Homemade Prego Spaghetti Sauce (2024)

This recipe for homemade pasta sauce is just what your spaghetti has been needing!

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Homemade Prego Spaghetti Sauce

By: AllFreeCopycatRecipes.com Test Kitchen

Conjure up pure Italian flavor with this recipe for Homemade Prego Spaghetti Sauce. Pair your meal with meatballs and garlic bread for afantastic dinnerfor the whole family. This amazing classic spaghettisauce recipeis one you won't want to miss. It's the perfect sauce to turn your Italian dinner from good to out-of-this-world!

Unlike the canned tomato sauce you get at the store, this homemade Prego saucewill be hot and fresh. You'll definitely taste the difference. The best part is, it's not even difficult to make. Just have this simmering while you prepare the other parts of your meal. Your favorite Italian recipes will never be the same.

Yields12 Cups

Total TimeUnder 2 Hours

Ingredients

4 tablespoons olive oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 onion, finely chopped
1/2 cup celery, finely chopped
2 teaspoons dried basil
2 teaspoons dried parsley
1 teaspoon dried oregano
2 teaspoons kosher salt
1 teaspoon ground pepper
3 (28-ounce) cans crushed tomatoes
3 (6-ounce) cans tomato paste
1 1/2 tablespoon sugar

Instructions

Heat olive oil in a large pot. Add garlic and cook 30 seconds to a minute.
Add the onions and celery and cook 5 minutes.
Then add tomatoes, tomato paste, and all of the seasonings.
Stir to mix and bring to a boil. Lower to a simmer, cover, and cook, stirring occasionally, for 1 hour. Taste for seasoning, adjust if needed.

What Makes Prego Sauce Taste So Good?

The Prego sauce recipe was perfected by Campbell Soup Company after an unfair lawsuit against them by Heinz in the early 1980s. Campbell Soup Co. wanted to make a product that would hurt the Heinz ketchup sales, but the company did not have the resources to make a market competitive ketchup product. This is where the pasta sauce came into play.

Other pasta companies like Ragu and Hunts used starch to give their pasta sauce that homemade-like thickness, but innovators at Campbell Soup Company used a new technique called “weeping” where water is removed from a solid.

This technique allowed for a more natural premade sauce. They named the pasta sauce product line “Prego” after the Italian phrase for “don’t mention it” or “you’re welcome.” The Prego pasta line has extended with different varieties of sauces from garlic parmesan to mini meatball totaling 19 different sauces. You’ll be happy to know that copying this sauce recipe will mean having that real homemade pasta taste for dinner tonight!

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nataliegrace

Sep 01, 2017

Prego is my favorite brand of pasta sauce. I'm excited to try this homemade version!

AllFreeCopycat Edi tor

Feb 03, 2016

The recipe is available again. Thank you all for your patience!

monikalovesjay

Sep 21, 2016

Can I used 5 teaspoons of Italian died seasoning in lieu of the 2 teaspoons dried basil, 2 teaspoons dried parsley, 1 teaspoon dried oregano??? Or would you use less? I add this seasoning when I use a Prego jar also.

Toby K Editor

Sep 23, 2016

That might work, although if you're looking for a more precise replacement for Italian seasoning, we have a recipe here: http://www.allfreecopycatrecipes.com/Sauces-and-Dressings/Homemade-Spice-Mixes-Everyone-Should-Have#Italian%20SeasoningHope that helps!-Toby, Editor, AllFreeCopycatRecipes