The jar aisle is getting reckless. Today Granny is taking down Rao’s roasted garlic sauce. Same glossy vibe, same mellow sweetness, and you keep the $8 in your pocket. 🧄🍅💥
📌 Today’s Verse: “The plans of the diligent certainly lead to profit.” Proverbs 21:5
👨🍳 Copycat Rao’s Roasted Garlic Sauce
Makes: about 680 to 700 g (1 jar)
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Roast Time: 40 to 45 minutes
Simmer Time: 25 to 35 minutes
Total Time: about 1 hour 15 minutes
🥣 Ingredients
Aromatics
• Whole garlic bulbs 2
• Yellow onion, finely diced 150 g (about 1 cup)
• Olive oil 60 g (about 1/4 cup), divided
Tomato base
• Crushed tomatoes 800 g (about 28 oz)
• Tomato paste 30 g (about 2 tbsp)
Seasoning
• Kosher salt 6 g (about 1 tsp)
• Sugar 4 g (about 1 tsp)
• Dried oregano 1 g (about 1 tsp)
• Black pepper 0.5 g (about 1/4 tsp)
• Red pepper flakes 0.2 g (tiny pinch), optional
Finish
• Extra virgin olive oil 15 g (about 1 tbsp)
🥄 Instructions
Roast the garlic
Heat oven to 400°F. Slice tops off both garlic bulbs.
Drizzle with 10 g olive oil, wrap tightly in foil, and roast 40 to 45 minutes until soft and golden.
Cool slightly, squeeze out the cloves, and mash into a paste.
Build the base
Heat remaining olive oil in a saucepan over medium low.
Add onion and a pinch of salt. Cook 8 to 10 minutes until very soft and lightly golden. No browning.
Stir in tomato paste and cook 1 minute.
Add tomatoes and garlic
Add crushed tomatoes and roasted garlic paste. Stir until the garlic fully dissolves.
Bring to a gentle simmer.
Season and simmer
Add salt, sugar, oregano, pepper, and optional red pepper flakes.
Simmer uncovered 25 to 35 minutes, stirring occasionally, until glossy and slightly thickened.
Blend for signature smoothness
Use an immersion blender and blend until smooth but still has body.
Finish
Stir in extra virgin olive oil. Taste and adjust salt or sugar if needed.
💡 Pro Tip: The “Rao’s” vibe is gentle. Low heat, no browning, and fully dissolved roasted garlic paste. If you brown the onion or crank the heat, it starts tasting like a different sauce.
💬 Question of the Day: What jar sauce should Granny take down next, Alfredo, vodka, or pesto?
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37 Comments
Leave the jar behind!
You went too far. Priceless!😂
Please put parchment between the foil & food! If no paper, then please use the shiny (polished) side of foil.
Quick gamer fact: Wash you hands in cold water. Cold water gets the Garlic off, Hot water just cooks it into your skin. And steel does nothing. (:
rao’s is like $87,690 a jar and frankly every time i see it in a store i can’t help but laugh because WHO IS BUYING THAT SLOP
Some douche bag who eats lobster and caviar with 7-digit income would complain about the product they make; his comment was stupid and was his out-of-touch/ignorant opinion that was supposed to be personal… their products aren't horrible tasting and has long shelf life for those who don't have easy shopping and have to buy in bulk w/ longevity. Raos is an expensive brand which a copycat is appreciated; i never bought personally because a 7$+ when a off brand or sale is 1$. It's a base which i season which eliminates a hour simmering and sits in the pantry for years. The only brand which i never had to season because it was perfect was Emeril"s oh garlic, but was discontinued too quickly; I'm a garlic lover and it was so fresh garlic flavored it burned… perfect!
Use San Marzano tomatoes if they're available in your area. I didn't realize until a couple years ago how much of a difference they make
Rao's, that shit that's like 10 bucks for pasta sauce? people buy that?
Yall thought the 2 amendment was for schools, and now the people it was for are in charge, so here we are warching this video
It’s not alleged, it’s fact that corporations think we’re all stupid. And I guess they’re not wrong for thinking it, some of the most obnoxious business practices have been done by these big name companies the past 5 years, yet people still buy their products.
Victoria's White Linen Marinara sauce copycat please.
Dang! BlackRock owns a bunch of shares in Campbell's. And it's mostly owned by the Dorrance billionaires. Thanks for the recipe.
That olive oil is in plastic and that bothers me
😂❤
That garlic was old it was starting to sprout.
Its gonna make the sauce taste like crap
Noooo not my raos!
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Immediately thumbs down for using the garlic with sprouts
Every corporation thinks we are stupid
So you want me to cook aluminum into my sauces on purpose??? What is wrong with you???
This breaks my heart, I know how to make Alfredo at home, but the jar is so convenient and Rao’s was the last one I could find not full of shit.
I cannot believe after years of splurging on Rao's for barrack's spaghetti. I've been betrayed in such a heinous way by them. I guess the lad's will have to hope I can make a better scratch red sauce now…😊
Thanks for the heads up on RAO's. We'll start making our own
What are the seasonings at the end?
Lemon juice will get garlic smell off
I'd love if you did the Rao 4 Cheese pasta sauce, I absolutely despise tomatoes and everything made with them and the cheese sauce is what I use for my homemade pizzas.
I grant that making sauce like this is pretty straightforward and uncomplicated. However, not everyone has 90+ minutes to spare preparing a serving or two of sauce or the equipment/experience needed to make a large batch of sauce and canning it. When chiding not to pay "jar prices" you need to take into account how much your own time is worth. Once you've factored in the cost of the raw materials and the time needed to prepare… is it really that much cheaper??
The convenience of a jar is still there. I wonder if it's safe to home can roasted garlic? If yes, a person could fairly easily make their own back stock. You can use canned tomatoes for that ( the #10 big cans are pretty cheap)
Talking about being stoopid, but then you are buying that overpriced olive oil in the plastic bottle. NOPE!!
Your faucet is also probably stainless steel… Don't do this in front of your partner if they are of the male type.
I order Del Grosso Sunday Marinara by the case.
I dont get the problem. I thought you were poor and stupid buying Campbell's too. Like… think about it. Last time you got Campbell's without saying food bank 😂
Yes!!!!!!!! Thank you I will be making this!
I don’t mind my hands smelling like garlic it keeps the vampires away 😂
Dunno about stupid, but I am poor
Oh bummer FOIL IS SO TOXIC you don’t want aluminum in your body esp your brain – for that 👋
If you've been paying 8 dollars for a jar of marinara, you are stupid.