Spaghetti Sauce Seasoning

This homemade Spaghetti Sauce Seasoning recipe is a combination of Italian seasoning, dried oregano, fennel seeds, onion powder and red pepper flakes. It’s a simple mix of spices for spaghetti sauce, lasagna, rigatoni, or use it to season chicken, fish and vegetables.

The flavors of our homemade spaghetti seasoning tastes better than the packet stuff you’ll find at the grocery store. And if you’re watching your salt intake and trying to avoid artificial flavors and fillers, we think making your own seasoning blends at home is a better way to go.

Why You Will Want To Make This Recipe

• Quick and Easy. You will likely have most, if not all, of the ingredients already on hand, so you can pull this seasoning mix together in a pinch.
• Best Flavor.  This seasoning is far superior to the mass produced packet stuff they sell in grocery stores.
• Select Ingredients. When you make homemade taco seasoning, you choose the ingredients you want to use and you control the amount of sodium and sugar to add. Plus there’s no artificial flavors, dyes or fillers. 

Homemade Spaghetti Sauce Seasoning Ingredients

• Italian Seasoning.  Italian seasoning is a blend of basil, oregano, rosemary, thyme and marjoram.
• Oregano.  Oregano adds a rich flavor.
• Fennel Seeds. Fennel seeds add a great flavor to sauces. 
• Red Pepper Flakes. Red pepper flakes also add flavor and a little spice. If you want a spicy sauce, then add even more.
• Onion Powder.  Adding onion powder adds a rich flavor.
• Turkish Bay Leaves. We like to add Turkish bay leaves to many of our sauces because it infuses a delicious rich flavor. Just remove them from the sauce before serving.

Find printable recipe with the measurements below.

Variations

• Swap out the Italian seasoning and use 1 teaspoon dried basil, 1/2 teaspoon dried, thyme, 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano and 1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary.
• Add 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder.
• We add 2 teaspoons granulated sugar to our tomato based sauces. Sugar mellows the tartness of tomato. If you’re watching your sugar intake, then use only 1 teaspoon or omit the sugar altogether if you’re watching your sugar intake.

How To Make Seasoning For Spaghetti Sauce 

1. It’s simple! Just measure the ingredients and mix them together in a small bowl and use right away or you can double the batch and store it in an airtight container with your other spices.

How To Use Homemade Spaghetti Sauce Seasoning

This homemade spaghetti sauce seasoning is great to use to make spaghetti, rigatoni and lasagna or use it to season chicken, fish and vegetables with. To make spaghetti sauce using our homemade spaghetti sauce seasoning, you’ll use the full amount of the seasoning provided in this recipe together with the following ingredients:

• 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 pound ground turkey (or 1 pound Italian turkey (or chicken sausage), or 1/2 pound ground turkey and 1/2 pound Italian sausage. We like using 1/2 ground turkey and 1/2 Italian chicken sausage. The sausage adds a lot of flavor!
• 1 medium onion, finely chopped
•  3-4 cloves garlic, finely minced
•  homemade spaghetti sauce seasoning (and the 2 bay leaves)
•  1 15-ounce can tomato sauce
•  1 6-ounce an tomato paste
•  1 cup water
•  2 teaspoons granulated sugar
• Spaghetti noodles for serving

To make the sauce, heat oil in a large skillet or Dutch oven. Add the ground turkey and sausage to the pan (be sure to remove the outer casing first) and break the links up into small pieces with a wooden spoon or spatula. Cook over medium-low heat for 7-10 minutes. Transfer the meat to a bowl and set aside. Add more oil to the skillet if needed, then stir in the onions to the same pot that you cooked the sausage in and sauté over low heat for about 5 minutes or until golden and turning soft. Add the garlic and sauté for another 2-3 minutes. Return the cooked meat back to the pot (juice and all) and stir. Stir in the seasoning. Add in the tomato sauce, tomato paste and water. Stir in the sugar.Simmer the sauce for about 20 minutes. 

More Seasoning Recipes

• Taco Seasoning
• Chili Seasoning
• Homemade Ranch Seasoning
• Pumpkin Pie Spice
• Cinnamon Sugar
• Best Shawarma Seasoning

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Yield: 1 Serving

Spaghetti Sauce Seasoning

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 5 minutes

Total Time 10 minutes

This homemade Spaghetti Sauce Seasoning recipe is a combination of Italian seasoning, dried oregano, fennel seeds, onion powder and red pepper flakes. It's a simple mix of spices for spaghetti sauce, lasagna, rigatoni dishes, or use it to season chicken, fish and vegetables.

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
• 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1/4 teaspoon fennel seeds
• 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
• 1/8 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 2 Turkish bay leaves

Instructions

1. Measure the ingredients and mix them together in a small bowl and use right away or you can double the batch and store it in an airtight container with your other spices.

Notes

Variations

1. Swap out the Italian seasoning and use 1 teaspoon dried basil instead, 1/2 teaspoon dried, thyme, 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano and 1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary.
2. Add 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder.
3. We add 2 teaspoons granulated sugar to our tomato based sauces. Sugar mellows the tartness of tomato. If you're watching your sugar intake, then use only 1 teaspoon or omit the sugar altogether if you’re watching your sugar intake.

How To Use Homemade Spaghetti Sauce Seasoning

This homemade spaghetti sauce seasoning is great to use to make spaghetti, rigatoni and lasagna or use it to season chicken, fish and vegetables with. To make spaghetti sauce using our homemade spaghetti sauce seasoning, you'll use the full amount of the seasoning provided in this recipe together with the following ingredients:

• 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 pound ground turkey (or 1 pound Italian turkey (or chicken sausage), or 1/2 pound ground turkey and 1/2 pound Italian sausage.
• 1 medium onion, finely chopped
•  3-4 cloves garlic, finely minced
•  homemade spaghetti sauce seasoning
•  1 15-ounce can tomato sauce
•  1 6-ounce an tomato paste
•  1 cup water
•  2 teaspoons granulated sugar
• Spaghetti noodles for serving

How to Make Spaghetti Sauce

1. To make the sauce, heat oil in a large skillet or Dutch oven. Add the ground turkey and sausage to the pan or Dutch oven (be sure to remove the outer casing first) and break the links up into small pieces with a wooden spoon or spatula. Cook over medium-low heat for 7-10 minutes. Transfer the meat to a bowl and set aside.
2. Add more oil to the skillet if needed, then stir in the onions to the same pot that you cooked the sausage in and sauté over low heat for about 5 minutes or until golden and turning soft. Add the garlic and sauté for another 2-3 minutes. Return the cooked meat back to the pot (juice and all) and stir. Stir in the seasoning.
3. Add in the tomato sauce, tomato paste and water. Stir in the sugar.Simmer the sauce for about 20 minutes. 

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

1

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 42Total Fat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 5mgCarbohydrates: 9gFiber: 5gSugar: 1gProtein: 2g

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