Jenny's Chili Arrabbiata Tomato Sauce

(Or Jenny's Spicy Tomato Sauce)

Who here has bought store brand Arrabbiata tomato sauce hoping for a lil kick with your spaghett only to be BITTERLY disappointed by how utterly NOT SPICY it was???

...Just me. that's cool

Well to solve this problem that I seem to have invented, and to do something useful with the tons of jars that I have amassed, I have created the perfect spicy tomato sauce recipe!

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Jenny's Chili Arrabbiata Tomato Sauce

Prep time: 15 mins

Cook time: 1 hr 15 mins

Total time: 1.5 hours

Ingredients

Servings: 8

• 1 box of your fav noods (I used green bean pasta!)

• 1 yellow onion, sliced into half moons (cuz i like mine chunky! you can mince or dice yours, this is your party!)**

• 1 head of garlic, minced

• 5 Chinese chili peppers, seeded** see notes on how to do this

• 1 tsp of Sichuan peppercorns

• 2 tbs olive oil

• 2 28 oz can of crushed tomatoes, 1 drained 1 not (or peeled or diced or whatever you want)

• 1 6 oz can of tomato sauce (add pic)

• 1 tsp of oregano (or italian seasoning)

• 1 tbs salt

• Black pepper to taste (a couple of good cranks if you’re using a grinder)

• 1 tbs red pepper flakes (the normal kind you get at pizza parlors)

• 2 tbs sugar or maple syrup**

• 1 cup of water

• 1 big soup pot

Instructions

1. Add the olive oil to the big soup pot over medium-high heat. Once the oil heats up a bit (less viscous), add the sichuan peppercorns and fry until fragrant, about a minute. This infuses their flavor into the oil.

From here you can take them out with a slotted spoon or, if you're like me and like flavor bombs, keep them in >:^)

2. Add chili, garlic, and onion and reduce heat. If you are caramelizing your onions**, reduce to low heat. If not, medium is fine. Cook until the onions are soft and translucent with golden brown edges.

3. Add crushed tomatoes, 1 drained can one full can (or canned tomatoes of choice), tomato sauce, oregano, salt, pepper, red pepper flakes, and sugar. Cover and bring to a boil and let boil for like 5 minutes.

4. Add 1 cup of water, reduce to low heat (if not there already) and let simmer and reduce for an hour.

5. Serve with your favorite noods and enjoy!

#sendnoods

Notes

1. If you caramelize your onions, you can skip 1 tbs of sugar. So the formula would be

caramelize onions --> 1 tbs sugar

non-caramelized onions --> 2 tbs sugar

2. Let's talk chili peppers. We want to make sure that we take the seeds out of these little guys, because those suckers will kill you. I cut off the tops off the chilis and shake out all the seeds. If the seeds don't just pour out you can squeeze them out too. The chili might crumble, but you can pick out the red pieces.

Here's what they look like decapitated:

And here's what you want to end with.