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Instant Pot marinara sauce in a bowl served as a dipping sauce.
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Instant Pot Tomato Sauce

Instant Pot tomato sauce is made with fresh tomatoes, onion, garlic, carrots and seasoning. This is a very versatile sauce. You can use it as a marinara sauce or spaghetti sauce. It is easy to make and freezes well.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Course: Condiments
Cuisine: Italian
Servings: 10 cups
Calories: 55kcal
Cost: $5

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Gather all the ingredients. Wash tomatoes in clean cold water.
  • Add the tomatoes, carrots, onion, garlic and seasoning in the Instant Pot inner steel pot.
  • Close the lid, seal the vent and pressure cook on high for 15 minutes.
  • After it is done cooking, allow the pressure to naturally release. ( do not do quick release- hot liquid will spray out)
  • When the pressure pin drops, open the lid. Add fresh basil and let it wilt for few minutes.
  • Using a blender, blend the sauce until your desired consistency. Adjust the salt, pepper and seasoning. Use as desired.

Notes

  1. If you notice the sauce has too much liquid and runny, press SAUTE button and let it cook further for some time. You should stir it well every few minutes. It will thicken the sauce as the liquid evaporates.
  2. No Need to peel the tomatoes. All I do is roughly chop everything and dump in the instant pot pressure cooker. Immersion blender takes care of smoothly blending the sauce.
  3. If the tomatoes are not juicy, add ½ cup of liquid – broth or water so that the pressure can built without burn notice. You also should press down the tomatoes in the instantpot so that release the juice.
  4. You control the smoothness of the sauce while blending . Adjust to make it chunky, smooth or in between.
  5. I used plum Roma tomatoes to make this sauce. 

Nutrition

Serving: 1cup | Calories: 55kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 1g | Sodium: 17mg | Potassium: 600mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 2962IU | Vitamin C: 33mg | Calcium: 53mg