How to Make Tomato Sauce With Chicken Sausage

This is my favorite recipe for tomato. You can use this for spaghetti of use the sauce on pizza, over ravioli or tortellini. This sauce is really good in eggplant Parmesan or veal scaloppini.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 tablespoons minced garlic
• 2 28oz cans diced tomatoes
• 1 15 oz can tomato sauce
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1 cup chicken stock
• 2 bay leaves
• ¼ teaspoon dry oregano
• ¼ teaspoon dry parsley
• 1/4 teaspoon dry basil
• ½ teaspoon whole black peppercorns
• 4 sprigs fresh thyme
• 2 sweet Italian chicken sausages

1. First in a large saucepan heat the olive oil, garlic and add tomato paste. Drain tomatoes and add to pan. Add tomato sauce and chicken stock. Turn your heat to medium high until it comes to a simmer then turn to medium low.

2. Put your dried herbs and pepper corns together in cheesecloth and tie with butcher twine. Or you can use a metal tea egg (I keep one around for making sauces you can find them in the grocery store for a few dollars). And add the fresh thyme. Let the tomato sauce simmer for 1 and half hours.

3. Now take your herb bag out and fresh thyme sprigs. You will want to blend your tomato sauce at this point. I use an emersion blender but if you don’t have one you can use you blender or food processor. Return the tomato sauce to med-low heat.

4. Brown your chicken sausage over med-high heat. Cut into smaller pieces and add it to the tomato sauce. Let simmer for another 2 hours. Now your tomato sauce is ready to serve. If sauce gets to thick add a little more chicken stock or water to thin out. Season to taste with salt and pepper and sugar if needed.

Tips & Warnings

• Make a double batch and freeze the left overs in zip lock bags for a quick dinner when you don't have time to cook.

[goodselfme]

on 2/27/2009 Sounds delicious. TX for the great recipe.