One Pot Pasta with Tomato Sauce

4.50 from 43 votes
A pot of cooked penne pasta mixed with tomato sauce and garnished with fresh basil leaves on a wooden surface. The pasta is evenly coated in the sauce, and the vibrant green basil leaves are placed on top for decoration.

Looking for a quick and easy recipe that is also delicious? Try this one pot pasta with tomato sauce! This pasta dish requires only one pan, few basic ingredients and 20-30 minutes of cooking. This dish is loved by both adults and kids. This easy recipe can be made with any kind of pasta you have at home and you also can adjust and add any veggies that you like. If you exclude the parmesan from this version, it would be a great vegan pasta dish.

A pot of cooked penne pasta mixed with tomato sauce and garnished with fresh basil leaves on a wooden surface. The pasta is evenly coated in the sauce, and the vibrant green basil leaves are placed on top for decoration.

One Pot Pasta with Tomato Sauce

4.50 from 43 votes
Prep Time 30 minutes
WORK TIME 30 minutes
DIFFICULTY Easy
Cuisine World
Servings 5 yields

Ingredients
 

  • 2 tablespoon Olive oil
  • 1 Onion chopped
  • 3 Garlic cloves
  • 1 can 14oz/400g Tomato sauce
  • 2 tablespoons 30g Tomato paste
  • Salt to taste
  • Pepper to taste
  • 1 teaspoon Oregano
  • Basil
  • 1½ cups 360ml Water or vegetable stock
  • 8 oz 225g Pasta of your choice
  • Parmesan cheese

Instructions
 

  • DIRECTIONS
    1. In pot heat olive oil. Add chopped onion and sauté for 5 minutes. Add minced garlic and sauté for 1-2 minutes.
    2. Add tomato paste, cook for 1 minute. Add tomato sauce, salt, pepper, oregano, water and stir.
    3. Add pasta, bring to a boil. Cover, reduce to medium-low heat and cook, stirring occasionally, until al dente, about 14-18 minutes, depends on the pasta type. Add more water if needed.
    4. Transfer to a plate and grate some parmesan cheese on top.

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Nutrition information is automatically generated and thus we can not guarantee it is 100% accurate.

4 Comments

  1. Tried this and it came out beautifully! Thank you for such an easy recipe!

    September 8, 2020
    1. The Cooking Foodie says:

      Glad you liked it. Hope you will try more recipes 🙂

      September 12, 2020
  2. Richard Winnard says:

    This looks really good, can you freeze this dish?

    April 23, 2022
  3. Can I leave out the garlic I hate it

    July 9, 2022
4.50 from 43 votes (43 ratings without comment)

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