 minutes or until soft, add in garlic and continue to sautee for 2 more minutes.
• Stir in sour cream, can of soup, broth (or wine), worchestershire and pepper, stir until smooth. Reduce heat to medium and bring to simmer.
• When sauce is thickened to your liking, stir in parmesan cheese then combine with the cooked, drained pasta.

QUICK, EASY, CREAMY, TOMATO PASTA SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat a saute pan on medium heat.
• Pour in the olive oil.
• Stir the tomato paste gently into the oil.
• It may not completely mix just yet.
• (Don't get the heat too high).
• Add the cream and stir into the tomato mixture.
• Heat it gently so that it almost starts to simmer.
• At this point it is done.
• Add the crushed garlic and fresh ground pepper.
• Serve immediately over or in your pasta, and garnish with lots of fresh chopped basil.

DELICIOUS QUICK PASTA & SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oil over medium-high heat.
• Add onion sauté until fragrant (2-3 minutes).
• Add garlic, cook 3-4 minutes more, stirring often to prevent browning.
• Add tomato sauce and dry spices.
• Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Remove from heat, add cheeses, stir gently until melted.
• Add basil.
• Pour over prepared pasta, toss to coat.
• Top with parmesan cheese.
• Serve with hot bread.

QUICK SEAFOOD PASTA WITH SHRIMP IN PINK CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Fill a large pot with lightly salted water and bring to a rolling boil. Cook fettuccine at a boil until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 minutes. Drain.
• Heat olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat and cook garlic until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir wine and tomato paste together in a small bowl; add to the saucepan. Simmer over low heat until sauce starts to thicken, about 10 minutes. Stir shrimp into the sauce. Cook until shrimp are pink, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Remove about 2/3 of the shrimp with a slotted spoon and put in the bowl of a food processor; pulse until pureed. Return pureed shrimp to the saucepan and stir in heavy cream. Heat until warm, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Serve with the fettuccine.

QUICK BOWTIE PASTA WITH TOMATO AND ROASTED RED PEPPER SAUCE RECIPE - (4.4/5)

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Stir in the garlic, red pepper flakes, sun-dried tomatoes, and roasted peppers and cook until the garlic is aromatic, about 1 minute. Crush the tomatoes through your fingers into the pot; stir in their juices, sugar, the 1 teaspoon salt, and season with pepper, to taste. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to a simmer. Cook, uncovered, until thickened, about 10 minutes. Remove the sauce from the heat, stir in the herbs, cover, and set aside for about 10 minutes for the flavors to come together. Meanwhile, bring a large pot of cold water to a boil over high heat. Salt the water generously, add the pasta, and cook, stirring occasionally, until al dente. Drain, saving about 1/2 cup of the pasta water. Before serving, add the vinegar to the sauce. Add the drained pasta to the tomato sauce and toss. Thin with a little pasta water, if needed. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Divide among 4 warm serving bowls. Pass the grated cheese, if desired, at the table. Copyright 2005 Television Food Network, G.P. All rights reserved.

QUICK PENNE PASTA WITH CHICKEN TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to package instructions, al dente, adding olive oil to cooking water.
• Drain and keep warm.
• Combine ground chicken, cumin, salt and pepper until well mixed.
• In a non stick frypan, scramble fry chicken mixture, until no longer pink and cooked through.
• Remove from pan to drain on paper towel.
• Drain any fat from pan and wipe out with a paper towel.
• Return chicken mixture to frypan, add red pepper strips, horseradish, tomato sauce and 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese.
• Bring to boil and simmer 10 minutes.
• Place penne pasta in warmed pasta bowl, pour tomato/chicken mixture over, gently mix together.
• Sprinkle remaining Parmesan cheese and toasted pine nuts over pasta mixture.
• Serve immediately.

QUICK AND EASY CLAM SAUCE FOR PASTA

Steps:

• Saute onion and garlic in butter.
• Blend in flour.
• Drain clams and reserve juices. Add minced clams and milk to the onion and garlic.
• Simmer 10 minutes, season with salt and pepper to taste.
• If you desire a thicker sauce, make a slurry of cornstarch and milk.
• Add a little at a time to the sauce, stirring, until the desired thickness. Use the reserved clam juices to thin the sauce if need be.
• Meanwhile, cook pasta al dente in boiling salted water.
• Serve sauce over pasta.
• Top with parsley.
• Pass grated Parmesan.

MOM'S QUICK PASTA SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large skillet cook ground beef. Mix in the tomato paste, tomato sauce, onion soup mix, water, basil, garlic, oregano, salt, and ground black pepper.
• Simmer until heated through.

COLD QUICK AND EASY PASTA SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients (except cheese) in a bowl, and toss to combine.
• Cook pasta, toss with sauce, sprinkle with cheese.

QUICK PASTA WITH GROUND BEEF, PINEAPPLE, AND CURRY-CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add penne and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 11 minutes. Drain.
• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat and cook ground beef until browned and crumbly, 5 to 10 minutes. Add pineapple and leek and cook over high heat for 5 minutes. Pour in a few tablespoons of the pineapple juice. Season with curry, chicken granules, salt, and pepper.
• Stir in ketchup and tomato paste and mix well. Cover skillet and simmer sauce over low heat for 5 to 8 minutes. Add more pineapple juice if sauce appears dry. Pour in cream and mix with drained penne.

QUICK EASY SICILIAN PASTA SAUCE

Steps:

• Peel Tomatoes, place in a roasting pan. Drizzle with oil, season with salt, pepper and sugar. Throw in oven at 450 degrees for 5-6 minutes or place on roasting pan and cook on grill.
• Dice garlic small and roast in frying pan.
• Chop Fresh Basil.
• Once Tomatoes are roasted they need to be blended. You can use a good old fashioned blender or food processor. Try not to over blend. Tomato sauce should be liquid but not blended until foamy.
• Add blended tomatoes to the pan of roasted garlic, bring to a simmer. Add chopped basil, stir.
• Add sugar and/or salt to taste. Serve over angel hair pasta or whichever kind you like.