This truly is the BEST 20-minute red sauce spaghetti recipe. It requires only spaghetti pasta and a good, flavorsome tomato pasta sauce. It is perfectly saucy and delicious. If you are looking for a quick and healthy dinner recipe then you must bookmark this 20-minute red sauce spaghetti.Â
For a cozy dinner for two of us, I am always looking for recipes that are easy to prepare, and taste delicious. The 20-minute red sauce spaghetti recipe rain checks all the mentioned criteria for our favorite dinner date dish.Â
Everyone seems to have their own version of favorite red sauce pasta. So if you have a strong preference for meat or seafood or vegetables, then this 20-minute red sauce spaghetti is totally flexible.
As for me? I have always fallen firmly in the camp of simple and classic red sauce spaghetti. Because it is one of my favorite ultimate comfort food. It is one of those healthy dinner recipes that I always love to share on a romantic dinner date with my husband.
Like most of you, I too have few altered versions of the red sauce pasta. And I generally tend to stir in loads of roasted veggies and tomatoes like my penne arrabiata, and usually some form of protein like spaghetti with meatballs. But today I thought I’d just share the classic, base recipe for quick and best red sauce spaghetti.Â
With the addition of boiled pasta water, the sauce reaches the perfect consistency to cling to the pasta. You can transform this red sauce pasta into a pink sauce pasta by using full-fat milk or heavy cream instead of boiled pasta water. Isn’t that cool?
If these recipe steps are followed precisely, you will guarantee to get gratifying robust red sauce pasta in just 20 minutes.Â
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20 Minute Red Sauce Spaghetti Recipe
Ingredients
- 150 gram dried whole wheat spaghetti pasta
- 2 cloves of garlic fine chopped
- 1 medium-size onion fine chopped
- 1/4 Cup red pasta sauce
- Salt to taste
- 1 Cup boiled pasta water
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning mix
- few fresh basil leaves
- 2 tablespoon grated parmesan cheese
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of salted water to boil. Cook pasta according to packet directions, but reduce
- the cooking time by 1 minute (because the pasta will finish cooking in the sauce).
- Reserve 1 Cup of boiled pasta water, then drain the pasta. Set aside in a metal colander.
- Meanwhile, heat olive oil in a large saucepan.
- Add garlic and onion. Cook for 2 – 3 minutes until onion is translucent.
- Add the red pasta sauce and quickly stir.
- Now add the reserved boiled pasta water. Stir to combine.
- Season with salt. Allow to simmer for 5 minutes.
- Add boiled pasta and gently toss to coat it with the sauce. Cook for 1 to 2 minutes or until the sauce has thickened and coats the pasta. Turn off the heat.
- Add fresh basil leaves, Italian seasoning, extra virgin olive oil and mix gently.
- Grate parmesan cheese just before serve.
- Serve red sauce spaghetti with toasted slice of bread.
Recipe Notes:
You can add seafood (prawns, clams, squid etc) or chicken to this red sauce pasta.
