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Wendy's Marinara Sauce
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Original recipe
A slow-simmered marinara built on a classic onion, carrot, and celery base for a sauce as thick as you like it.
saucestove top
Prep
20 min
Cook
1 hr
Total
1 hr 20 min
Serves
8
Method
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The Story
A slow-simmered marinara built on a classic onion, carrot, and celery base for a sauce as thick as you like it.
Ingredients
Scale to serve
8
Units
Olive oil — 2 tbsp
Onion, finely chopped (1 large) — 1 cup
Carrot, finely chopped (1 medium) — 1/2 cup
Celery, finely chopped (1-2 stalks) — 1/2 cup
Garlic, minced — 3 clove
Crushed tomatoes (or 1x 15oz can crushed plus 1x 15oz can petite diced tomato for chunkier sauce) — 1
Dried Italian seasoning — 1 tbsp
Salt — 1/2 tsp
Black pepper — 1/4 tsp
Water — 1/2 cup
Method
1
Heat olive oil in large pot. Add onion, carrot, celery, and garlic. Sauté until soft.
2
Add tomatoes, Italian seasoning, salt, pepper, and water. Bring to a boil.
3
Reduce heat and simmer ~40 minutes or until desired thickness is reached.
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Unknown · Jun 20, 2026 · current